Increase of Garuda airlines coupled Taxi service, the Bosowa

Finance Info-PT Garuda Indonesia Tbk (GIAA) has employed a cab Bosowa to enhance service excellence (best service), especially for passengers who travel to the South Sulawesi city of Makassar (South Sulawesi).

Commissioner of PT Bosowa (Taxi Bosowa), Subhan Aksa explains, it entered into a partnership with Garuda Indonesia by giving discount voucher from Taxi Bosowa.

"The purpose of this promotion the program Enjoy Makassar Makassar city to help develop as tourist destinations by providing convenience and value over the transport," he said in remarks released in Jakarta, Thursday (2/5/2013).
"In this town, there are Taxis are available to take the Bosowa anyone, saw a lot of things that are cool and spots for you in Makassar. Expected tourists visiting will be returned to Makassar, "he added.

According to him, the taxi Bosowa had the privilege to work closely with the national airline Garuda, which grew rapidly in the Asian region. He hopes that this cooperation can pamper passengers on Garuda.

"To be a pride for us, Garuda Indonesia gave credence to Taxi Bosowa to serve customers Garuda Indonesia on the ground especially in need of taxi services in the city of Makassar," he said.

The signing of the cooperation undertaken Subhan Aksa and Vice President of the East Indonesian Region of Garuda Indonesia, Garuda Indonesia offices in Rosyinah, in Makassar, not long ago.

As for the program called Garuda Indonesia Enjoy this Bosowa Ujung Pandang with Taxi will last for three months, starting May 1, 2013 to 31 December 2013. Ticket owner Garuda will get vouchers amounting to Rp20 Bosowa thousand Taxis with city check-in at the sales office Garuda Indonesia Makassar. Passengers simply show the Boarding Pass at the counter in the arrival area Taxi Bosowa Soekarno Hatta.

In addition to this program, Subhan is also hoping to explore cooperation Bosowa Taxi with Garuda Indonesia. On the other, according to Rosyinah, Garuda Indonesia appreciates this cooperation.

It believes that, working together will bring benefits to both parties, particularly loyal customers Garuda Indonesia and taxi Bosowa.

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Garuda launches wheelchair transporter service

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Sindonews.com -PT Garuda Indonesia Tbk (GIA) inaugurated the operation of the wheelchair transporter (special car wheels korsi) at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Cengkareng, Banten. This is to enhance the services to the users of the services, particularly the disabled, disabled and General passenger wheelchair users (wheelchair).

Garuda Indonesia Director, Faik Fahmi said that special car service this wheelchair is a manifestation of the commitment of the Garuda to provide increased service to the users of the service.

"This service we hope will further improve the convenience of the users of the services, particularly the disabled, disabled public passenger and wheelchair users. We will continue to evaluate our service and continue to innovate for increased services to the users of services, in particular for the disabled persons, "said Faik in release of information in Jakarta, Friday (15/3/2013).

Looking ahead, this wheelchair transporter services will gradually be operated in other major airports in accordance with the demands of the users of the service.

In addition, in an effort to increase services to the disabled persons, since last year, Garuda Indonesia has been carrying out training on the handling of specific disabilities to Garuda officer diffable, among others in Medan, Makassar and Surabaya.

Special car wheelchair is a new service for users of Garuda service disabled, disabled and General passenger wheelchair users for convenience and comfort when boarding.

The car will carry passengers on wheelchair users from the gate to the aircraft departure terminal or vice versa from the aircraft to the terminal of arrival. Such services are used only when the plane was parked in a remote area (aircraft parking space away from the passenger terminal).

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Mandala Airlines does not reduce the quality of service

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Sindonews.com -Commercial Director of Mandala Airlines, said Rafly, although Brata Mandala Airlines included in low cost Airlines, however this will not reduce the quality of service.

"We used very high standard, the reference of Tiger Airways Singapore. So regarding the timeliness we can compete, "he said on the sidelines of a media briefing the launch of Mandala Airlines Airbus A320 at Soekarno-Hatta Airport's Terminal 3, Thursday (14/3/2013).

He says, with a position as Tiger Airways subsidiary, it will facilitate the transfer of passengers from destination to destination-Mandala destinations more abroad.

"We're also connecting (flight) with Tiger, so for example when passengers from Padang to Shenzhen (China), can directly replace planes in Singapore," he said.

