Super Air Jet is an Indonesian airline headquartered in Jakarta and based at

Soekarno–Hatta International Airport Soekarno–Hatta International Airport ( id, Bandar Udara Internasional Soekarno–Hatta) , abbreviated SHIA or Soetta, formerly legally called Jakarta Cengkareng Airport ( id, Bandar Udara Jakarta Cengkareng) (hence the IATA designator "CGK" ...

. The airline was founded in March 2021 and commenced operations on August 6, 2021.

History

Super Air Jet PK-SAA at Yogyakarta International Airport Kulonprogo

Super Air Jet was formally launched in March 2021, and is financed by

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founder, Rusdi Kirana. The airline obtained its

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from the Indonesian Ministry of Transportation on 30 June 2021 and will be launching the same year to 11 destinations in

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

. The airline is headed by Ari Azhari, who once served as the General Manager of Services for the Lion Air Group. Despite the airline's close connections to the Lion Air Group, its official channels has rejected claims of any formal ties to

Lion Air PT Lion Mentari Airlines, operating as Lion Air, is an Indonesian low-cost airline. Based in Jakarta, Lion Air is the country's largest privately run airline, the second largest low-cost airline in Southeast Asia (after AirAsia) and the large ...

and its subsidiaries. The airline adopts a low-cost carrier model that focuses on point to point journeys to transport passengers between islands in Indonesia. It focuses on millennials as a target market. The airline will launch its services with six maiden routes from Jakarta to

Batam Batam is the largest city in the province of Riau Islands, Indonesia. The city administrative area covers three main islands of Batam, Rempang, and Galang (collectively called Barelang), as well as several small islands. Batam Island is the c ...

Medan Medan (; English: ) is the capital and largest city of the Indonesian province of North Sumatra, as well as a regional hub and financial centre of Sumatra. According to the National Development Planning Agency, Medan is one of the four mai ...

Padang Padang () is the capital and largest city of the Indonesian province of West Sumatra. With a Census population of 1,015,000 as of 2022, it is the 16th most populous city in Indonesia and the most populous city on the west coast of Sumatra. Th ...

, Palembang, Pekanbaru, and

Pontianak Pontianak or Khuntien is the capital of the Indonesian province of West Kalimantan, founded first as a trading port on the island of Borneo, occupying an area of 118.31 km2 in the delta of the Kapuas River at a point where it is joined ...

. Super Air Jet launched flights with three used

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s which formerly flew for India's

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and

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. The airline officially commenced operations on 6 August 2021 with a flight from Jakarta to Medan and Batam, following a month long delay due to the Indonesian Community Activities Restrictions Enforcement.

Destinations

Super Air Jet A320 at Soekarno-Hatta Airport

As of September 2022, the airline currently serves 25 destinations from its base at Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in

Cengkareng Cengkareng is a district (''kecamatan'') on West Jakarta, Indonesia. The Duri-Tangerang and Tangerang-Jakarta railways pass through Cengkareng. Urban villages The district of Cengkareng is divided into six ''kelurahan'' or urban villages: * Kedau ...

Fleet

As of July 2022, Super Air Jet's fleet consists of the following aircraft:

References

External links

Official website
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History

Destinations

Fleet

See also

References

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