- Indonesia AirAsia
Infobox_Airline
airline=Indonesia AirAsia
logo=Air Asia new logo.png
logo_size=282
fleet_size=10
destinations=17
IATA=QZ
ICAO=AWQ
callsign=WAGON AIR
parent=
founded=December 2004
headquarters=Jakarta ,Indonesia
key_people=Sendjaja Widjaja
hubs=Soekarno-Hatta International Airport
secondary_hubs=Ngurah Rai International Airport [ [http://www.redorbit.com/news/business/1295345/indonesia_airasia_to_spend_rm200m_on_developing_new_routes/ Indonesia AirAsia to Spend RM200m on Developing New Routes - Business - redOrbit ] ]
website=http://www.airasia.comPT. Indonesia AirAsia is a low-cost airline based in
Jakarta ,Indonesia . It operates scheduled domestic services and is an Indonesian associate carrier of Malaysian low-fare airlineAirAsia . Its main base isSoekarno-Hatta International Airport , Jakarta.cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work=Flight International | page= 93 | date= 2007-04-03] . As of August 2008, Indonesia Air Asia, along with all Indonesian airlines, is banned from flying to theEU [cite web |url=http://www.ec.europa.eu/transport/air-ban/list_en.htm |title=List of airlines banned within the EU |accessdate=2008-01-24 |publisher=European Commission's "Transport" website] due to safety concerns.History
The airline was established as Awair (Air Wagon International) in
1999 byAbdurrahman Wahid , former chairman of the Nahdlatul Ulama Muslim organisation. He had a 40% stake in the airline which he relinquished after being elected president of Indonesia in October 1999. It started operations on22 June 2000 with Airbus 300/310 aircraft, but all flights were suspended in March2002 . Awair started operating domestically within Indonesia as an associate of AirAsia in December2004 . On1 December 2005 Awair changed its name to Indonesia AirAsia in line with the other AirAsia branded airlines in the region. AirAsia has a 49% share in the airline.Destinations
Indonesia AirAsia flies to the following destinations [ [http://www.airasia.com/site/ph/static/flight/pdf/schedule_qz_ph.pdf Official Indonesia AirAsia Timetable] ] :
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Indonesia
**Balikpapan (Sepinggan International Airport )
**Bandung (Husein Sastranegara International Airport )
**Batam (Hang Nadim Airport )
**Denpasar (Ngurah Rai Airport ) - secondary hub
**Jakarta (Soekarno-Hatta International Airport ) - main hub
**Medan (Polonia International Airport )
**Padang (Minangkabau International Airport )
**Pekanbaru (Sultan Syarif Qasim II International Airport )
**Solo (Adisumarmo International Airport )
**Surabaya (Juanda International Airport )
**Yogyakarta (Adisucipto International Airport ) (coming soon)
*Malaysia
**Kuala Lumpur (Kuala Lumpur International Airport ) - focus city
**Johor Bahru (Sultan Ismail International Airport ) - focus city
**Penang (Penang International Airport )
**Kuching (Kuching International Airport )- focus city
**Kota Kinabalu (Kota Kinabalu International Airport ) - focus city
*Singapore
**Singapore (Singapore Changi Airport )
*Thailand
**Bangkok (Suvarnabhumi Airport ) - focus cityFleet
AirAsia Academy
On
27 November 2007 , it was reported that AirAsia Academy Indonesia has accepted to become the sponsor ofKidzania 's Microsoft Flight Simulator establishmentee also
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AirAsia
*Thai AirAsia
*AirAsia X External links
* [http://www.airasia.com Global site for AirAsia]
* [http://www.airasia.com/site/in/en/home.jsp Indonesia AirAsia]
* [http://www.airfleets.net/flottecie/Indonesia%20Air%20Asia.htm Indonesia AirAsia fleet age]
* [http://www.planespotters.net/Airline/Indonesia-AirAsia Indonesia AirAsia fleet detail]
* [http://ec.europa.eu/transport/air-ban/pdf/list_en.pdf Indonesia AirAsia banned from operation in EU July 2007]References
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