List of airlines of Indonesia

This is a list of airlines which have an Air Operator Certificate issued by the Civil Aviation Authority of Indonesia.

There are two types of AOC in Indonesia, AOC 121 and AOC 135. AOC 121 is for commercial scheduled airlines with more than 30 passengers.[1] AOC 135 is for commercial scheduled airlines with 30 or less passengers and chartered airlines.[1] There are 22 AOC 121 holders and 32 AOC 135 holders.[2]

By January 12, 2012 all Indonesian scheduled airlines have to operate with at least 10 aircraft where a minimum of 5 aircraft should be owned. The Ministry of Transport has the right to withdraw their operating certificate in case they do not comply with this regulation (Law Number 1 Year 2009 about Air Transport).[3] The application of the regulation has been postponed for one year, while in the postponed time the airlines should give a business plan and a contract letter for the leasing aircraft for at least one year ahead.[4]

The largest low-cost carrier airlines include Lion Air, Indonesia AirAsia and Citilink a subsidiary of Garuda Indonesia.[5]

The safety-related ban on Indonesian airlines fly to European Union countries has been partially lifted since 2009 with Garuda Indonesia, Airfast Indonesia, Mandala Airlines, Express Transportasi Antarbenua, Indonesia AirAsia and Batavia Air being taken off the list. On April 21, 2011 the EU lifted the ban of Cardig Air, Republic Express, Asia Link and Air Maleo - all being cargo carriers. The ban had been imposed after a string of accidents[6]

There are 3 categories of On Time Performance (OTP) for commercial scheduled airlines in Indonesia. They are: (average January till November 2011)[7]

Cancelled flights for period January to November 2011 remain high for Merpati Airlines with 9.21 percent and is followed by Sriwijaya Air with 4.11 percent cancellation.[7] 60 percent routes or 26 routes of Merpati Airlines was pioneer routes in the remote areas with limited airport facilities and depended on good weathers.

Since January 1, 2012 the airlines have to give a Rp300,000 ($33) voucher to each passenger as compensation for a delayed flight of more than 4 hours and the voucher should be able to be disbursed on that day or on the following day, but bad weather or operational and technical problems, such as refueling delays or a damaged runway are extempted from this requirement. For flights diverted to other destinations the airlines have to make all necessary arrangements to get the passengers to their original destinations plus Rp.150,000 compensation. Any flight cancellations must be made 7 days prior to a flight and passengers will receive a full refund and cancelled within 7 days of departure, the airlines have to pay compensation equal to the value of the ticket on top of the full refund.[8] Batavia Air was the first airline which delay more than 4 hours of Palangkaraya-Surabaya route due to operational problem in January 2, 2011. The airlines should pay totally Rp42 million ($4,242) compensation to all passengers.[9]

An Airbus A330-300 of Garuda Indonesia, the flag carrier of Indonesia.
A McDonnell Douglas MD-80 (now retired) of Lion Air, the largest low-cost airline in Indonesia.

