BATAVIA AIR

'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

Code Data

History

Destinations

Fleet

External links

References

Code Data

★ IATA Code: '7P'

★ ICAO Code: 'BTV'

★ Callsign: 'BATAVIA' ^[2]

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 January 2005):

★ Domestic scheduled destinations: Balikpapan, 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.

Fleet

The Batavia Air fleet includes the following aircraft (at May 2007):

★ 2 Airbus A319-100 (plus 1 on order)

★ 2 Airbus A320-200

★ 11 Boeing 737-200

★ 11 Boeing 737-300

★ 4 Boeing 737-400

★ 1 Fokker F28

External links

★ Batavia Air

★ Batavia Air Fleet

References

1. Directory: World Airlines
2. Airline Codes