Bouraq Indonesia Airlines

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Bouraq Indonesia Airlines was an airline based in Jakarta, Indonesia. It operated regional and international services. Its main bases were Surabaya Airport, Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta, with a hub at Sepinggan International Airport, Balikpapan. Bouraq ceased scheduled operations in July 2005 and issued staff termination notices March 2006 after prolonged financial problems and successive failures to seek new investors.^{[citation needed]}

The Transportation Ministry in February 2007 delayed license revocation of 11 idle airlines, including Bouraq Indonesia Airlines, to give restructuring opportunities to the operators^[1].

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

[edit] Code Data

• IATA Code: BO
• ICAO Code: BOU
• Callsign: BOURAQ ^[2]

[edit] History

The airline was established in April 1970. It was formed as a private airline corporation by Jarry Albert Sumendap and is wholly owned by the Sumendap family^[3], as is Bali Air. Bouraq ceased operations in July 2005 and Bali Air in March 2005 after prolonged financial problems.

[edit] Services

Bouraq Indonesia Airlines operated services to eastern parts of Indonesia, linking major points in Java, Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Maluku, Bali, the Nusa Tenggara Islands and Tawau in east Malaysia. It also served international destinations in Singapore, Brunei and the Philippines.

[edit] Fleet

As of August 2006 the Bouraq Indonesia Airlines fleet included ^[4] :

• 1 BAe 748 Series 2A
• 1 BAe 748 Series 2B
• 6 Boeing 737-200
• 2 Indonesian Aerospace 212-100

During its peak its fleet consisted of the following aircraft (in March 2005):

• 11 Boeing 737-200
• 3 McDonnell Douglas MD-82

[edit] External links

• Bouraq Indonesia Airlines (no-op as of 23 June 2006)
• Bouraq Indonesia Airlines Fleet Detail

[edit] References

1. ^ Angkasa March 2007
2. ^ Airline Codes
3. ^ Flight International 27 March 2007
4. ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006