JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) – PT Garuda Indonesia Tbk, the country’s flag-carrier, has officially appointed Juliandra Nurtjahjo, as new President Director of Citilink, Garuda’s budget airliner, replacing Albert Burhan.
Juliandra was President Director of GMF Aero Asia, a subsidiary of Garuda, before appointed to the new post.
In late December 2016, Albert Burhan decided to resign, along with operational director Hadinoto Soedigno, after an allegedly drunk Citilink pilot showing up for work circulated in the public. His resignation was seen as a gesture of responsibility for the incident.
President Commissioner of Garuda Arif Wibowo said Friday (March 31) that Citilink under the new CEO has been given special duty to expand domestic market of Citilink amid tighter competition.
Juliandra Nurtjahjo was appointed as president director of PT Garuda Maintenance Facility AeroAsia, known as GMF AeroAsia, in March 2016, replacing Richard Budihadianto.
Richard has become president director of GMF AeroAsia since 2007, while Juliandra was previiously Director of Line Operation of GMF AeroAsia.
Juliandra (48 years old) joined GMF AeroAsia since 15 years ago, after graduating masters degree (S2) at University of Indonesia. One of consideration Garuda appointing him as CEO of Citilink was his achievement in maintaining safety standard of GMF AeroAsia. He started his carrier at Garuda Indonesia for eight years before joining GMF AeroAsia.
Following is the composition of Citilink Indonesia:
- President Director : Juliandra Nurtjahjo
- Operational Director : Arry Kalzaman Sudarmadji
- Commercial Director: Andy Adrian
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