Batavia Air

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Batavia Air
IATA 7P	ICAO BTV	Callsign BATAVIA
Founded		2002
Hubs		Soekarno-Hatta International Airport
Fleet size		31
Destinations
Company slogan		Trust Us To Fly
Headquarters		Jakarta, Indonesia
Key people		Yudiawan Tansari (President)
Website: http://www.batavia-air.co.id/

Batavia Air (PT. Metro Batavia) is an airline based in Jakarta, Indonesia. It operates domestic flights to around 30 destinations and international services to China and Malaysia. Its main base is Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta.^[1]

Contents 1 History 2 Destinations 3 Fleet 4 Incidents and accidents 5 External links 6 References

[edit] History

The airline was established in 2002 and started operations in January 2002. It was originally known as Metro Batavia and started operating using wet-leased Fokker F27 aircraft from Sempati. It launched scheduled services from Jakarta to Pontianak in January 2002. It is wholly owned by PT Metro Batavia.^[1]

In March 2007 the Indonesian transport ministry, under huge political pressure to improve air safety in Indonesia, warned it will close seven airlines unless they improve training and maintenance within the next three months. The ministry developed a formula for ranking the airlines in three bands. Those in the third (least safe) band are: Adam Air, Batavia Air, Jatayu Airlines, Kartika Airlines, Manunggal Air Services, Transwisata Prima Aviation and Tri-MG Intra Asia Airlines.^[1]

[edit] Destinations

Batavia Air operates the following services (at January 2005):^{[citation needed]}

• Domestic scheduled destinations: Blok M, Lebak Bulus, Banjarmasin, Denpasar Bali, Jakarta, Jambi, Jayapura, Kupang, Manado, Medan, Padang, Palembang, Pangkalpinang, Pekanbaru, Pontianak, Semarang, Surabaya, Tarakan and Yogyakarta.

• International scheduled destinations: Guangzhou and Kuching.

[edit] Fleet

The Batavia Air fleet includes the following aircraft (at February 2008):

• 2 Airbus A319-100
• 2 Airbus A320-200
• 6 Boeing 737-200
• 16 Boeing 737-300
• 4 Boeing 737-400
• 1 Fokker F28

[edit] Incidents and accidents

On November 21, 2007 a Batavia 737-400 lost a 40cm by 50cm piece of wing shortly after takeoff from Jakarta. The plane made a safe emergency landing, and despite the loose chunk striking a house, no-one was injured.

[edit] External links

• Batavia Air
• Batavia Air Fleet

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Directory: World Airlines", Flight International, 2007-03-27, p. 84. 

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