Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 is wholly owned by the Indonesian government, could be held liable under two exceptions to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act. She contended that because Garuda was authorized to operate in the United States at the time, the immunity had been explicitly waived under the rules of the Department of Transportation, which requires foreign air carriers to open themselves to suit in the United States as a condition of being allowed to fly to, from, or within this country. The waiver is limited to actions arising under treaties. Coyle also claimed that by selling tickets in the United States, Garuda waived
Garuda Indonesia Indonesia signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) to purchase 90 new aircraft from Boeing and Airbus (30 737 MAX 8, 30 787-9 Dreamliner, 30 A350-900 XWB) worth $20 billion at list prices Garuda has also signed an LoI for 14 Airbus A330-900neo aircraft (including 7 conversions from an existing A330-300 order) first reported during the Singapore Airshow 2016, confirming the order on 19 April 2016. On October 5, 2017, Garuda operated their last 747 service after PK-GSH touched down in Makassar from Medina as Garuda Indonesia Flight 1444, a returning Hajj flight. It was then ferried to Jakarta the following