Wings Air use two new fleets as a feeder to Lion Air flight

Two new fleets of ATR 72-500 owned by Wings Air will be operated on short flight routes in Sumatra. This short route will use as a feeder aircraft to Lion Air flight. These two aircrafts with a registration of PK-WFI and PK-WFJ as to complete the total number of aircraft to as many as five units.

"The operation of this short route will continue Lion Air flight schedules which designed to connect to each other," said General Director of Lion Air, Edward Sirait.

Wings Air will fly four new routes in Sumatra with two ATR 72-500. The flight routes are Medan – Gunung Sitoli, Medan - Sibolga, Medan - Meulaboh and Medan - Lhokseumawe. The flight route Medan – Gunung Sitoli with the flight number IW 1260 will operate twice daily. Medan - Sibolga operated once a day with flight number IW 1254, Medan - Meulaboh operate once a day with the flight number IW 1252, while Medan - Lhokseumawe will operate once a day with the flight number IW 1250.

If the 15 of ATR 72-500 aircraft from a total of 30 aircraft which will be brought in gradually until 2012 it has prepared, it will planned to operate for short flight routes in Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Nusa Tenggara, and islands of eastern Indonesia. The aircraft was able to fly nonstop four hours and landed on the short runway. "We have already operated three ATR 72-500 aircraft to fly routes in eastern Indonesia," Edward Sirait said.

In 2009, Wings Air had ordered 30 ATR 72 aircraft consisting of 15 units of ATR 72-500 scheduled for sure, while the remaining 15 ATR 72-600 into additional options. The aircrafts will receive in phase until 2012. The arrival of two ATR 72-500 aircraft with 72 seats in April 2010 had increased the number of aircraft operated by Wings Air into 14 units consisting of five ATR72-500, 6 of MD-80, and 3 of DHC8-300. "The use of these new aircraft to target regional markets of the western part of Indonesia," he said.

Wings Air Open New Route to Eastern Indonesia

The airline company, Wings Air, which is affiliated with Lion Air, in early 2010 has added three new ATR 72-500 aircraft which operate officially opened by Minister of Transportation, Freddy Numberi.

"The support of international banks to finance the procurement of ATR 72-500 aircraft is an international confidence picture of Indonesia about investment in this country," said President Director of PT Lion Air Rusdi Kirana, in Jakarta.

Along with that, starting in January 2010, Wings Air also opened two new routes in eastern Indonesia region which will be operated by new ATR 72-500 aircraft capacity of 72 seats. The new route is the Ambon-Manokwari (return) and Manado-Melangguane (return).

New route Ambon-Manokwari planned to be operational starting on January 20, 2010 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday with the frequency of flights twice a day. While new routes Melangguane Manado starting on January 22, 2010 every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday with a frequency of twice-daily flights.

In addition, the new ATR 72-500 aircraft will also increase frequency of flights serving on several other routes, such as the Fakfak, Sorong, Ternate, Kaimana, Nabire, Jayapura, and Ambon.

The opening of new routes and increase flight frequencies Wings Air routes are already there by using the new aircraft is intended to improve the services, especially the comfort and security of aviation, in addition to developing Wings Air markets and market share in the region of eastern Indonesia.