Garuda Indonesia Garuda Indonesia Garuda Indonesia (officially PT Garuda Indonesia (Persero) Tbk ) is the national airline of Indonesia. The airline is headquartered at Soekarno–Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, near Jakarta. As of 11 December 2014, the airline is rated as a 5-star airline by the international airline review firm Skytrax. The air carrier was previously known as Garuda Indonesian Airways. Founded in 1947 as KLM Interinsulair Bedrijf, the airline is now a major airline and the 20th member of the global airline alliance SkyTeam. It is the second largest airline of Indonesia after Lion Air and it operates scheduled flights to
National emblem of Indonesia obvious with the prominent crest crowning its head and the plumage coloured dark-brownish to chestnut-gold. By presidential decree, the Javan hawk-eagle was legally registered as the national bird of Indonesia, and thus attributing the endangered species very high protection.<ref name="Keppres No.4/1993">Keputusan Presiden No. 4/1993, issued on 10 January 1993, the status of "Elang Jawa" (Javan hawk-eagle) as the national bird of Indonesia (Widyastuti 1993, Sözer et al. 1998).</ref> As for the national emblem, the Garuda symbolises strength and power, while the gold colour symbolises greatness and glory. The feathers on the Garuda of the Indonesian coat-of-arms are arranged so that