Indonesia AirAsia

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Indonesia AirAsia
IATA
QZ		 ICAO
AWQ		 Callsign
WAGON AIR
Founded December 2004
Hubs Soekarno-Hatta International Airport
Secondary hubs Ngurah Rai International Airport[1]
Fleet size 10
Destinations 17
Headquarters Jakarta, Indonesia
Key people Sendjaja Widjaja
Website: http://www.airasia.com

PT. Indonesia AirAsia is a low-cost airline based in Jakarta, Indonesia. It operates scheduled domestic services and is an Indonesian associate carrier of Malaysian low-fare airline AirAsia. Its main base is Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta.[2]

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[edit] History

The airline was established as Awair (Air Wagon International) in 1999 by Abdurrahman Wahid, former chairman of the Nahdlatul Ulama Muslim organisation. He had a 40% stake in the airline which he relinquished after being elected president of Indonesia in October 1999. It started operations on 22 June 2000 with Airbus aircraft, but all flights were suspended in March 2002. Awair started operating domestically within Indonesia as an associate of AirAsia in December 2004. On 1 December 2005 Awair changed its name to Indonesia AirAsia in line with the other AirAsia branded airlines in the region. AirAsia has a 49% share in the airline.[2]

[edit] Destinations

Indonesia AirAsia flies to the following destinations[3]:

Indonesia AirAsia has dropped plans for budget services between Indonesia and Singapore after the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) rejected the application for landing rights. [4]

[edit] Fleet

As of August 2007, the Indonesia AirAsia fleet includes:[5]
Aircraft # Seats Notes
Boeing 737-300 11 148

[edit] AirAsia Academy

On 27 November 2007, it was reported that AirAsia Academy Indonesia has accepted to become the sponsor of Kidzania's Microsoft Flight Simulator establishment

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Indonesia Portal

[edit] References

  1. ^ Indonesia AirAsia to Spend RM200m on Developing New Routes - Business - redOrbit
  2. ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines", Flight International, 2007-04-03, p. 93. 
  3. ^ Official Indonesia AirAsia Timetable
  4. ^ Airliner World, April 2005
  5. ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006
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