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Jakarta (ANTARANews) - Garuda Indonesia has won a "World`s Most Improved Airline" award from the London-based independent world airline rating agency Skytrax for its successful business transformation programs.

Skytrax Chairman Edward Plaisted presented the award to Garuda Indonesia Commercial Director Agus Priyanto on the occasion of the Skytrax 2010 World Airline Awards in Hamburg, Germany, on May 20, Garuda Indonesia corporate communications official Pujobroto said in a statement on Monday.

The award was a token of the international community`s recognition of Garuda Indonesia`s success in implementing comprehensive business transformation programs and making progress in a number of areas, he said.

"They (Skytrax) consider Garuda one of Asia`s most successful and profitable airlines," he said.

Pujobroto quoted Priyanto as saying the award would encourage the national flag-carrier to proceed with its business transformation programs in order to provide the highest level of services to passengers.

The recovery of Garuda Indonesia`s financial conditions over the past three years was also inseparable from and had laid the basis for Garuda Indonesia`s efforts to provide better services as a whole, he said.

"The resumption of Garuda Indonesia`s long-distance flights to Europe as of June 1 also signals a new era of Garuda Indonesia`s future business expansion," he said.
 
Skytrax Chairman Edward Plaisted said in Skytrax`s official website: "It is clear that a real process of transformation has become well progressed at Garuda Indonesia, and aside from new aircraft and new onboard products, it was improvements in onboard service that were most frequently commented upon by survey respondents."
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