PT TransNusa Aviation Mandiri, operating as TransNusa Air Services, usually shortened to TransNusa, is an Indonesian domestic airline serving the east of Indonesia, mainly Nusa Tenggara and southern Sulawesi. Its main base is El Tari Airport, Kupang. It was launched in August 2005 serving various destinations from Kupang, Timor, using aircraft chartered from Pelita Air and Trigana Air Service. In August 2011, TransNusa received its own air operator's certificate (AOC) and scheduled commercial airline permit.
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History
TransNusa undertook its first commercial flight on 4 August 2005 in co-operation with Trigana Air Service. Initial services were established to Waingapu, Tambolaka and Lewoleba followed by routes to Alor, Ende, Maumere, Ruteng serviced by a Trigana Air ATR 42-300.
Subsequently, TransNusa agreed to further co-operative partnerships in Nusa Tenggara with Riau Airlines using Fokker 50s with a second Trigana supplied ATR 42 added in April 2006. In June, a Boeing 737-200 was supplied on contract from Trigana to service Kupang-Denpasar-Surabaya and Kupang-Makassar. In late 2006 the 737-200 service was replaced by a Fokker F28-4000.
The aircraft used on the commencement routes were Trigana ATR 42-300s, Riau Airlines Fokker 50s and a Pelita Air Fokker F28.
In March 2007, arrangements with Mandala Airlines commenced with TransNusa acting both as a ticketing agent for Mandala at their office in Kupang and operating TransNusa as a feeder service to a then new Mandala Airbus A320 operating services from Kupang airport and linking East Nusa Tenggara into the Mandala Indonesian network through Jakarta and Surabaya. TransNusa commenced by block buying seats on the A320 services.
In August 2007, TransNusa entered into a route subsidy agreement with the West Nusa Tenggara provincial government to provide services for the Mataram to Sumbawa and Mataram to Bima route. The subsidised services were provided 3 times per week.In October 2007 TransNusa established the first implementation of an airline e-ticketing in East Nusa Tenggara.
By March 2008, TransNusa was operating 4 Fokker 50 turbo prop aircraft in fleet co-operation arrangements with Riau Airlines.
On 10 September 2008, Mandala Airlines announced arrangements with TransNusa to supply feeder services from Jakarta via Surabaya providing services to passengers through the Kupang hub connecting to and from destinations including Ende, Sika/Maumere, Bajawa/Ngada, Ampenan/Lombok, Waingapu/East Sumba, Tambolaka/West Sumba, Labuan Bajo and Alor.
In December 2009, the charter airline Aviastar took delivery of a second new BAe 146-200 from BAE systems to be operated on behalf of TransNusa in a 98-seat all-economy layout. It was announced that the new aircraft was to be based at Denpasar Airport in Bali to operate to destinations in East Nusa Tenggara.
Currently, that BAe 146-200 aircraft provides services originating from the two TransNusa hubs of Denpasar Bali and Kupang West Timor.
This aircraft complemented an ATR 42-300 aircraft purchased in a similar collaboration with PT.Indonesia Air Transport for operations in East Nusa Tenggara originating from Kupang and serving Maumere, Alor and Lewoleba routes. That ATR-42-300 aircraft also serves airports in the region that have a relatively short runway, such as Larantuka, Rote and Sabu. PK-TSY registered to IAT, commenced operations for TransNusa in December 2009 having first landed at the El Tari airport Kupang at 16:05 pm on 2 December piloted by Firmansyah Captain and Co-Pilot Edy Darta.
By December 2009, TransNusa had a fleet of 4 French built 46 seat capacity ATR42 flying in a commercial and operational co-operation with IAT (Indonesia Air Transport).
In 2010, TransNusa offered connections into the Sriwijaya Air network to link directly with flights from Kupang to Surabaya and Jakarta.
TransNusa has strategic partnerships with Aviastar, Indonesia Air Transport, Sriwijaya Air and Riau Airlines in order to connect destinations in Bali and Nusa Tenggara.
