Batik Air is an Indonesian scheduled

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which was founded in 2012 and made its maiden flight on 3 May 2013 from Jakarta to

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and

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History

Lion Air, the parent company, established Batik Air as a full-service airline which began operations in May 2013 using a

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s leased from Lion Air. Batik Air's 737-900ERs were fitted with two-class seating, replacing Lion Air's two-class 737-900ER service. Batik Air provides a personal television ( in-flight entertainment system) in every seat, light snacks and free meals,

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es of for

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and for

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, and a free baggage allowance of for economy class and for business class. In mid-2012, Lion Air signed a commitment with

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for five 787 Dreamliners for Batik Air, intending to have them delivered by 2015. Lion Air later cancelled this deal and temporarily shelved its plans for the long-haul expansion of Batik Air in 2014 due to its EU Blacklist at that time.

Destinations

As of September 2019, Batik Air operates more than 45 domestic and international routes, with a frequency of over 350 flights daily. International destinations, including Singapore, Bangkok, Chennai, and Perth, as well as Guilin, Nanning, Kunming and Shenzhen in China.

Codeshare agreements

Batik air codeshares with the following airlines: * Emirates

Fleet

, the Batik Air fleet consists of the following aircraft:

Incidents and accidents

* On 6 November 2015, Batik Air Flight 6380, a Boeing 737-9GP(ER) PK-LBO, overran the runway on landing by 100 meters at Yogyakarta Airport which caused the nose gear to collapse. 16 injuries were reported. * On 4 April 2016, Batik Air Flight 7703, operated by a Boeing 737-8GP(WL) with registration PK-LBS, collided with an ATR-42-600 aircraft on takeoff from runway 24 at Jakarta-Halim Perdana Kusuma Airport (HLP), Indonesia. The ATR-42-600, operated by

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and registered PK-TNJ, was towed. No casualties were reported.

References

External links

* {{Navbox Airlines of Indonesia Airlines of Indonesia Lion Air Airlines established in 2012 Companies based in Jakarta Indonesian brands Indonesian companies established in 2012