Batavia Air

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Batavia Air
IATA
Y6		 ICAO
BTV		 Callsign
BATAVIA
Founded 2002
Hubs Soekarno-Hatta International Airport
Fleet size 38
Destinations 48 [6 International, 42 Domestic]
Company slogan Trust Us To Fly
Headquarters Jakarta, Indonesia
Key people Yudiawan Tansari (President), Dexter Leopard (Production Director)
Website http://www.batavia-air.com/

Batavia Air (PT. Metro Batavia) is an airline based in Jakarta, Indonesia. It operates domestic flights to around 30 destinations and international services to Singapore, China and Malaysia. Its main base is Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta.[1] Batavia Air is listed in category 1 by Indonesian Civil Aviation Authority for airline safety quality.[2]

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[edit] History

The airline was established in 2001 and started operations in January 2002. Originally known as Metro Batavia, it started operations with a wet-leased Fokker F27 aircraft from Sempati Air. It launched scheduled services from Jakarta to Pontianak in January 2002. It is owned by PT Metro Batavia.[1] Since June 2010 the airline has been taken off the list of banned carriers from flying into EU airspace (Safety authorized by EU).[3]

Batavia Air A330
Batavia Air B737-300

[edit] Destinations

Batavia Air Tail Fin

Batavia Air operates the following services:

[edit] Fleet

Batavia Air Boeing 737-300 taking off

The Batavia Air fleet includes the following aircraft [5]:

Batavia Air Fleet
Aircraft In Fleet Orders Options Passengers Routes Notes
Airbus A320-200 7 0 0 180 Domestic and international routes
Airbus A321-200 1 0 0 220 Domestic and international routes ex Air Ivoire[6]
Airbus A330-200 2 0 0 320 Domestic and international routes 1 ex Aer Lingus, 1 ex Air Comet
Denpasar/Bali, Jakarta, Medan, Manado, Jeddah, Riyadh, Singapore
Boeing 737-200 3 0 0 112 Domestic routes
Boeing 737-300 14 0 0 149 Domestic routes To be phased out in 2013
Boeing 737-400 11 0 0 168 Domestic routes To be phased out in 2013
Boeing 737-500 1 0 0 133 Domestic routes
Total 39 0 0 Last updated: February 2012

[edit] Accidents and incidents

  • On November 21, 2007 a Batavia Air 737-400 lost a 40 cm by 50 cm piece of wing shortly after takeoff from Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta International Airport. The plane made a safe emergency landing. The piece of wing fell onto a house. No-one was injured.[7]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 84. 2007-03-27. 
  2. ^ http://hubud.dephub.go.id/?en+news+detail+1464+8
  3. ^ http://flights.indonesiamatters.com/616-batavia-denpasar-bali-dili/
  4. ^ http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/02/09/lion-batavia-air-temporarily-stop-flights-jeddah.html
  5. ^ http://www.airfleets.net/flottecie/Batavia.htm
  6. ^ http://www.airfleets.net/ficheapp/plane-a321-1017.htm
  7. ^ "Jatuhnya Serpihan Batavia Air Termasuk Kategori Insiden Serius" (in Indonesian). Dekit News. 23 November 2007. http://us.detiknews.com/index.php/detik.read/tahun/2007/bulan/11/tgl/23/time/073307/idnews/856401/idkanal/10. Retrieved 5 March 2011. 

[edit] External links

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