Batavia Air

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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 1 Code Data 2 History 3 Services 4 Fleet 5 External links 6 References

[edit] Code Data

• IATA Code: 7P
• ICAO Code: BTV
• Callsign: BATAVIA ^[2]

[edit] 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^[1].

[edit] Services

Batavia Air operates the following services (at January 2005):^{[citation needed]}

• 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.

[edit] Fleet

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

• 2 Airbus A319-100 (plus 1 on order)
• 13 Boeing 737-200
• 9 Boeing 737-300
• 3 Boeing 737-400

[edit] External links

• Batavia Air
• Batavia Air Fleet Information

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Flight International 27 March 2007
2. ^ Airline Codes