Manunggal Air Services was an airline based in

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, Indonesia. It operated charter passenger and cargo services within Indonesia and neighbouring regions. Its main base was Halim Perdanakusuma Airport, Jakarta.

History

The airline was established and started operations in 1997. In March 2007 the Indonesian transport ministry, under huge political pressure to improve air safety in Indonesia, warned it would close seven airlines unless they improved training and maintenance within the following three months. The ministry developed a formula for ranking the airlines in three bands. Those in the third (least safe) band are:

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Destinations

Before its closing, the airline offered the following destinations: *

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hub *

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- Ketapang *

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- Pontianak *

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- Wamena *

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Fleet

The Manunggal Air Service fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of August 2016): The airline previously operated the following aircraft (as of June 2012): * 1 British Aerospace 146-100 * 2 Transall C-160 (PK-VTP and PK-VTQ) * Antonov An-26B * Fokker F28 Fellowship

Incidents and accidents

* On 11 June 1999, 5 minutes after take off the ATC lost contact with a Kamov helicopter. Two hours later the helicopter was reported missing and ATC started searching. The helicopter was found crashed inland of Irian Jaya. One person was killed and five people were injured. * On 15 June 2001 a Transall C-160NG (registered ''PK-VTP'') was heavily damaged after landing at Jayapura-Sentani Airport * On 6 March 2008 their other Transall C-160NG (registered ''PK-VTQ'') was destroyed on landing. All the plane's occupants survived.Aviation Safety incident entry
- ''Aviation Safety Network''

References

Defunct airlines of Indonesia Airlines established in 1997 Airlines disestablished in 2015 Airlines formerly banned in the European Union 1997 establishments in Indonesia Cargo airlines of Indonesia {{Indonesia-transport-stub