Indonesia’s Garuda partners with Cardig Air for air cargo management

Indonesia’s national airline Garuda Indonesia will be partnering with cargo airline Cardig Air that would involve the joint marketing and promotion of freight routes operated by both the airlines.

In the first stage of the deal, Garuda will acquire the rights to sell freight space aboard Cardig Air flights that serve on routes to Surabaya, East Java, Denpasar, Bali, and Dili in Timor Leste, while Cardig will have the rights to market the cargo space of Garuda on a few domestic and international routes.

Close to 70 cargo services across the archipelago, including in Medan, Jambi, Jakarta, Bandung, Yogyakarta, Surakarta, Semarang, Surabaya and Denpasar are currently operated by Garuda Indonesia cargo.

Garuda Indonesia president director Arif Wibowo said: “The early stages of this new partnership includes marketing programs at service flights Surabaya – Denpasar – Dili, but in the future we will continue to develop cooperation with Air Cardig to develop these cargo shipments to other domestic and international routes that are currently not served by Garuda Indonesia Cargo ”

According to the Jakarta Post, the partnership is expected to result in projected cargo revenues of $10m.

Cardig Air CEO Boyke Subroto said: “This collaboration will provide many benefits and convenience to us, given the Garuda Indonesia has a fairly extensive flight network, a huge market, and Cargo Service Center (CSC), located in 76 domestic cities that can support the future development of Air Cardig.”