Wings Air

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Wings Air
Wings Air.svg
Wings Air ATR 72600 PKWHY.jpg
A Wings Air ATR 72-600 in current livery.
IATA ICAO Call sign
IWWONWINGS ABADI
Founded10 July 2003;22 years ago (2003-07-10)
Operating bases
Fleet size77
Destinations77 [1]
Parent company Lion Air Group
Headquarters Jakarta, Indonesia
Key people Rusdi Kirana (CEO)
Website www.lionair.co.id

PT Wings Abadi Airlines, [2] operating as Wings Air, is a scheduled commuter passenger low-cost airline based in Jakarta, Indonesia. The airline operates out of Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport in Makassar as well as several other airports around Indonesia. The company was established as a short-haul regional flight service, wholly owned subsidiary of Lion Air and started operations on July 10, 2003 and the airline is currently[ when? ] linking tier-two and tier-three cities in Indonesia as to bypass the airline's congested base in Jakarta.

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Wings Air ATR 72-600 with special livery as the 50th delivered aircraft Wings Air ATR 72-600 with special livery as the 50th delivered aircraft.jpg
Wings Air ATR 72-600 with special livery as the 50th delivered aircraft

Destinations

The airline currently serves domestic flights to other cities from their operating bases including Denpasar, Kupang, Makassar, Manado and Medan, In 2025. It is announced that the airline will serve international flight from Kupang to Dili, East Timor and was scheduled to operate in March 2026. which marks the resumption of international flights from the airport. [3] [4]

Fleet

A Wings Air ATR 72-500 in former livery Wings Air ATR ATR-72-500 (ATR-72-212A) Spijkers-1.jpg
A Wings Air ATR 72-500 in former livery
A former Wings Air Bombardier Dash 8-300 Wings Air De Havilland Canada DHC-8-301 Dash 8 TTT-1.jpg
A former Wings Air Bombardier Dash 8-300
ATR 72-500 from Wings Air at Tampa Padang Airport Lion Air at Tampa Padang Airport.jpg
ATR 72-500 from Wings Air at Tampa Padang Airport

As of August 2025, Wings operates the following aircraft: [5]

Wings Air fleet
AircraftIn serviceOrdersPassengersNotes
ATR 72-500 18—72[ citation needed ]
ATR 72-600 59—72Transferred from Batik Air Malaysia.[ citation needed ]
Total77—

Aircraft orders

On 15 November 2009, Wings Air announced that it had signed a deal with ATR worth US$600 million. The deal involved an order for 15 ATR 72-500 aircraft with a further 15 options for ATR's new ATR 72-600 aircraft. The new aircraft replaced the airline's aging Bombardier Dash 8 aircraft and will allow further expansion into smaller airports within Indonesia. [6] The first three ATR 72-500s were delivered in January 2010 and were inaugurated at a ceremony in the tourist and diving destination of Manado. [7]

On 25 February 2011 Lion Air signed an order for 15 new ATR 72s for the Wings Air fleet. The 2009 contract had included options for 15 additional ATR 72-600 aircraft. The deal announced in February 2011 represented the conversion of all 15 options. [8]

On 27 November 2014 Lion Air signed an order for 40 new ATR 72-600 for the Wings Air fleet. It makes Lion Group ATR's largest customer. [9]

Former aircraft

Accidents and incidents

References

  1. ↑ "Route map Wings Air". Flight Connections. 13 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  2. ↑ Rahman, Irfanur. "Wings Air dropped 7 routes". TEMPO.CO.
  3. ↑ "Langit Timur Terbuka: Wings Air Siap Terbang Kupang–Dili". selatanindonesia.com. Retrieved January 17, 2026.
  4. ↑ "KADIN NTT Tindak Lanjuti Kerjasama di Dili, Wings Air Siap Layani KUPANG - DILI".{{cite web}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
  5. ↑ "Global Airline Guide 2025 - Wings Air". Airliner World. September 2025. p. 62.
  6. ↑ ATR wins Wings Air deal [ permanent dead link ]
  7. ↑ Aviation News EU, Wings Air introduces First ATR 72-500s to Indonesia, January 6, 2010 by Marcel van Leeuwen accessed on 23 September 2010
  8. ↑ "Lion Air adds 15 new ATR 72-500s to Wings Air's fleet-Wings Air's fleet of ATRs increases up to 30 aircraft". 25 February 2011. Archived from the original on 7 May 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  9. ↑ "ATR Aircraft". Archived from the original on 2016-05-07. Retrieved 2016-04-24.
  10. ↑ "Wings Air yang Tergelincir di Bandara Semarang Alami Kerusakan Ban". Detik. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  11. ↑ "Danlanud Jelaskan Kronologi Penembakan Pesawat Wings Air ATR 72-600 PK-WJT di Papua Pegunungan - Nasional Tempo.co".
  12. ↑ Media, Kompas Cyber (2024-02-18). "Kronologi Pesawat Wings Air Ditembak KKB Saat Mendarat di Papua Pegunungan". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2024-02-22.
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