Garuda customers to fly Boeing-IIPM News

PT Garuda Indonesia, the In­donesian national flag carrier and US jet maker Boeing Co., have entered into an agree­ment to upgrade Garuda’sfleet. Under the deal, worth $2 billion, the Indonesian carrier will replace its five 737-400s, by operating 18 Boeing 737-800s by 2006, and 10 Boeing 787 Dreamliners by 2013. The move is a result of large operational losses that Garuda has accumulated over the years, due to a continuing surge in global oil prices and increased competition from budget airlines…

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Can Bush spell ‘self-defense’

With its mount­ing magni­tude of con­tribution to the global economy, Asia can no longer be accorded lesser focus in military resolutions. The most intimidating of such resolutions is probably about to unfurl in the form of open militari­sation (or remilitarisa­tion) of Japan, with the US ostensibly ‘forcing’ Japan to amend article nine of its Constitution (to ensure that Japan would show aggres­sion only for self-defense). Though this move seemingly places US as a peace mongering nation, this singular event has the power to put the already vulner­able triangular relations amongst China, Japan and Taiwan in turmoil.

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