Merpati Nusantara Airlines
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Founded | 6 September 1962 | ||||||
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Hubs | Soekarno-Hatta International Airport Ngurah Rai International Airport Juanda International Airport | ||||||
Fleet size | 15 | ||||||
Destinations | 35 | ||||||
Headquarters | Jakarta, Indonesia | ||||||
Key people | Bambang Bhakti - CEO | ||||||
Website | http://www.merpati.co.id/ |
Merpati Nusantara Airlines is an airline based in Jakarta, Indonesia. It is a major domestic airline operating scheduled services to more than 25 destinations in Indonesia, as well as scheduled international services to East Timor and Malaysia. Its main base is Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta.[1]. Merpati is listed as 2-star airlines by Skytrax[2]. Merpati also listed in category 1 by Indonesian Civil Aviation Authority for airline safety quality[3].
History
The airline was established and started operations on 6 September 1962. It was set up by the Indonesian government as the second state airline, with the main objective of taking over the network of domestic services developed by the Air Force since 1958. During 1962, it also took over the routes previously operated by KLM subsidiary, De Kroonduif, which had been flown by Garuda since 1962. In October 1978, the airline was taken over by Garuda, but continued to operate under its own name. Merpati was integrated into the Garuda Indonesia Group in September 1989, but was granted government permission to separate in 1993, although the split did not actually take place until April 1997. It is owned by the Indonesian Government (93.2%) and Garuda Indonesia (6.8%).[1] Because of heavy weaknesses in its security Merpati Nusantara Airlines as well as all other Indonesian airlines have been put on the List of air carriers banned in the European Union, so planes operated by the airline are banned from landing at airports in the European Union.[4]
It has a maintenance facility based at Juanda International Airport, Surabaya. [citation needed]
The word merpati is Indonesian for "dove", and Nusantara is a geographic term referring to parts of Indonesia.
Destinations
Merpati Nusantara serve the following cities:
Domestic
- Balikpapan (Sepinggan International Airport)
- Bandung (Husein Sastranegara International Airport)
- Banjarmasin (Syamsudin Noor Airport)
- Batam (Hang Nadim Airport)
- Biak (Frans Kaisiepo Airport)
- Bima (Bima Airport)
- Cilacap (Tunggul Wulung Airport)
- Denpasar (Ngurah Rai International Airport)
- Jakarta (Soekarno-Hatta International Airport)
- Jayapura (Sentani Airport)
- Kendari (Wolter Monginsidi Airport)
- Kupang (El Tari Airport)
- Makassar (Hasanuddin International Airport)
- Malang (Abdul Rachman Saleh Airport)
- Manado (Sam Ratulangi International Airport)
- Manokwari (Rendani Airport)
- Mataram (Selaparang Airport)
- Maumere (Maumere Airport)
- Merauke (Mopah Airport)
- Medan (Polonia International Airport)
- Padang (Minangkabau International Airport)
- Palembang (Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II Airport)
- Palu (Mutiara Airport)
- Pekanbaru (Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport)
- Sorong (Sorong Airport)
- Surabaya (Juanda International Airport)
- Tanjung Karang (Radin Inten II Airport)
- Ternate (Babullah Airport)
- Waingapu (Waingapu Airport)
- Ujungpandang (Hasanuddin International Airport)
- Yogyakarta (Adisucipto International Airport)
International
Fleet
The Merpati fleet includes the following aircraft (as of 24 April 2010) [1]:
Aircraft | In Fleet | Orders | Options | Passengers | Routes | Notes |
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ATR 72-212 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 68 | Denpasar, Bali - Mataram, Lombok | 1st of 7 arrived March 2010, registered PK-MFA |
Boeing 737-200 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 118 | Domestic routes | |
Boeing 737-300 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 128 | Domestic and international routes | |
Boeing 737-400 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 159 | Domestic and international routes | |
Fokker 100 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 107 | Domestic routes | |
Xian MA60 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 60 | Domestic routes | 3rd and 4th to be delivered in May/June 2010 [5] |
IPTN CN-235 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 45 | Domestic routes | |
CASA 212 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 20 | Domestic routes | |
DHC-6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 20 | Domestic routes | |
SAAB 340 [6] | 0 | 11 | 0 | 36 | Domestic routes | Operational in October 2010 [7] |
Total | 34 | 30 | 0 | Last updated: 1 May 2010 |
Previously operated
At August 2006 the airline also operated[8] :
- 2 BAe 748 Series 2A
- 3 McDonnell Douglas DC-9
- 3 Boeing 737-200
- 3 De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter
- 2 Fokker 100
- 2 Fokker F27 Mk500
- 22 Fokker F28 Mk4000
- 5 Fokker F27 Mk500F
- 10 Indonesian Aerospace CN-235-100
- 5 Indonesian Aerospace 212-200
- 5 Vickers Vanguard
Merpati Training Centre
Merpati Training Centre is a division of Strategic Business Unit and is one of the largest aviation training centres in Indonesia. It conducts ground school courses for pilots, flight attendants, flight operation officers (dispatchers), commercial airline operations and administration staff in the region. The training centre was originally founded in 1994 and known as 'Flight Safety Training' training initially Merpati's own staff , but later changed its name to the Merpati Training Centre (MTC) in 1999 offering aviation training services to other airlines and companies in the region. Some of MTC's clients include Indonesia's national airline, Garuda Indonesia, Sriwijaya Air, Batavia Air, Lion Air, Pelita Air Services and many more.
