Garuda Indonesia Indonesia officially joined the SkyTeam alliance and became its 20th member. The inclusion of Garuda Indonesia adds 40 new destinations to SkyTeam’s global network and strengthens the alliance presence in Southeast Asia and Australia. To commemorate the event, the airline repainted an Airbus A330-300, a Boeing 737-800, and a Bombardier CRJ1000 with SkyTeam livery. In addition to repainted aircraft, a Boeing 777-300ER was delivered with SkyTeam livery. With the arrival of Garuda Indonesia to SkyTeam, a variety of facilities are given as including SkyPriority, as well as changing its current frequent flyer membership into GarudaMiles. In addition, Garuda is connected
Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 is featured in the Fifth Episode on the Season 17 of "Mayday" ("Air Crash Investigation"). The episode is titled "Lethal Turn". Garuda Indonesia still uses GA-152 flight number, but now used on Jakarta - Batam route operated by Boeing 737-800. Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 was a scheduled domestic Indonesian passenger flight from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta to Polonia International Airport in Medan, North Sumatra, operated by Garuda Indonesia using an Airbus A300B4 registered PK-GAI. On 26 September 1997, Flight 152, on final approach into Polonia International Airport, crashed into mountainous woodlands from Medan during low