Dirgantara Air Service

Dirgantara Air Service is an airline based in Jakarta, Indonesia. It operates scheduled domestic services, as well as charters and aerial work. Its main bases are Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport, Jakarta, Syamsudin Noor Airport, Banjarmasin and Supadio Airport, Pontianak, with hubs at Temindung Airport, Samarinda and Juwata Airport, Tarakan^[1]

Code Data

• IATA Code: AW
• ICAO Code: DIR
• Callsign: DIRGANTARA ^[2]

History

The airline was established and started operations in 1971. It is owned by UDI Upaya Foundation (40%), employees (30%) and others (40%). It has 232 employees (at March 2007)^[1]. In March 2007, the Indonesian Transport Ministry announced ratings of Indonesian airlines with some in the category of "holding potential for threatening safety of aviation". One of these was Dirgantara Air Service, although it remained operational^[3]. Other reports state that Dirgantara Air Service has been grounded^[4], but actually the airline only had three of its jetliners grounded because of poor safety compliance^[5].

Destinations

Dirgantara Air Service operates services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (at January 2005): Balikpapan, Banjarmasin, Berau, Datadawai, Ketapang, Long Apung, Long Bawan, Nunukan, Pangkalanbun, Pontianak, Putussibau, Samarinda, Sampit, Sintang, Tanjung, Tanjung Selor and Tarakan.

Fleet

The Dirgantara Air Service fleet includes the following aircraft (at March 2007) ^[1] :

• 1 ATR 42-300
• 6 Britten-Norman BN2A Islander
• 2 Indonesian Aerospace 212-100
• 6 Indonesian Aerospace 212-200

Previously operated

As of January 2005 the airline also operated:

• 2 Britten-Norman BN2B-20 Islander

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Directory: World Airlines", Flight International, 2007-04-03, p. 73. 
2. ^ Airline Codes
3. ^ People's Daily Online 23 March 2007
4. ^ World News Australia 23 March 2007
5. ^ Jakarta Post 23 March 2007