Aviastar (Indonesia)

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Aviastar
Aviastar (Indonesia) logo.png
IATA ICAO Callsign
MV VIT AVIASTAR
Founded 2003
Operating bases
Fleet size 4
Destinations 30
Company slogan Fly Safe And Comfort
Headquarters East Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia
Key people
Website www.aviastar.biz

PT Aviastar Mandiri, operating as Aviastar is an Indonesian growing domestic passenger airline based in East Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia.[2]

History[edit]

The airline was established in 12 June 2000 by Capt. Sugeng Triyono and his 4 colleagues which started as helicopter charter services company with various leased helicopters. Since 2003 Aviastar began operating fix wing aircraft with 2 units of DeHavilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otters and began to drop its rotary wings operations.

Aviastar now is an established company dealing with air transportation services either for chartered flights or schedule flights and currently operates 4 units of DHC-6-300 and 3 units of BAe 146-200 with plan to order 3 units more of DHC-6-300 to add in its fleet before end of 2013.

Its main operation base is located in Jakarta (CGK) with other operation bases in Palangkaraya (PKY), Balikpapan (BPN), Makassar (UPG), Nabire (NBX) and Denpasar (DPS).

Destinations[edit]

Domestic[edit]

Aviastar also serves 36 routes in commercial and government subsidiary pioneer flights, which the following domestic Indonesian destinations are some of them :

Fleet[edit]

Aviastar BAe 146-200 at Muara Bungo Airport in 2012

Aviastar fleet includes the following aircraft :

Aviastar Fleet
Aircraft In Fleet Orders Notes
BAe 146-200 2 0
DHC-6 Twin Otter 4 0

Incidents and accidents[edit]

  • On 9 April 2009, an Aviastar BAe 146-300 PK-BRD, crashed to a mountain near Wamena, Papua, Indonesia, after a failed second approach for landing at Wamena Airport.[3]
  • On 2 October 2015, an Aviastar DHC-6 Twin Otter, registered as PK-BRM, operating Aviastar Flight 7503 with three crew members and seven passengers onboard, crashed near Palopo 11 minutes after takeoff. Out of the seven passengers onboard, there were 4 adult, 2 children, and 1 baby.[4] There were no survivors.

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