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Services
The airline established an Executive Lounge in El Tari Airport in Kupang in January 2007. The lounge has a seating capacity for 100 passengers.
TransNusa's inflight magazine is provided by the airline and presents news about corporate programs, social activities, tourism, entertainment and flight schedules. The magazine is provided in both print and electronic form being available from the TransNusa website as pdf documents.
TransNusa has a VIP card program for passengers and frequent flyers. The program provides extra services such as free entry to the TransNusa Executive Lounge in El Tari Airport, Kupang, a priority customer status in high season and holiday periods and an additional 10 kg extra baggage allowance.
TransNusa Holidays packages are marketed by the airline. Ticket and vacation accommodation packages are available to passengers inbound to Alor, Kelimutu, Komodo, Sumba, Kupang, Bali, Lombok and other tourism destinations in Bali and Nusa Tenggara. These programs are cross marketed with airline travel provided by TransNusa.
- Aviastar Mandiri
- Indonesia Air Transport
- Nusantara Air Charter
- Sriwijaya Air
- Trigana Air Service
Destinations
TransNusa operates to the following airports:
- Domestic
- Alor - Alor Island Airport
- Bajawa - Padamelda Airport
- Bima - Bima Airport
- Ende - H. Hasan Aroeboesman Airport
- Denpasar - Ngurah Rai International Airport Hub
- Dumai - Pinang Kampai Airport
- Jakarta - Halim Perdana Kusuma Airport
- Kupang - El Tari Airport Hub
- Labuan Bajo - Komodo Airport
- Larantuka - Dewayangtana Airport
- Makassar - Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport
- Maumere - Maumere Airport
- Matak - Matak Airport
- Mataram - Lombok International Airport
- Pagar Alam - Atung Bungsu Airport
- Rote - Rote Airport
- Ruteng - Frans Sales Lega Airport
- Sumbawa - Brangbiji Airport
- Tambolaka - Tambolaka Airport
- Waingapu - Waingapu Airport
TransNusa operates or charters other operators to provide scheduled operations on the following routes:
- Denpasar-Kupang
- Denpasar-Ende
- Denpasar-Ruteng Direct
- Denpasar-Tambolaka Direct
- Denpasar-Labuanbajo Direct
- Denpasar-Mataram Direct
- Denpasar-Bima
- Jakarta-Dumai Direct
- Jakarta-Matak Charter
- Jakarta-Pagar Alam Direct
- Kupang-Ende-Some Direct services others via MOF
- Kupang-Alor Direct
- Kupang-Maumere Some Direct services others via Ende
- Kupang-Laratuka Direct
- Kupang-Ruteng
- Kupang-Bajawa Direct
- Kupang-Lewoleba
- Kupang-Tambolaka Direct
- Kupang-Labuanbajo
- Kupang-Waingapu
- Ende-Maumere
- Ende-Tambolaka Direct
- Ruteng-Ende Direct
- Ruteng-Bima Direct
- Mataram-Labuanbajo
- Mataram-Bima Direct
- Mataram-Tambolaka
- Mataram-Ende
- Mataram-Sumbawa Direct
Fleet
Current Fleet
The TransNusa fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of August 2017):
Former Fleet
The airline fleet included the following aircraft as of August 2016:
- 1 further Fokker 50
EU aviation blacklist
TransNusa is currently banned from operating in European airspace. The ban was imposed by the European Commission in consultation with member states' aviation authorities after TransNusa was found unsafe to conduct operations anywhere in European airspace.
Incidents and accidents
- On 4 April 2016, a TransNusa ATR 42-600, that was being towed from one part of Halim Perdanakusuma Airport in Jakarta to another, was involved in a collision with a Batik Air Boeing 737. The Boeing 737 was on its takeoff roll when its wingtip sliced the tail off the ATR 42-600 while it was being towed across the runway. The Boeing 737's wing then caught fire. No one was killed in the accident.
Notes
References
External links
- Official website
Source of article : Wikipedia
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