Courses conducted by the MTC include type rating courses for pilots, flight attendants and flight operation officers on the Fokker 27, CN 235, DHC6 Twin Otter, CASA 212, as well as other ground courses including Dangerous Goods Awareness, Airline Transport Pilot License (ATPL) theory, Cockpit Resources Management (CRM) and Multi Crew Coordination (MCC).
MTC has two campuses located in Jakarta and Surabaya. MTC's Jakarta campus is located on the 11th Floor of the Merpati Building in Kemayoran, where as the Surabaya campus is located at Juanda International Airport.
Merpati Pilot School
On 16 February 2010, the Merpati Pilot School, a department of the MTC, was officially launched at Surabaya's Juanda International Airport. The flying school was awarded its Part 141 certification from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation on 18 August 2009 and currently has a fleet of two Cessna C172, registered PK-MSH and PK-MSN with 8 more aircraft to join the fleet in 2010. Ground school for cadet pilots are conducted at the Merpati Training Centre in Surabaya, and flight training will be conducted from Trunojoyo Airport, Sumenep on the island of Madura.
Accidents and incidents
- On 10 November 1971, Vickers Viscount PK-MVS of crashed into the sea 75 miles (121 km) off Sumatra killing all 69 people on board.[9]
- On 5 April 1972, a Vickers Viscount of Merpati Nusantara Airlines was the subject of an attempted hijacking. The hijacker was killed.[10]
- On 18 June 1988, Vickers Viscount PK-MVG of was damaged beyond economic repair when it suffered a hydraulic system failure and departed the runway at Polonia International Airport, Medan.[11]
- On 30 November 1994 Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 422 overran the runway at Achmad Yani International Airport with no no casualties among the 85 on board [2]
- 1995 - Merpati Nusantara Airlines de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter crashed [3]
- On 2 August 2009 - Flight Merpati Nusantara Airlines 9760, a Twin Otter crashed in to the the mountains of Papua.[4]. The accident investigation report released by the NTSC revealed the cause of the accident to be CFIT (controlled flight in to terrain) after visual reference was lost. In an attempt to fly clear of cloud, the pilot made a climbing turn to the left but struck with a mountain at 9600 feet above sea level. [12]
- On 3 December 2009, Fokker 100 PK-MJD made an emergency landing at El Tari Airport, Kupang when the left main gear failed to extend. There were no injuries among the passengers and crew.[13]
- On 13 April 2010, Merpati Flight 836, operated by a Boeing 737-300, registration PK-MDE, ran off the end of the runway at Rendani Airport, Manokwari, injuring around 20 passengers, but causing no casualties among the 103 on board.[14]
External links
References
- ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-10. p. 49.
- ^ http://www.airlinequality.com/Airlines/MZ.htm
- ^ http://hubud.dephub.go.id/?en+news+detail+1464+8
- ^ Spiegel: EU puts all Indonesian airlines on its black list 28 June 2007
- ^ http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/04/30/341317/indonesias-merpati-and-chinas-xian-aircraft-overcome-cracks-in.html
- ^ http://www.antaranews.com/berita/1271773095/restrukturisasi-merpati-hampir-final
- ^ http://www.antara.co.id/en/news/1272555123/merpati-needs-rp7998-billion
- ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006
- ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
- ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
- ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
- ^ NTSC Final Report of Twin Otter Accident, PK-NVC
- ^ "Merpati Air Plane Passengers Unharmed In Emergency Landing". Bernama. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
- ^ "Merpati 737-300 breaks up after overshooting runway in Papua". Flightglobal.com. 13 April 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2010.