Garuda Indonesia and Singapore Airlines are expanding their partnership to offer reciprocal frequent flier benefits and to explore revenue sharing arrangements for flights between Indonesia and Singapore.
Garuda Indonesia and Singapore Airlines are expanding their partnership to offer reciprocal frequent flier benefits and to explore revenue sharing arrangements for flights between Indonesia and Singapore.
Announced in a joint statement, two agreements – first the frequent flyer program agreement and a joint venture revenue share agreement – were signed both officials from the Indonesian and Singaporean carriers.
When launched, the frequent flyer partnership will allow GarudaMiles and KirFlyer members to earn and redeem miles on codehare flights operated by Garuda – a member of SkyTeam – and Star Alliance member Singapore Airlines. The revenue sharing agreement is a further step to the proposed joint venture covering each other carrier's flights between Singapore and Indonesia.
Speaking on the agreements, Irfan Setiaputra, President and CEO of Garuda Indonesia said: “Having the same mission in optimising the potential of the aviation business ecosystem in South East Asia after the pandemic, this initiative is certainly an important manifestation of both airlines’ commitment to continue strengthening our well-established cooperation.”
“We hope that the expansion of this partnership will bring added value for Singapore and Indonesia, which are served by both airlines. Furthermore, this collaboration is also expected to not only provide added value for both airlines’ customers, especially through the ease of earning and redeeming miles for tickets and other exclusive benefits, but the hope is that it will strengthen Garuda Indonesia's support for national tourism by providing more access to points in Indonesia for foreign tourists who will visit Indonesia via Singapore in the future,” Irfan added.
“Our win-win partnership with Garuda Indonesia will improve the connectivity between Indonesia and Singapore for our customers,” said Goh Choon Phong, CEO, Singapore Airlines. “This will help to meet the increasing demand for air travel between the two countries and beyond, as well as facilitate the growth of tourism and economic activities. Furthermore, by deepening the synergies between our frequent flyer programmes, we can enhance the benefits for our loyal customers, offering them more opportunities to earn and redeem miles when travelling with both airlines.”
At present, Garuda Indonesia codeshares on Singapore Airlines-operated flights from Singapore to Indonesian cities Bali, Jakarta, Medan, and Surabaya, along with long-haul routes to Johannesburg, London-Heathrow, and Mumbai. Singapore Airlines codeshares on Garuda-operated flights between Singapore and Bali, Jakarta, and Surabaya.
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