Cardig Air is a

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with its head office and home base at Jakarta, Indonesia. It operates scheduled all-cargo services across Asia and Indonesia as well as charter services to various domestic and regional destinations. Cardig Air owns and operates two

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aircraft which had been converted to freighters. Up until 2018 Cardig Air operated scheduled international flights connecting Jakarta, Ho Chi Minh City, and Shenzhen, as well as scheduled domestic flights connecting Jayapura and Wamena. In 2020, following takeover by a new group of investors spearheaded by Mr. Dian Nasution, the airline aims to focus primarily on domestic routes.

History

Cardig Air was established in April 2004. In July 2008, a group of investors injected new capital and acquired majority stake in Cardig Air from PT Cardig International. The new management replaced the company's Boeing 737-200Cs with higher-capacity and more fuel-efficient Boeing 737-300Fs. In 2008, Cardig Air leased its first two 737-300Fs, which arrived in Jakarta that October; and full operations started in January 2009, serving customers on both a scheduled and charter basis. In 2012, Cardig Air added another Boeing 737-300F to its fleet. In 2016, Cardig Air launched a China – Vietnam - Indonesia route and became the first Indonesian cargo airline that operates scheduled flights between the three countries. In 2019, the airline was purchased by a new group of investors and the restructuring of the company is currently underway to refocus on domestic routes. In 2020, the airline received two Boeing 737 Classic Freighters to serve domestic cargo routes.

Destinations

Cardig Air operates scheduled and charter freighter services, providing transportation linkages in Indonesia. Scheduled destinations include: ;Indonesia *Banjarmasin -

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(BDJ) *Balikpapan -

Balikpapan Balikpapan is a seaport city in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Located on the east coast of the island of Borneo, the city is the financial center of Kalimantan. Balikpapan is the city with the largest economy in Kalimantan with an estimated ...

(BPN) *Gorontalo -

Gorontalo Gorontalo ( Gorontaloan: ''Hulontalo'') is a province of Indonesia on the island of Sulawesi. Located on the Minahasa Peninsula, Gorontalo was formerly part of the province of North Sulawesi until its inauguration as a separate province on 5 D ...

(GTO) *Jakarta - Jakarta (CGK) *Kendari -

Kendari Kendari is the capital city of the Indonesian province of Southeast Sulawesi. With a population of 345,107 according to the 2020 census, it is the most populous city in the province, and the fourth most on Sulawesi. The city covers an area of , ...

(KDI) *Makassar - Makassar (UPG) *Manado -

Manado Manado () is the capital city of the Indonesian province of North Sulawesi. It is the second largest city in Sulawesi after Makassar, with the 2020 Census giving a population of 451,916 distributed over a land area of 162.53 km2.Badan Pusa ...

(MDC) *Pekanbaru - Pekanbaru (PKU) *Tarakan -

Tarakan Tarakan is an island and the largest city of the Indonesian province of North Kalimantan. The island city is located in northern Borneo, midway along the coast of the province. The city boundaries are co-extensive with the island (including a co ...

(TRK)

Fleet

Current fleet

The Cardig Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of March 2022):

Former fleet

The airline previously operated the following aircraft (as of March 2022): * 2 Boeing 737-200F * 4

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* 2

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References

External links

Official website
*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4aeL4jK0qU Airlines of Indonesia Cargo airlines of Indonesia Indonesian companies established in 2004 Airlines established in 2004 {{Indonesia-transport-stub