Batavia Air

Infobox Airline
airline = Batavia Air

logo_size = 150px
fleet_size = 31
destinations =
IATA = 7P
ICAO = BTV
callsign = BATAVIA
parent =
company_slogan = Trust Us To Fly
founded = 2002
headquarters = Jakarta, Indonesia
key_people = Yudiawan Tansari (President)
hubs = Soekarno-Hatta International Airport
secondary_hubs =
focus_cities =
frequent_flyer =
lounge =
alliance =
subsidiaries =
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.cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= Flight International | page= 84 | date= 2007-03-27]

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.

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.

Destinations

Batavia Air operates the following services (at June 2008): Fact|date=April 2007

*Domestic scheduled destinations: Ambon, Balikpapan, Banjarmasin, Batam, Bengkulu, Denpasar Bali, Jakarta, Jambi, Jayapura, Kendari. Kupang, Manado, Manokwari, Mataram, Medan, Padang, Palangkaraya, Palembang, Palu, Pangkalpinang, Pekanbaru, Pontianak, Semarang, Samarinda, Surabaya, Tanjung Pandan, Tarakan, Ujung Pandang, Ternate and Yogyakarta.

*International scheduled destinations: Guangzhou and Kuching.

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

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.

External links

* [http://www.batavia-air.co.id/ Batavia Air]
* [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=7P&al_op=1 Batavia Air Fleet]

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