Merpati Nusantara Airlines

Merpati Nusantara Airlines is an airline based in Central Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia."Directory: World airlines." Flight International. 30 March-5 April 2004. . "Jalan Angkasa Blok B-15, Kav 2-3, Jakarta, 10720, Indonesia." It is a major domestic airline operating scheduled services to more than 25 destinations in Indonesia, as well as scheduled international services to East Timor and Malaysia. Its main base is Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta. The word merpati is Indonesian for "dove", and Nusantara is a geographic term referring to parts of Indonesia. Merpati is listed as 2-star airlines by Skytrax. Merpati also listed in category 1 by Indonesian Civil Aviation Authority for airline safety quality and plans to get IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) from International Air Transport Association. It has a maintenance facility based at Juanda International Airport, Surabaya.

History

The airline was established and started operations on 6 September 1962. It was set up by the Indonesian government as the second state...
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