Wings Air

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Wings Air
Wings Air.svg
IATA ICAO Callsign
IWWONWINGS ABADI
Founded10 July 2003;20 years ago (2003-07-10)
Operating bases
Fleet size73
Destinations 86 [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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Destinations

Wings Air MD-80 at Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II Airport PesawatdiSMB2IA.jpg
Wings Air MD-80 at Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II Airport

Fleet

A Wings Air ATR 72-500 Wings Air ATR ATR-72-500 (ATR-72-212A) Spijkers-1.jpg
A Wings Air ATR 72-500
A Wings Air Bombardier Dash 8-300 Wings Air De Havilland Canada DHC-8-301 Dash 8 TTT-1.jpg
A 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 March 2024, Wings Air operates an all-ATR fleet composed of the following aircraft: [3] [4]

Wings Air Fleet
AircraftIn serviceOrdersPassengersNotes
ATR 72-500 20-72
ATR 72-600 53272Transferred from Batik Air Malaysia.[ citation needed ]
Total732

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. [5] 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. [6]

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. [7]

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 of. [8]

Former aircraft

Accidents and incidents

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