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'{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2015}} {{Infobox Airline | airline = Susi Air | logo = hiano asiee ;D lololollooll T:hskwk | logo_size = | fleet_size = 49 (end of April 2013) | destinations = 168 (approved) | IATA = | ICAO = SQS | callsign = SKYQUEEN | parent = PT ASI Pudjiastuti Aviation | company_slogan = | founded = 2004 | headquarters = [[Pangandaran]], [[West Java]] | key_people = [[Susi Pudjiastuti]] ([[CEO]]) | hubs = <div> *[[Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport]], [[Pekanbaru]] *[[Dabo Airport]], [[Singkep|Dabo]] *[[Temindung Airport|Samarinda Airport]] *[[Sultan Iskandar Muda International Airport]], [[Banda Aceh]] *[[Kuala Namu International Airport]], [[Medan]] *[[Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport]], [[East Jakarta]] *[[Nusawiru Airport]], [[Pangandaran]] *[[Juwata Airport]], [[Tarakan]] *[[Robert Atty Bessing Airport]], [[Malinau]] *[[El Tari Airport]], [[Kupang]] *[[Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport]], [[Makassar]] *[[Babullah Airport]], [[Ternate]] *[[Rendani Airport]], [[Manokwari]] *[[Frans Kaisiepo Airport]], [[Biak]] *[[Nabire Airport]], [[Nabire]] *[[Mozes Kilangin Airport]], [[Timika]] *[[Wamena Airport]], [[Wamena]] *[[Sentani Airport]], [[Jayapura]] </div> | focus_cities = | frequent_flyer = | lounge = | alliance = | subsidiaries = | website = http://fly.susiair.com }} '''PT ASI Pujiastuti Aviation''', operating as '''Susi Air''', is a scheduled and [[charter airline]] based in [[Pangandaran]], [[West Java]], [[Indonesia]]. Sixty percent of the airline's operation serves commercial regular routes and pioneer routes while the rest is charter flights. The company currently operates from several main bases across the Indonesian archipelago. Susi Air is listed in category 2 by Indonesian [[Civil Aviation Authority]] for airline safety quality.<ref>{{cite web|title=Penilaian Kinerja Maskapai Penerbangan Periode X (Juni 2009)|url=http://hubud.dephub.go.id/?en+news+detail+1464+8|publisher=Directorate General of Civil Aviation|accessdate=1 August 2012}}</ref> == History == Susi Air was established in late 2004 by [[Susi Pudjiastuti]],<ref name=SusiHistory>{{cite web|title=Susi Air - History|url=http://www.susiair.com/history.htm|publisher=PT ASI Pudjiastuti Aviation|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/69aIHzPBv|archivedate=1 Aug 2012}}</ref> it was originally set up to transport the fisheries cargo of sister company PT ASI Pudjiastuti, because land transportation to Jakarta took around 12 hours, too long to maintain the freshness of the company's marine produce as they make their way into restaurants and merchants. The [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake]] triggered devastating [[tsunami]]s along the Western coast of Sumatra. The two new [[Cessna 208|Cessna Grand Caravans]] that had just been ordered by Susi Air were very quickly pressed into service transporting equipment and medicine for aid agencies. A Susi Air aircraft was the first plane to land in [[Aceh]] after the tsunami. During 2005 Susi's planes were chartered by [[NGO]]s in Aceh, and that rapidly made sufficient money (a so-called "[[cash cow]]") which made it possible for Susi Air to buy a new plane in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/04/29/executive-column-susi-air-a-business-started-accident.html |title=Executive Column: Susi Air, a business started by accident |date=April 29, 2013}}</ref> This third Grand Caravan enabled the company to begin scheduled services out of [[Medan]], capital of [[North Sumatra]]. In late 2006 this aircraft was moved to [[Jayapura]], [[Papua (province)|Papua]], to establish a base in what is one of the more challenging flying environments in the world. A fourth Grand Caravan was added to the fleet in early 2007 along with the addition of a new type, the [[Diamond DA42|Diamond Twin Star]], for use on charter flights as well as opening up the possibility for training of their own pilots. By the end of 2007 another four Grand Caravans had been added to the fleet along with the addition of two of a further type for the company, the [[Pilatus PC-6|Pilatus Turbo Porter]].<ref name=SusiHistory /> In 2008 a [[Diamond DA40|Diamond Diamond Star]] was added to the fleet for use by the Susi Flying School based at the company headquarters in [[Pangandaran]], [[West Java]], thus furthering the company's commitment to train local pilots. The ninth Grand Caravan arrived in May continuing the steady growth of the company. September 2008 saw the arrival of the tenth Grand Caravan. In October the Diamond Star aircraft suffered an engine failure and successfully made a forced landing near Bandung.<ref>{{cite news|last=Suwarni|first=Yuli Tri|title=Diamond Star plane makes emergency landing in Bandung|date=28 Oct 2008|url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008/10/28/diamond-star-plane-makes-emergency-landing-bandung.html|newspaper=Jakarta Post|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/69aP1GX6y|archivedate=1 August 2012}}</ref> The first [[Garmin G1000]] cockpit Grand Caravan arrived in April 2009. Another followed shortly after. July 2009 saw the arrival of the first [[Piaggio Avanti]]. Susi Air is known within Indonesia for hiring its pilots from overseas, and mainly from Western countries due to the lack of Indonesian pilots trained in Indonesia. The country has strict rules regarding the amount of foreign professionals any one company can employ. In a news article in 2011 Susi Pujiastuti stated that out of her 179 pilots, 175 were from overseas.<ref>{{cite news|title=Majority of charter pilots foreign, says Susi Air|url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/09/12/majority-charter-pilots-foreign-says-susi-air.html|accessdate=1 August 2012|newspaper=Jakarta Post|date=12 September 2011}}</ref> == Destinations == Susi Air operates charter flights from its 4 main bases in [[Medan]] ([[North Sumatra]]), [[East Jakarta]] ([[Jakarta]]), [[Balikpapan]] ([[East Kalimantan]]) and [[Jayapura]] ([[Papua (province)|Papua]]). Susi Air operates the following services (at April 2011):<ref>http://www.susiair.com/scheduled.htm</ref> [[File:PKVVSpolonia.jpg|thumb|bottom|[[Cessna 208]]]] [[File:PK-VVS SUSI AIR.jpg|thumb|bottom|[[Dornier Do 228]]]] [[File:PKVVKnusawiru.JPG|thumb|bottom|[[Pilatus PC-6]]]] ;[[Indonesia]] *'''[[Java]]''' **[[Cilacap]] - [[Tunggul Wulung Airport]] **[[Jakarta]] - [[Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport]] **[[Pangandaran]] - [[Nusawiru Airport]] **[[Semarang]] - [[Achmad Yani International Airport]] **[[Pangandaran]] - [[Susi Int'l Pangandaran Beach Airstrip]] **[[Sumenep]] - [[Trunojoyo Airport]] *'''[[Kalimantan]]''' **[[Balikpapan]] - [[Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman Airport]] **[[Banjarmasin]] - [[Syamsudin Noor Airport]] **[[Batulicin]] - [[Batulicin Airport]] **[[Datah Dawai]] - [[Datadawai Airport]] **[[Kotabaru]] - [[Stagen Airport]] **[[Long Apung]] - [[Long Ampung Airport]] **[[Long Bawan]] - [[Long Bawan Airport]] **[[Malinau]] - [[Malinau Airport]] **[[Melak]] - [[Melak Airport]] **[[Muara Teweh]] - [[Muara Teweh