PT. Airfast Indonesia is an air carrier based in Tangerang, Indonesia in Greater Jakarta. It specialises in contract operations, aviation management services and charter passenger and cargo services to the oil, mining and construction industries in Indonesia and other countries in the area. It is also involved in aerial mapping, survey flights, heli-logging and medical evacuation services. Its main base is Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta. Airfast Indonesia is listed in Category 1 by Indonesian Civil Aviation Authority for airline safety quality. Airfast Indonesia is one of five airlines now allowed to fly into Europe from Indonesia.
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History
The airline was established and started operations in 1971. It was established to provide helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft to the oil exploration industry in Indonesia, initially as an Australian-Indonesian joint venture, but evolved into a fully Indonesian-owned and operated company in 1982. It was owned by Frank Reuneker (53%) and other shareholders (47%). Frank Reuneker died on 22 February 2008 from cancer and was succeeded by his wife Irma Reuneker as President Director.
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Services
- Helicopter services include onshore and offshore passenger transport, medical evacuation flights, internal and external load transport, drilling rig moves, construction support and aerial survey work.
- Fixed-wing services include passenger and cargo charters, medical evacuation flights, non-scheduled airline operations and aerial survey work.
Destinations
Indonesia
- Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta International Airport
- Makassar-Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport
- Surabaya-Juanda International Airport
- Timika-Timika Airport
- Denpasar-Ngurah Rai International Airport
- Manado-Sam Ratulangi International Airport
- Balikpapan-Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman Airport
- Banjarmasin-Syamsudin Noor Airport
- Ternate-Babullah Airport
- Biak-Frans Kaisiepo Airport
- Ambon-Pattimura Airport
- Sorong-Sorong Airport
- Yogyakarta-Adi Sucipto Airport
- Karimunjawa-Dewadaru Airport
Terminated
Australia
- Cairns-Cairns Airport
- Perth-Perth Airport
Fleet
The Airfast Indonesia fleet includes the following aircraft (as of August 2017):
As of June 2013 the airline also operated the following aircraft:
- 3 Boeing 737-200
- 1 Embraer ERJ 135 Legacy
- 1 BAe-146-100
- 1 CASA 212-200
- 1 Beech 1900D
- 3 Bell 412 & 412EP
- 1 Bell 212
- 2 Bell 407
- 2 Eurocopter AS 350
- 1 Mi-171
In addition, the carrier has also ordered 12 Boeing 737-800s and 8 Airbus A320s.
Accidents and incidents
- On 28 April 1981, Douglas C-47A PK-OBK crashed on approach to Simpang Tiga Airport, Pekanbaru, whilst on a non-scheduled passenger flight. Nine of the 17 people on board were killed.
- On 15 August 1984, Douglas C-47A PK-OBC crashed into a mountain near Wamena. Two of the three people on board were killed.
- On 16 March 2012, a Eurocopter AS350B3 registered PK-ODA carrying 3 people slammed into a cliff while flying over Papua. Everyone on board, including the New Zealand pilot, were killed instantly in the crash. The crash was categorized as CFIT.
- In early 2017, one of their MD-82 or MD-83 experienced a super stall, while trying to climb higher than the performance would allow with that weight. The airplane lost several thousand feet before recovery was made. The pilots tried to hide the fact, but the next crew realized something was wrong when several warming lamps went off. The incident caused huge embarrassment for Airfast Indonesia and Freeport, which is one of the major customers of this airline.
References
External links
- Official website
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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