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Wiweko Soepono
Wiweko Soepono (January 18, 1923 - September 8, 2000) was an Indonesian aviator who served as the CEO of Garuda Indonesia, the Flag carrier, flag carrier airlines of Indonesia from 1968 to 1984. An avid Aviator, Wiweko was well known for his role in shaping Indonesia Aviation Industry, from his early career as an Air Force Officers until his role as Garuda Indonesia CEO. Wiweko was well known as an pioneer in the Indonesian aviation Industry along with R.J. Salatun and Nurtanio Pringgoadisuryo, as well as Yum Soemarsono who was a pioneer for Indonesian Helicopter industry and a pioneer for Indonesian disabled pilots training program. One of his notable role in shaping the aviation industry was his idea to modified the early three-man crew cockpit of Airbus A300 into a two-man crew cockpit which no longer require flight engineer as its cockpit crew. Airbus Co-founder Roger Béteille once regarded Wiweko as one of the greatest visionary of Aviation Industry that has the vision of o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garuda Indonesia
Garuda Indonesia is the flag carrier of Indonesia, headquartered at Soekarno–Hatta International Airport. A successor of KLM Interinsulair Bedrijf, it is a member of SkyTeam and the second-largest airline of Indonesia after Lion Air, operating scheduled flights to a number of destinations across Asia, Europe, and Australia from its hubs, focus cities, as well as other cities for Hajj. It is the only Indonesian airline that flies to the European airspace. At its peak from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s, Garuda operated an extensive network of flights all over the world, with regularly scheduled services to Adelaide, Cairo, Fukuoka, Johannesburg, Los Angeles, Paris, Rome and other cities in Europe, Australia and Asia. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, a series of financial and operational difficulties hit the airline hard, causing it to drastically cut back services. In 2009, the airline undertook a five-year modernization plan known as the ''Quantum Leap'', which overhaul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
