SINGAPORE, September 26- TransNusa Aviation Mandiri, the fast-growing Indonesian airline, today took delivery of its first new generation ATR 42-600.The carrier has options for three more ATR 42-600s, a statement said here yesterday.
TransNusa is introducing the new ATR 42-600 for the first time in Indonesia and the aircraft will be a turning point for the airline’s new development efforts towards the fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) charter segment.
The five-year contract award TransNusa won this year from one of Indonesia’s large oil consortium reflected the market need and that the ATR turboprop is the ideal aircraft type for these services.
TransNusa Chief Executive Officer Jodjana Juvenile said that placing its turboprop services with ATR 42 aircraft on the stringent FIFO operations represented great value for money for energy companies.”It will increase their efficiencies as it enables companies to consolidate their FIFO schedule and still travel direct to their sites even on gravel and narrow runways, while increasing passenger comfort,” he said in the statement released by ATR.
ATR chief executive officer Patrick de Castelbajac meanwhile said that with the newly acquired ATR 42-600 TransNusa will be able to count on the aircraft’s versatility and flexibility to provide eco-efficient solutions for air charters to any location throughout Indonesia and beyond.
The ATR-600 series aircraft will provide TransNusa and its customers with important reductions in operating and maintenance costs optimising and reinforcing its economic advantages to suit differing needs of the operation.”
It is anticipated that the first ATR 42-600 would enter into service this November.The chartered ATR 42 will open up its first FIFO service departing from Jakarta’s Halim Airport to Matak Airport in Natuna Island, conducting six return flights per week.
– BERNAMA
