Starting out in 1949, GMF AeroAsia originated as the Technical Division of Garuda Indonesia Airlines at the Kemayoran and Halim Perdanakusuma airports in Jakarta, Indonesia. Back in 1984, GMF AeroAsia relocated to Soekarno Hatta International Airport and rebranded itself as the Division of Maintenance & Engineering (M&E), which developed into an outright independent business unit. Subsequently, in 1998 the Maintenance & Engineering Division transformed itself into the Strategic Business Unit (SBU-GMF), which handles all of Garuda Indonesia's fleet maintenance activities, thus honing its competitive edge. Eventually in 2002 SBU-GMF was spun off from Garuda Indonesia, and officially became an independent subsidiary under the name of PT Garuda Maintenance Facility AeroAsia. Furthermore, GMF AeroAsia is now rightly considered as one of the best and largest aircraft maintenance companies in the region as well as being the customer's MRO provider of choice in 2015.