Dirgantara Air Service

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Dirgantara Air Service
IATA AW	ICAO DIR	Callsign DIRGANTARA
Founded		1971
Hubs		Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport
Fleet size		15
Destinations
Headquarters		Jakarta, Indonesia
Key people

Dirgantara Air Service is an airline based in Jakarta, Indonesia. It operates scheduled domestic services, as well as charters and aerial work. Its main bases are Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport, Jakarta, Syamsudin Noor Airport, Banjarmasin and Supadio Airport, Pontianak, with hubs at Temindung Airport, Samarinda and Juwata Airport, Tarakan^[1]

Contents 1 History 2 Destinations 3 Fleet 3.1 Previously operated 4 References

[edit] History

The airline was established and started operations in 1971. It is owned by UDI Upaya Foundation (40%), employees (30%) and others (40%). It has 232 employees (at March 2007)^[1].

In March 2007, the Indonesian Transport Ministry announced ratings of Indonesian airlines with some in the category of "holding potential for threatening safety of aviation". One of these was Dirgantara Air Service, although it remained operational^[2]. Other reports state that Dirgantara Air Service has been grounded^[3], but actually the airline only had three of its jetliners grounded because of poor safety compliance^[4].

[edit] Destinations

^{[citation needed]}

Dirgantara Air Service operates services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (at January 2005): Balikpapan, Banjarmasin, Berau, Datadawai, Ketapang, Long Apung, Long Bawan, Nunukan, Pangkalanbun, Pontianak, Putussibau, Samarinda, Sampit, Sintang, Tanjung, Tanjung Selor and Tarakan.

[edit] Fleet

The Dirgantara Air Service fleet includes the following aircraft (at March 2007) ^[1] :

• 1 ATR 42-300
• 6 Britten-Norman BN2A Islander
• 2 Indonesian Aerospace 212-100
• 6 Indonesian Aerospace 212-200

[edit] Previously operated

As of January 2005 the airline also operated:^{[citation needed]}

• 2 Britten-Norman BN2B-20 Islander

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Directory: World Airlines", Flight International, 2007-04-03, p. 73. 
2. ^ People's Daily Online 23 March 2007
3. ^ World News Australia 23 March 2007
4. ^ Jakarta Post 23 March 2007

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