Air Regional is an airline

Airline

An airline provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines lease or own their aircraft with which to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for mutual benefit...

 based in Jakarta

Jakarta

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, Indonesia

Indonesia

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. It operates domestic and charter services in the Papua

Papua (Indonesian province)

Papua comprises most of the western half of the island of New Guinea and nearby islands. Its capital is Jayapura. It's the largest and easternmost province of Indonesia. The province originally covered the entire western half of New Guinea...

 region, with principal bases in Sentani Airport

Sentani Airport

Sentani Airport is an airport serving Jayapura, the capital of Papua province, Indonesia, on the island of New Guinea. The name of this airport is taken from a lake nearby.-History:...

 (STI), Jayapura

Jayapura

Jayapura City is the capital of Papua province, Indonesia, on the island of New Guinea. It is situated on Yos Sudarso Bay . Its approximate population in 2002 was 200,000....

 (JPA), Wamena Airport (WMX), Nabire Airport (NBX), Timika Airport (TIM), Merauke Airport (MKE), Biak Airport (BIK), Sorong Airport

Sorong Airport

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 (SOQ), Kaimana Airport

Kaimana Airport

Kaimana Airport is an airport serving Kaimana, located in the province of West Papua in Indonesia.-Facilities:The airport resides at an elevation of above mean sea level...

 (KAI), and Fakfak Airport

Fakfak Airport

Fakfak Airport , also known as Fak Fak Airport, is an airport serving Fakfak, located in the province of West Papua in Indonesia.-Facilities:...

 (FAK).

History

The Airline was established on 13 August 2001, and began operations under Air Regional AOC 135 # 027 on 16 October 2002. It was founded and is owned by Captain Pinky Firmansyah, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. It held 50 employees as of March 2007,. Captain Pinky Firmansyah is a dual rated captain in piloting airplanes and helicopters, in Papua, Indonesia.

Destinations

• Faowi
• Beoga
• Magoda
• Apowo
• Kegata
• Bugalaga
• Komopa
• Bilai
• Timepa
• Modio
• Mapenduma
• Angguruk
• Ilaga
  Ilaga
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• Zugapa
• Ninia
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• Jila
• Mulia
• Ilu
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• Pogapa
• Kuyawagi
• Bokondini
• Tiom
• Moanaemani
• Enarotali
• Wagethe
• Nduga
• Apalapsili
• Elilim
• Borme
• Sumtamon
• Oksibil
• Abmisibil

Fleet

The Air Regional fleet includes the following aircraft/s as of March 2007:

• 3 De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300
  De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter
  The DHC-6 Twin Otter is a Canadian 19-passenger STOL utility aircraft developed by de Havilland Canada and currently produced by Viking Air. The aircraft's fixed tricycle undercarriage, STOL abilities and high rate of climb have made it a successful cargo, regional passenger airliner and MEDEVAC...
  
   Papua, Indonesia

Air Regional will include following aircraft/s in its additional fleet plan (as of December 2012):

• 2 P-750 XSTOL (PAC 750XL) Pacific Aerospace Ltd (PAL) Hamilton, New Zealand

External links

• Website of Air Regional