Merpati Nusantara Airlines
Defunct airline based in Central Jakarta, Indonesia (1962-2014) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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PT Merpati Nusantara Airlines, operating as Merpati Nusantara Airlines, was an airline in Indonesia based in Central Jakarta, Jakarta. It operated scheduled domestic services to more than 25 destinations in Indonesia, as well as scheduled international services to East Timor and Malaysia. The word merpati is Indonesian for "dove", and Nusantara is a Javanese word found in the Pararaton ("the Book of Kings", probably written in the 16th century) meaning "the outer islands", referring to the Indonesian archipelago. The airline was based at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta.[1] It also maintained both a maintenance and simulator facility at Juanda International Airport, Surabaya.[2] The Merpati Training Centre at Surabaya housed Fokker F-27, AVIC MA60 and CN-235 full motion simulators.
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Commenced operations | 6 September 1962 (first Merpati) | ||||||
Ceased operations |
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Hubs | Ngurah Rai International Airport Juanda International Airport | ||||||
Focus cities | Soekarno-Hatta International Airport | ||||||
Subsidiaries | Merpati Maintenance Facility | ||||||
Fleet size | 39 | ||||||
Destinations | 84 | ||||||
Parent company | Government of Indonesia | ||||||
Headquarters | Surabaya, Indonesia | ||||||
Key people | Capt. Asep Ekanugraha - CEO | ||||||
Website | www.merpati.co.id |
All services were suspended in 2014 due to financial and regulatory issues. After 8 years of failing to negotiate the airlines relaunch and obtain funding, all operating licenses and certificates were permanently revoked and the airline was dissolved on 20 February 2023.[3]