Garuda Indonesia is offering 170,845 domestic roundtrip seats at no additional fare to eligible international passengers flying to Indonesia from 14 origin cities across 10 countries, as the national flag carrier seeks to encourage travellers to extend their journeys beyond the country’s main international gateways. The program, available for travel from 1 August to 30 November 2026, allows passengers holding roundtrip international tickets to Indonesia to add a domestic roundtrip journey as part of their itinerary.
The initiative, carrying the spirit of #DiscoverMoreIndonesia, is designed to encourage international arrivals to visit more than one destination during a single trip. This supports longer stays and a wider distribution of tourism spending beyond major hubs such as Jakarta and Denpasar. Additionally, it provides enhanced connectivity for Indonesian diaspora, migrant workers, and citizens returning from overseas who wish to travel onward to their home regions or other destinations.
Garuda Indonesia Marketing Group Head Prina Eka Putri emphasized the strategic value of combining the airline’s international reach with its extensive domestic network. “Indonesia offers far more than a single destination. By making onward domestic travel easier, we want international travellers to stay longer, explore more regions and experience more of what Indonesia has to offer,” she said. This integration of international and domestic connectivity gives Garuda Indonesia a differentiated proposition as regional destinations compete for international visitors.
The allocation of over 170,000 seats is aimed at increasing the economic impact of each international arrival. Agny Gallus Pratama, Garuda Indonesia Southeast Asia Branch Manager and Head of the Free Domestic Flight Project Management Office, noted, “The opportunity is not only to bring more travellers into Indonesia, but to enable each arrival to reach more destinations. When visitors travel further and stay longer, the economic impact can extend to hotels, restaurants, local transportation, tourism operators and MSMEs across the regions.”
By linking international traffic more directly with its domestic network, Garuda Indonesia expects to disperse visitor flows and tourism spending more evenly across the archipelago. This strategy also enhances the airline’s competitiveness in international markets by offering travellers easier access to multiple destinations within a single Indonesian itinerary. More details on eligibility, booking procedures, participating flights, travel periods, and terms are available on Garuda Indonesia’s official Free Domestic Flight webpage.
