Garuda Indonesia Boeing 737 MAX 8

Garuda Indonesia Boeing 737 MAX 8



Garuda Indonesia, Indonesia’s national airline, is headquartered in Jakarta, with its primary hub at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport. By 2008, Garuda Indonesia was recognized as one of Southeast Asia’s leading airlines, providing both domestic and international flights. It is a member of the SkyTeam alliance, reflecting its global reach and high-quality service.

In December 2017, Garuda Indonesia took delivery of its first Boeing 737 MAX 8, becoming the launch customer of the aircraft type in Indonesia. However, a few years ago, the airline temporarily grounded the aircraft. On July 19, 2022, Garuda Indonesia decided to return the aircraft to the lessor.


Garuda Indonesia Max 8 after 2022

After July 19, 2022, when Garuda Indonesia returned its Boeing 737 MAX 8 to the lessor, the airline no longer operated this aircraft type in its fleet. The decision was part of Garuda Indonesia’s broader restructuring and fleet optimization efforts, focusing on cost efficiency and operational stability. The airline has since shifted its attention to other aircraft types that better suit its current needs and market conditions, while continuously evaluating future opportunities for fleet expansion or modernization. Even though PK-GDA is no longer part of Garuda Indonesia’s fleet, this beauty has returned to the sky under SmartLynx Malta.


Let’s give your vote for this Beauty!

One of the best max livery ever built

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Votedd! 😍

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Voted! Nice livery🔥

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Garuda ON TOP!

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That blue color combination on the tail, so fresh looking! You have my vote!

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Bump this thread🔥

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So…they don’t fly it currently, they flew a single example ever, they haven’t flown it for more than 5 years, it doesn’t even wear the colors anymore, the Garuda 737-800 is already in game, and Garuda has crazy in-game coverage already for an airline of their size.

While it certainly may fit the Infinite Flight ethos to add this (United A350, Delta 787, etc), those had some solid justification behind their additions. What can be said about this?

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Hello @AndrewWu

I fully understand that Garuda Indonesia’s livery has been added to IFS at 738 recently. In fact, when I made the request for this livery, I had a thought like, “The devs must think that Indonesian players aren’t grateful for the variety of liveries they already have.”

However, when I saw someone request the S7 livery for the 737 MAX 8, I felt like it might be possible for me to make a livery request for this one too. Especially considering the 737 MAX 8 is still under development, I thought there would be no harm in creating this request thread.

In the end, it’s entirely up to the IFS devs to decide whether this livery gets accepted or rejected. As players, me and all IFS users that vote for this livery have to accept whatever the outcome is, whether we like it or not.

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Bruuhh How could I let this beautiful livery not be in Infinite Flight? Voted!

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The S7 livery shouldn’t be on the MAX either lol

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Haha absolutely, that’s why on my statement above I wrote, "In the end, it’s entirely up to the IFS devs to decide whether this livery gets accepted or rejected” :)

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Why shouldn’t it? Thats a bit harsh considering we have a vast group of Russians on the forum here?

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Because, similar to the Garuda Max 8, they no longer fly with S7. They had two of them delivered, “flew” for 4 years (for most of which, they were grounded), and then sent off to Southwind and SCAT. On the contrary, S7 still operates 17 737-800s. It would be more fitting than the MAX.

Maybe if we actually had the S7 Livery on the B738 i would agree with this but we don’t so, Unlike the Garuda Indonesia which is already on the B738…

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40th to vote for this beauty! Im sure it will come to IF😍

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Regardless of all the debates about this livery or S7, in the end, it all remains the prerogative of the IFS Devs. But personally, I’d love to see this livery on this Simulator 🥺:fingercrossed:

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Voted!🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

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Hopefully we can get this livery 🔥

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