Indonesia court extends Garuda debt restructuring by another two months

A Jakarta court has again extended flag carrier Garuda Indonesia’s debt restructuring process by two months, a case official said on Monday, because the company has yet to finish verifying over $10b in claims. This is the second extension granted to the state-controlled airline, which on Jan. 21 was allowed two extra months to complete the claims verification as part of the debt restructuring process. The company now has until May 20 to complete the overall debt restructuring process, said Martin Patrick Nagel, a court-appointed curator for the case. As of March 14, claims worth $9.72b by 229 creditors were yet to be verified and claims worth $885.5m were disputed due to differences between the airline and claimants’ books. Garuda is seeking to slash liabilities of $9.8b to $3.7b under a court-supervised debt restructuring. Creditors have submitted $13.8b worth of claims against the struggling airline.<br/>