Indonesia AirAsia

Infobox_Airline
airline=Indonesia AirAsia
logo=Air Asia new logo.pnglogo_size=282
fleet_size=10
destinations=17
IATA=QZ
ICAO=AWQ
callsign=WAGON AIR
parent=
founded=December 2004
headquarters=Jakarta, Indonesia
key_people=Sendjaja Widjaja
hubs=Soekarno-Hatta International Airport
secondary_hubs=Ngurah Rai International Airport [ [http://www.redorbit.com/news/business/1295345/indonesia_airasia_to_spend_rm200m_on_developing_new_routes/ Indonesia AirAsia to Spend RM200m on Developing New Routes - Business - redOrbit ] ]
website=http://www.airasia.com

PT. Indonesia AirAsia is a low-cost airline based in Jakarta, Indonesia. It operates scheduled domestic services and is an Indonesian associate carrier of Malaysian low-fare airline AirAsia. Its main base is Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta.cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= Flight International | page= 93 | date= 2007-04-03] . As of August 2008, Indonesia Air Asia, along with all Indonesian airlines, is banned from flying to the EU [cite web |url=http://www.ec.europa.eu/transport/air-ban/list_en.htm |title=List of airlines banned within the EU |accessdate=2008-01-24 |publisher=European Commission's "Transport" website] due to safety concerns.

History

The airline was established as Awair (Air Wagon International) in 1999 by Abdurrahman Wahid, former chairman of the Nahdlatul Ulama Muslim organisation. He had a 40% stake in the airline which he relinquished after being elected president of Indonesia in October 1999. It started operations on 22 June 2000 with Airbus 300/310 aircraft, but all flights were suspended in March 2002. Awair started operating domestically within Indonesia as an associate of AirAsia in December 2004. On 1 December 2005 Awair changed its name to Indonesia AirAsia in line with the other AirAsia branded airlines in the region. AirAsia has a 49% share in the airline.

Destinations

Indonesia AirAsia flies to the following destinations [ [http://www.airasia.com/site/ph/static/flight/pdf/schedule_qz_ph.pdf Official Indonesia AirAsia Timetable] ] :

*Indonesia
**Balikpapan (Sepinggan International Airport)
**Bandung (Husein Sastranegara International Airport)
**Batam (Hang Nadim Airport)
**Denpasar (Ngurah Rai Airport) - secondary hub
**Jakarta (Soekarno-Hatta International Airport) - main hub
**Medan (Polonia International Airport)
**Padang (Minangkabau International Airport)
**Pekanbaru (Sultan Syarif Qasim II International Airport)
**Solo (Adisumarmo International Airport)
**Surabaya (Juanda International Airport)
**Yogyakarta (Adisucipto International Airport) (coming soon)
*Malaysia
**Kuala Lumpur (Kuala Lumpur International Airport) - focus city
**Johor Bahru (Sultan Ismail International Airport) - focus city
**Penang (Penang International Airport)
**Kuching (Kuching International Airport)- focus city
**Kota Kinabalu (Kota Kinabalu International Airport) - focus city
*Singapore
**Singapore (Singapore Changi Airport)
*Thailand
**Bangkok (Suvarnabhumi Airport) - focus city

Fleet

AirAsia Academy

On 27 November 2007, it was reported that AirAsia Academy Indonesia has accepted to become the sponsor of Kidzania's Microsoft Flight Simulator establishment

ee also

* AirAsia
* Thai AirAsia
* AirAsia X

External links

* [http://www.airasia.com Global site for AirAsia]
* [http://www.airasia.com/site/in/en/home.jsp Indonesia AirAsia]
* [http://www.airfleets.net/flottecie/Indonesia%20Air%20Asia.htm Indonesia AirAsia fleet age]
* [http://www.planespotters.net/Airline/Indonesia-AirAsia Indonesia AirAsia fleet detail]
* [http://ec.europa.eu/transport/air-ban/pdf/list_en.pdf Indonesia AirAsia banned from operation in EU July 2007]

References