IDNEWSNOW.COM, Jakarta – Flag-carrier Garuda Indonesia (GIAA) announced on Wednesday, November 18, 2020, that it will focus solely on traffic and healing, reserving its enthusiastic strategy intending to import 150 unmanned aerial lorries (UAV).
Garuda president director Irfan Setiaputra stated that the UAV program is currently not a priority because the firm needs to focus on recuperating losses caused by the international coronavirus pandemic. Garuda claims traffic has actually grown to record 200 day-to-day flights.
” We are still preparing and focusing on traffic and healing,” said Irfan.
At the same time, the Indonesian government has actually set a regulatory draft on UAV certifications that will act as a legal basis for its operations over Indonesian airspace.
Garuda Indonesia at first put orders on 100 UAVs for cargo use and 50 aircrafts capable of VTOL or vertical take-off and landing from Chinese aircraft maker Beihang. This fleet was anticipated to be run in Indonesia’s eastern regions.
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