On 21 June 1982, Garuda became the launch customer of the Airbus A300 B4-220FFCC, the first variant of the A300 capable of being operated with two pilots instead of three. By 1984, nine of these were in service, supplemented by 8 McDonnell Douglas DC-10s, 24 DC-9s, 45 Fokker F-28s, and 6 Boeing 747-200s. In 1985 under Reyn Altin Johannes Lumenta, who had been CEO since 1984, Garuda Indonesian Airways made the controversial decision to hire foreign brand consultants Landor Associates to create a new logo, livery and brand, a project regarded as expensive and unnecessary at the time but later applauded as vital for Garuda's reputation and corporate identity as the national airline.
On 21 June 1982 Garuda became the launch customer of the Airbus A300 B4-220FFCC the first variant of the A300 capable of being operated with two pilots instead of three By 1984 nine of these were in service supplemented by 8 McDonnell Douglas DC-10s 24 DC-9s 45 Fokker F-28s and 6 Boeing 747-200s In 1985 under Reyn Altin Johannes Lumenta who had been CEO since 1984 Garuda Indonesian Airways made the controversial decision to hire foreign brand consultants Landor Associates to create a new logo livery and brand a project regarded as expensive and unnecessary at the time but later applauded as vital for Garuda's reputation and corporate identity as the national airline