Onboard visas for Garuda’s Amsterdam service
JAKARTA – Garuda Indonesia will introduce an ‘Immigration on-Board’ service on the new Amsterdam-Dubai-Jakarta route starting June 2
This initiative will allow passengers entering Indonesia to have their travel documents processed on-board, eliminating the need to queue at immigration counters upon arrival.
Passengers will be able to purchase ‘Visa on Arrival’ vouchers available at Garuda Indonesia check-in counters at both airports.
During the flight, immigration officers on the aircraft will conduct passport checks and issue ‘Visa on Arrival’ and a card that must be returned to ground immigration officers before exiting the airport.
The visa-in-the-air system was introduced on the Tokyo – Denpasar – Jakarta route in February.
Garuda said with the introduction of immigration-on-board, foreign travellers could save up to two hours during peak times and enjoy hassle-free travel, without having to wait at long queues at immigration counters.
Said Emirsyah Satar, president and CEO of Garuda Indonesia, “Europe is an integral part of our ‘Quantum leap’ strategy where we are looking to grow our international network by more than 300 percent to 1,222 flights a week by 2014.”
Amsterdam will be the first of a number of European cities such as Frankfurt, Paris, London and Rome, the airline will add to its global network over the next few years.
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