Lion air crash tragedy

General Director of Lion Air, Edward Sirait said the Lion Air 737-800 Next Generation landed in the ocean near Bali's Ngurah Rai Airport, Bali when the weather is rainy. "Lion Air plane with flight number JT-904 Bandung-Denpasar route when it was about to land on the runway did not arrive so had an incident," Edward said in a press conference in Jakarta, Saturday, April 13, 2013.The plane was carrying 101 passengers, consisting of 95 adults, 5 children, 1 baby and 7 crew. All the passengers are safe. The evacuation process is done by the crew works together with the passenger going well. "So the evacuation of the passengers out of the aircraft performing well. Passengers were taken to a command post at the airport, "he said.

Sukhoi SUPERJET (ssj) 100 will operate in eastern Indonesia

PT.Sky Aviation is scheduled to release its new aircraft Sukhoi Superjet (SSJ) 100 to operate from Thursday (02/28/2013). The aircraft will operate in eastern Indonesia. General Manager (GM) Marketing PT Sky Aviation, Sutito Zainuddin ensure Russian-made aircraft will be present in Indonesia starting on Wednesday (27/02/2013). The plane will be landed at Halim Perdanakusumah Airport, Jakarta. "A day later we direct the launching of our new aircraft," said Sutito to Tribunnews, Tuesday (26/02/2013).

Air Transport Movements Will Happen in Asia Pacific Market for 20 years

According to estimates by the regional market from Airbus, airlines Asia Pacific region will lead the global demand for planes larger and more efficient the next twenty years. "The movement of the air transport market will occur in Asia Pacific Market for the next 20 years," said Chief Operating Officer Customer Airbus, John Leahy, Monday (02/25/2013) in Singapore, said in his presentation.Leahy added that the economy is growing, the cities are larger and increasing wealth will make more people fly, pushing the need for aircraft larger and more efficient. "Airbus will be in a unique position to meet the demands of this market with the most modern production lines, efficient and complete, whether the aircraft with 100 seats or 500 seats, that meets the needs of all markets," said Leahly.

Cathay Pacific to cancel orders 8 Boeing 777-200 type

Cathay Pacific Airlines, owner of the world's largest international cargo planes, canceled ordered eight Boeing 777-200 type for airline repairs. Instead, Cathay will buy three Boeing 747-8 worth U.S. $ 1 billion.

According to the airline, as quoted by Bloomberg page, Friday, March 1, 2013, the company is considering the purchase of five Boeing 777-200. Cathay plans to sell four Boeing 747-400 as part of the restructuring. The airline had slashed capacity and operate more efficient aircraft to boost cargo business.

fly 2 million passengers, Mandala Air targets this year

Low-cost airline, Mandala Airlines, expects to fly two million passengers this year. "Last year, we had to fly 500-600 thousand passengers. This year, we believe we can double the number of passengers Mandala, "said Commercial Director Mandala Airlines, Brata Rafly, at Terminal 3 of Soekarno-Hatta Airport, Thursday, March 14, 2013.

Garuda Indonesia launches test aircraft engines (engine test cell CFM56-7B)

PT.Garuda Indonesia (Persero) has recently launched a facility or means to test aircraft engines (engine test cell CFM56-7B), tepatnyahari Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at the Soekarno Hatta International Airport, was attended by the Minister Tangerang.yang Industry MS Hidayat and GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt. Engine test cell was later to develop the ability of Garuda Maintenance Facility (GMF Aero Asia) in maintaining aircraft engines to conform to international standards of safety and maintenance.

Mandala airlines open new routes to Singapore

Mandala Airlines announced it has opened two new routes. The route that is Jakarta-Singapore (pulang-pergi/PP) and Jakarta-Denpasar (PP). "The route was opened on 8 April, with a frequency of once every day," said Brata Rafly, Commercial Director Mandala Airlines, in a release received by Tempo, Wednesday, April 3, 2013.

Merpati airline continued to lose

Former Finance Director of PT Merpati Nusantara Airlines, Mohammad Roem, said the airline was not able to cover operating costs. "It's load factor rose, the loss was Rp 500 million to Rp 1.5 billion," he said in the House Basarnas, Thursday, March 7, 2013.

Roem explained, when he became director, he was guided by the accounting reports to see the comparison between operating costs and revenues. In the financial statements, Merpati still losing money so it can not cover operating costs. He called Merpati president director, Rudy Setyopurnomo, the airline had announced a profit of Rp 500 million per day.

Citilink Airbus A320 Arrival Still Wait

Subsidiary of PT Garuda Indonesia, PT Citilink Indonesia, stating ordered 30 Airbus A320s by 2015. "This year, we are still awaiting the arrival of ten aircraft types," said Vice President of Marketing and Communications Citilink Indonesia, Aristo Kristandyo, when contacted by Tempo, Thursday, March 21, 2013.

May, Mandala Open New Routes Destination Australia

Low-cost airlines or low cost carriers (LCC), PT Mandala Airlines, plans to open new routes from Jakarta to Australia in May-June 2013. "We're trying to open a route from Jakarta to Australia by plane itself," said Commercial Director Mandala Airlines, Brata Rafly, at Soekarno-Hatta Airport, Thursday, March 14, 2013.

Minangkabau International Airport Predicted Rp 35 Billion Loss

General Manager of PT Angkasa Pura II (Limited) Minangkabau International Airport, Rian Hadihito, said since the operation in 2005, the airport has never been profitable. "This year the estimated loss of USD 35 billion," he said when met at his office, Tuesday, March 26, 2013.

Subsidiary Lion Air, Malindo Air, Start Operation

Deputy Transport Minister Datuk Abdul Rahim Bakri Malaysia launched the new hybrid airline, Air Malindo, at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. He said the flight route Kuala Lumpur-Kota Kinabalu to encourage tourism activities to Sabah. "Hopefully, the number of visitors could reach 1.87 million," he said in an official statement, Monday, March 25, 2013.