Garuda Indonesia Indonesia signed an agreement to join SkyTeam. However instead of the usual 18-24 months to complete membership formalities, shortcomings with its IT system delayed Garuda's entry. After a 40-month process, the airline eventually became the 20th member of the alliance on 5 March 2014, some two years after the original target date. Garuda Indonesia codeshares with the following airlines: As Indonesia's flag carrier, Garuda Indonesia tries to connect many parts of Indonesia to support the government's "Indonesian Interconnectivity" program. However, there are many remote and smaller airports that cannot be reached by Garuda Indonesia's fleet of Boeing 737-800s. This is
BIMA Satria Garuda entertainment in Indonesia that offer services in the form of a new product campaign in licensing, sponsorship, built in advertising and merchandising. MNC Media (which is majority-owned by Global Mediacom) in cooperation with Itochu will be the main licensee for "BIMA Satria Garuda" in building licensing business in Indonesia. Itochu is one of Japan's largest conglomerates in the licensing business in the world, as well as investing in Ishimori Productions since 2007. MNC Media has also worked with Bandai to produce "BIMA Satria Garuda" merchandise toys which was released in Indonesia since the series premiered on June 30, 2013. The