Aviation in Indonesia

Indonesian airport closes after runway incident Garuda jet skids while landing in heavy rain at Yogyakarta airport One of Indonesia’s biggest airports was forced to suspend operations on Thursday after an aircraft skidded off the runway while landing. The Jakarta Post reports that the Garuda Indon...

Embraer sells E190s to Indonesia’s Kalstar Brazillian plane maker Embraer announced at Farnborough that Indonesia’s Kalstar Aviation, a regional operator, signed a firm order for five E190-E2s with additional purchase rights for up to five other planes of the same model for a total order value o...

IATA urges Indonesia to rectify multiple failings IATA has called on Indonesia to make significant improvements in its aviation sector, noting multiple failings in areas ranging including safety, capacity and regulation. “Indonesia’s aviation potential is huge. By 2034, it is expected to be the ...

Embraer makes Indonesian breakthrough Embraer has made a breakthrough in the Indonesian market, with Kalstar Aviation taking two E-195s on lease through Aldus Aviation. Kalstar Aviation’s main focus is Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo) and it also operates Boeing 737s and ATR turboprops. The Indonesi...

  Indonesia’s Lion Air, the world’s largest customer for Boeing 737-900ERs, may be about to place an order for Airbus aircraft. Sources close to the airline advise that President Director Rusdi Kirana is considering Airbus’s new engine option for its A320 family of narrowbodies. It is...

The first Sukhoi Superjet 100 for an Indonesian customer has arrived in Ulyanovsk from  Komsomolsk-on-Amur for painting and interior installation. The aircraft, MSN 95022 for Sky Aviation, will be delivered to the customer by the end of this year. Sky Aviation signed a contract for the purchase ...

Boeing has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Indonesian Ministry of Transportation to develop an advanced aviation training centre. The deal covers air traffic control and aircraft maintenance, as well as pilots. The advanced aviation training centre development will include the establis...

Lion Air MAX 8 Boeing withheld key information on 737 MAX flight controls Boeing is coming under fire from pilot unions and FAA officials over its decision to not include information about potential hazards associated with a new flight-control feature that some officials believe may have played a ke...

A330neo BOC BUYS 8 A330NEOS FOR LEASE TO LION AIR BOC Aviation said it has purchased eight new Airbus A330neo family aircraft from Airbus with all eight scheduled for delivery to Lion Air Group in 2019 and 2020, and Lion Air will have the option to acquire four of the aircraft at delivery. Lion Air ...