113 Berita SWA 24/XXIII/8 Nov - 24 Nov 2007
Garuda Indonesia menerima penghargaan e-Learning Award 2007 yang diselenggarakan oleh Majalah SWA dan PUSTEKKOM DIKNAS sebagai
"Best of Online Learning Corporate"
 
"Innovation is an Application of Knowledge to produce New Knowledge", (Peter Drucker)
  Garuda Indonesia IOSA Registered Operator Underlining Garuda Indonesia's commitment towards international safety and quality standards The Indonesian airline industry has developed a negative image as a result of fatal accidents in 2007. However, this perception will change with Garuda Indonesia achieving the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) Registration. IOSA is the first global industry standard for airline operational safety auditing. To date, 206 airlines have successfully completed IOSA and are listed on the registry, which can be viewed at http://www.iata.org/registry. Garuda Indonesia is among these 206 airlines. This is a significant achievement for Garuda Indonesia as IOSA has more than 900 safety related standards evaluating an airline on eight areas related to all aspects of an airline's operations that contribute to flight safety. On June 3, 2008, Garuda Indonesia President & CEO, Emirsyah Satar received the IOSA Registration certificate from Giovanni Bisignani, IATA's Director General and CEO in Istanbul, Turkey, where the 64th IATA Annual General Meeting and World Air Transport Summit was taking place. "I congratulate Garuda Indonesia for their completion of the IOSA audit. IOSA is a very tough audit. By achieving it, Garuda Indonesia has demonstrated its continued commitment to improve safety. The IOSA certificate is the fruit of the hard work over the last few years to improve Garuda Indonesia's safety standards. Improving safety is a never-ending journey. IATA will provide Garuda Indonesia with the necessary assistance and support for the IOSA renewal audit," said Giovanni Bisignani, IATA's Director General and CEO when he presented the IOSA certificate. "Being IOSA registered puts Garuda Indonesia on par with other world- class airlines, enabling the airline to conduct business and co-operate with these airlines, including code-sharing opportunities with European carriers (and other international airline companies)", explained Emirsyah Satar. "There is now little to no need for airlines to audit each other as the IOSA audit report would suffice for most code-share partnerships. Everything is more efficient, standardized and organized," he further explained. Emirsyah Satar also added that Garuda Indonesia has been audited by many institutions and airlines. In 2006 alone, Garuda Indonesia was audited 20 times by various organisations (including their own internal audit). The nation's flag carrier is currently the only airline amongst the fifty-one scheduled and chartered airlines in Indonesia that is IOSA registered. According to Captain Novianto Herupratomo, Vice President Corporate Quality, Safety and Aviation Security Garuda Indonesia, the airline has been preparing for IOSA since 2004.
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