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IDX: BIRD | |
Company type | Public ( Perseroan terbatas ) |
Industry | Transportation |
Founded | 1972 |
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Headquarters | West Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia Corporate headquarters South Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia Operational headquarters |
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Owner | Djokosoetono family |
Website | www |
PT Blue Bird Tbk, known as Bluebird Group or simply Bluebird, is an Indonesian transportation company based in Jakarta. Established in 1972, [1] [2] the company is known for its Bluebird taxicab service as well as other transportation services.
Bluebird Group was founded by Mutiara Fatimah Djokosoetono, wife of Jakarta-based College of Policing (STIK) and College of Military Law (AHM) founder and first dean of Faculty of Law of University of Indonesia Djokosoetono, and her two sons Chandra Suharto and Purnomo Prawiro. They founded a non-argo taxi company Chandra Taksi (named after Chandra Suharto), considered as the predecessor of Bluebird. [3] Chandra Taksi started its operation from two cars granted by the people at PTIK and AHM. [4] Chandra Taksi was considered "dark taxi" (taksi gelap) because the company utilised private cars for taxi service. [5]
They officially founded Bluebird in 1972, with their other business partners after had obtained permit from Jakarta Office of Transportation. [5] Initially had the armada of 25 taxi, the company had had 500 taxis in 1978 and jumped into 2,000 in 1985. Its first Holden Torana fleet is currently in display at Bluebird headquarters. [6] Bluebird pioneered several innovations in Indonesian taxi industry, including argometer-based tariff, air conditioned taxi, and GPS system installation. [3]
In 2011, Bluebird launched its mobile app. In the same year it was the first taxi company in Indonesia who gave its mobile reservation via Blackberry. In 2014, Bluebird went public on Indonesia Stock Exchange. [7]
In 2017, Bluebird collaborated with transportation technology company Gojek to deliver Go-Bluebird which enables customers to request Bluebird taxis directly in Gojek app. [8]
The company is known for its four land transportation services: Bluebird regular taxis, Bigbird buses, Silverbird executive taxis, and Goldenbird rent-a-car. Bluebird Group also has expanded further into other business such as logistics, property industry, heavy equipments, and IT consultation services. [2] [3]
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