Dirgantara Air Service is an airline based in Jakarta, Indonesia. It operates scheduled domestic services, as well as charters and aerial work. Its main bases are Syamsudin Noor Airport (BDJ), Banjarmasin and Supadio Airport (PNK), Pontianak, with hubs at Samarinda Airport (SRI) and Tarakan Airport (TRK). A Boeing 747-400 of Virgin Atlantic Airways, one of the UKs largest airlines. ... Jakarta (also Djakarta or DKI Jakarta), formerly known as Sunda Kelapa, Jayakarta and Batavia is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. ... Banjarmasin is the capital of South Kalimantan, Indonesia. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Code Data

• IATA Code: AW
• ICAO Code: DIR
• Callsign: DIRGANTARA

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History

The airline was established and started operations in 1971. 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ...

Services

Dirgantara Air Service operates services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (at January 2005): Balikpapan, Banjarmasin, Berau, Datadawai, Ketapang, Long Apung, Long Bawan, Nunukan, Pangkalanbun, Pontianak, Putussibau, Samarinda, Sampit, Sintang, Tanjung, Tanjung Selor and Tarakan. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Landscape of Balikpapan City Balikpapan is a city (population 309,234 1990) on the island of Borneo, in Indonesia. ... Banjarmasin is the capital of South Kalimantan, Indonesia. ... A regency of East Kalimantan in Indonesia. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Samarinda is the capital of East Kalimantan Province. ... Tarakan is an island in the Kalimantan Timur province of Indonesia. ...

Fleet

The Dirgantara Air Service fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2005):

• 2 ATR 42-300
• 6 Britten-Norman BN2A Islander
• 2 Britten-Norman BN2B-20 Islander
• 2 Indonesian Aerospace NC-212-100
• 6 Indonesian Aerospace NC-212-200

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