Scheduled Commercial Airlines

Airline IATA ICAO Callsign Fleet
Size
Hub Airport(s) Notes Airfast Indonesia FS AFE AIRFAST 19 Soekarno-Hatta International Airport AOC 135[10]
Airmark Indonesia 4 Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport Air Regional ARI 3
Aviastar (Indonesia) MV VIT AVIASTAR 3 Syamsudin Noor Airport
Batavia Air Y6 BTV BATAVIA 51 Soekarno-Hatta International Airport Bankruptcy January 31, 2013 AOC 121[11] | Cardig Air 8F CAD CARDIG AIR 2 Soekarno-Hatta International Airport AOC 121[11]
Citilink QG CTV SUPERGREEN 31 Juanda International Airport AOC 121-046
Cargo Garuda Indonesia GA GIA INDONESIA Soekarno–Hatta International Airport
Deraya Air Taxi DRY DERAYA 7 Husein Sastranegara International Airport AOC 135[10]
Dirgantara Air Service AW DIR DIRGANTARA 6 Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport AOC 135[10] Xpress Air XN XAR TRAVEL EXPRESS 14 PT Travel Express
AOC 121[11] |
Garuda Indonesia GA GIA INDONESIA 114 Soekarno-Hatta International Airport
Ngurah Rai Airport
Kuala Namu International Airport
Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport
Juanda International Airport
National airline
AOC 121[11]
Indonesia AirAsia QZ AWQ WAGON AIR 15 Soekarno-Hatta International Airport
Ngurah Rai Airport
Husein Sastranegara International Airport
Juanda International Airport
AOC 121[11]
Indonesia Air Transport I8 IDA INTRA 32 Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport AOC 121[11]
Kalimantan Air Service |
Kal Star Aviation KLS KALSTAR 6 AOC 121[11]
Kartika Airlines 3Y KAE KARTIKA 6 Soekarno-Hatta International Airport AOC 121[11]
Lion Air JT LNI LION INTER 98 Soekarno-Hatta International Airport
Juanda International Airport
Hang Nadim International Airport
AOC 121[11]
Linus Airways LAI AIRLINUS 2 Soekarno-Hatta International Airport AOC 121[2] | Lorena Airlines 2
Mandala Airlines RI MDL MANDALA 3 Soekarno-Hatta International Airport AOC 121[11]
Megantara Air 9M MKE MEGANTARA 2 Soekarno-Hatta International Airport AOC 121[11] |
Merpati Nusantara Airlines MZ MNA MERPATI 44 Soekarno-Hatta International Airport
Ngurah Rai International Airport
Hasanuddin International Airport (planned main hub)
Suspended services in Feb 2014
AOC 121[11]
Mimika Air 2 AOC 135[10] | Nusantara Air Charter SJK NUSANTRA AOC 121[2]
Pelita Air Service 6D PAS PELITA 16 Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport AOC 121[11]
AOC 135[10]
Penas Air 1
Post Ekspres Prima 1 Riau Airlines PK RIU RIAU AIR 7 Sultan Syarif Qasim II International Airport AOC 121[11] |
Sky Aviation (Indonesia) SY SYA SKY 9 Halim Perdanakusuma Airport
Sriwijaya Air SJ SJY SRIWIJAYA 46 Soekarno–Hatta International Airport
Susi Air SQS SKY QUEEN 14 PT Asi Pudjiastuti
AOC 135[10]
TransNusa Air Services M8 TNU TRANSNUSA 5 El Tari Airport
Transwisata Prima Aviation 6 AOC 135[10] | Travira Air TR TVV PARAMITA 12 AOC 135[10]
Trigana Air Service TN TGN TRIGANA 20 Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport AOC 121[11]
Wings Air IW WON WINGS ABADI 15 Soekarno-Hatta International Airport AOC 121[11]

Charter Airlines

Airline IATA ICAO Callsign Fleet
Size
Hub Airport(s) Notes IOSA (IATA) EASA (EU) IASA (FAA)
EastIndo ESD EASTINDO 6 Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport AOC 135[10] NO NO YES
Nusantara Buana Air 3 Polonia International Airport
Sultan Iskandarmuda Airport
AOC 135[10] NO NO YES
Premiair 7 PT Ekspres Transportasi Antarbenua
AOC 135[10]
NO YES YES
Sabang Merauke Raya Air Charter SMC SAMER 4 Polonia International Airport AOC 135[10] NO NO YES
Transwisata Prima Aviation 6 AOC 135[10] NO NO YES
Air Born Indonesia 6 Sultan Aji Muhamad Sulaiman Airport AOC 135[10] NO NO YES

Cargo Airlines

Airlines ICAO IATA Callsign Commenced
Operations
Hub Airport Notes IOSA (IATA) EASA (EU) IASA (FAA)
Auvia Air 1 NO NO YES
Cardig Air 8F CAD 2 Soekarno-Hatta International Airport AOC 121[11] NO NO YES
Manunggal Air Services 2 Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport AOC 121[11] NO NO YES
Nurman Avia NIN NURVINDO NO NO YES
Papua Indonesia Air System NO NO NO
Republic Express Airlines RPH PUBLIC EXPRESS 1 NO NO YES
Tri-MG Intra Asia Airlines GY TMG TRILINES 5 Soekarno-Hatta International Airport AOC 121[11] NO NO YES

Accidents and incidents

After major accident of Adam Air in January 2007 which killed all 102 people on board, there were no major accidents up to November 8, 2011. Up to November 8, 2011 year to date, there were 11 accidents, 16 serious incidents and 9 incidents. An accident as aircraft crash that result in death, a serious incident is defined as inflicting injury and when no injury was called an incident. 52 percent of all the aircraft accidents between 2007 and 2010 were caused by human error mainly when passed over mountainous area.[12]

Regulations

To make better airlines environment, Transportation Ministry has released Permenhub No. 45/2015 in February 2015 about Persyaratan Kepemilikan Modal (Capital Requirements), which mentioned that for new airlines should have Rp300 billion capital paid for each airplane with maximum 70 seats capacity to be schedulled airline, Rp500 billion for more than 70 seats capacity, and for non-schedulled Rp150 billion of maximum 70 seats capacity. For existing airlines the capital requirements should be fulfilled at last in 2018.

The authourity will also strict the implementation of each airlines which should deliver their last year audited financial statement by registered public accountant not more than 14 April of the current year.[13]

See also

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