According to him, the presence of Mandala Airlines is not as competitors for segmentation of cheap flights. Because the portion of cheap airline in Indonesia is still very large.

"We're not a competitor AirAsia, because cake (a portion) of the low cost airlines in Indonesia itself is still very big market, but we can be sure because there are share Tiger so we use the standards of Singapore," pungkas Brata.

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Postal Service loses less, but still in trouble

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In the three months ended Dec. 31, the agency lost $1.3 billion -- considerably less than the $3.3 billion lost in the year-earlier period.

The service was hurt as the volume of first-class mail, which most consumers use to pay bills and stay in touch, decreased by 4.5.%, said USPS chief financial officer Joseph Corbett. But it got help as shipping and package volume for the busy holiday season increased 4% compared to the prior year.

Still, the service is in trouble. The key culprit remains a 2006 congressional mandate, under which it has to pre-fund healthcare benefits for future retirees. The USPS has been borrowing billions of dollars from taxpayers to make up for the shortfalls.

Without the prefunding requirement, the agency would have posted a $100 million profit.

"The encouraging results from our holiday mailing season cannot sustain us as we move deeper into the current fiscal year and face continuing financial challenges," said Postmaster General and CEO Patrick Donahoe.

The narrowed losses this past quarter were due to the fact that the USPS is only forced to make one payment to prefund retiree healthcare benefits in the fiscal year that began Oct. 1. The year before, the agency had to make two payments after Congress allowed one to be delayed from fiscal 2011.

Related: Postal Service to end Saturday mail service Aug. 5

Unions argue that no other agency or private business is required to make such a payment, and have been pushing Congress to do away with the mandate. But so far, no legislation to help the agency that has advanced in Congress would dump the requirement.

"Since pre-funding went into effect, it accounts for more than 80% of the agency's red ink," said Fredric Rolando, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers. "The USPS should focus on urging Congress to reform the pre-funding requirement, not on a counterproductive slashing of services."

The situation turned particularly dire last year -- the agency twice defaulted on payments totaling $11 billion, and it exhausted a $15 billion line of credit from the U.S. Treasury. The agency said it expects to skip that payment again.

The Postal Service is, by law, an "independent establishment" of the executive branch. The agency doesn't normally use tax dollars for operations, but it has exhausted a $15 billion loan from Treasury.

The Postal Service on Wednesday unveiled a plan to end Saturday delivery of mail, a move which is expected to save $2 billion a year, a drop in the bucket compared to the $16 billion loss the organization reported for 2012.

It remains unclear whether the Postal Service has the power to end Saturday service on its own without Congress' help. Senate Majority Harry Reid questioned the legality of the the agency's move on Thursday.

But Donahoe insisted the agency could make the move, noting he'd be willing to work with Congress when they hammer out a budget to keep government operating in the next few weeks.

"We feel our interpretation gives us the ability to move ahead, but we still have time before this (current budget) runs out so that we can work the differences out," Donahoe said.

First Published: February 8, 2013: 9:22 AM ET

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US Postal Service posts $1.3 billion quarterly loss

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Days after announcing plans to end Saturday delivery of first-class mail, the United States Postal Service provided evidence to justify the move: a quarterly loss of over $1 billion.

The USPS said Friday that it lost $1.3 billion in the three months from October to December. While that was lower than the $3.3 billion loss in the same period a year earlier, it still exemplified the depth of the agency's financial problems.

This year, extra mail tied to the November elections and stronger revenue from holiday-related packages contributed to a better quarter, USPS Chief Financial Officer Joe Corbett said during a meeting of the Postal Service Board of Governors.

The October to December period, which is the first quarter of the Postal Service's fiscal year, is typically the strongest because of the holidays.

The mail service has been grappling with tumbling mail volumes as Americans communicate more online and has struggled under the weight of massive required payments for future retiree health benefits.

The Postal Service defaulted twice last year on required payments to the federal government and lost almost $16 billion during the fiscal year.

Earlier this week, the mail agency announced plans to stop delivering first-class mail on Saturdays starting in the first week of August as part of a series of cost-cutting steps the agency is taking. The agency said cutting back to five-day mail delivery would save $2 billion a year.

The Postal Service will continue delivering packages on Saturdays and will keep post offices on their normal schedules.

Reuters contributed to this report.

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