Airport]] **[[Nunukan]] - [[Nunukan Airport]] **[[Samarinda]] - [[Temindung Airport]] *'''[[Lesser Sunda Islands]]''' **[[Kupang]] - [[El Tari Airport]] **[[Larantuka]] - [[Gewayantana Airport]] **[[Lewoleba]] - [[Atambua Airport]] **[[Rote Island]] - [[Rote Airport]] **[[Sabu Island]] - [[Sabu Airport]] *'''[[Maluku (province)|Maluku]]''' **[[Ambon, Maluku|Ambon]] - [[Pattimura Airport]] **[[Banda Islands|Banda]] - [[Bandanaira Airport]] *'''[[West Papua (region)|Papua]]''' **[[Biak]] - [[Frans Kaisiepo Airport]] **[[Bintuni]] - [[Stenkol Airport]] **[[Fak Fak]] - [[Fakfak Airport]] **[[Manokwari]] - [[Rendani Airport]] **[[Merdey]] - [[Merdey Airport]] **[[Nabire]] - [[Nabire Airport]] **[[Sorong (city)|Sorong]] - [[Sorong Airport|Dominique Eduard Osok Airport]] **[[Serui]] - [[Sudjarwo Tjondronegoro Airport]] **[[Sinak, Indonesia|Sinak]] - [[Sinak Airport]] **[[Wasior]] - [[Wasior Airport]] **[[Wamena]] - [[Wamena Airport]] **[[Sentani (town)|Sentani]] - [[Sentani Airport]] **[[Merauke]] - [[Mopah Airport]] *'''[[Sumatra]]''' **[[Aek Godang]] - [[Aek Godang Airport]] **[[Bengkulu]] - [[Fatmawati Soekarno Airport]] **[[Blang Pidie]] - [[Blang Pidie Airport]] **[[Banda Aceh]] - [[Sultan Iskandarmuda Airport]] **[[Singkep|Dabo]] - [[Dabo Airport]] **[[Kutacane]] - [[Alas Leuser Airport]] **[[Letung]] - [[Letung Airport]] **[[Medan]] - [[Kuala Namu International Airport]] **[[Meulaboh]] - [[Cut Nyak Dhien Airport]] **[[Mukomuko]] - [[Mukomuko Airport]] **[[Pekanbaru]] - [[Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport]] **[[Silangit]] - [[Silangit Airport]] **[[Simeulue Regency|Simeulue Island]] - [[Lasikin Airport]] **[[Tanjung Balai Karimun]] - [[Sei Bati Airport]] **[[Tembilahan]] - [[Tempuling Airport]] == Fleet == Susi Air is the largest operator of [[Cessna 208|Cessna Grand Caravans]] in the [[Asia Pacific]] region which make up the majority of the company's fleet: {| class="toccolours" border="1" cellpadding="5" style="border-collapse:collapse" |+ Susi Air Fleet''' |- style="background:#191970;" !<span style="color:white;">Aircraft !<span style="color:white;">In Fleet !<span style="color:white;">Orders !<span style="color:white;">Options !<span style="color:white;">Passengers !<span style="color:white;">Routes !<span style="color:white;">Notes |- |[[Piaggio Avanti|Piaggio P180 Avanti II]] |3 |0 |0 |7-8 |VIP Passenger and medivac charter | |- |[[Cessna 208|Cessna Grand Caravan C208B]] |34 |0 |0 |12 |Passenger and cargo charter |20 on order as of Paris airshow 2009.<ref>[http://www.ainonline.com/news/single-news-page/article/cessna-crowing-over-its-orders-for-26-aircraft/ Cessna crowing over its orders for 26 aircraft 20 February 2008]</ref><ref>[http://www.aviationnews.eu/2009/06/16/cessna-announces-order-from-indonesias-susi-air-for-30-grand-caravan-aircraft/ Cessna Announces Order from Indonesia’s Susi Air for 30 Grand Caravan Aircraft 16 June 2009]</ref> |- |[[Pilatus Porter|Pilatus PC-6 Porter]] |7 |0 |0 |7 |Passenger, cargo and survey charter | |- |[[Dornier 228]] |1 |0 |0 |19 |Passenger, cargo and survey charter | PK-VSS |- |[[Air Tractor AT-802]] |1 |0 |0 |0 |Fuel Tanker |Operating in Papua. reg.nr. 409 |- |[[DA42|Diamond DA42 Twin Star]] |1 |0 |0 |3 |Passenger charter | |- |[[Piper PA28|Piper PA-28-181 Archer II]] |1 |0 |0 |3 |Passenger charter | |- |[[AgustaWestland AW119|AgustaWestland Koala AW119Ke]] |1 |0 |0 |6-7 | |<ref name="agustawestland1">[http://www.agustawestland.com/news/susi-air-orders-aw119-ke-and-grand/ Susi Air Orders An AW119 Ke And A Grand 15 June 2009]</ref> |- |[[AgustaWestland AW109|AgustaWestland Grand AW109S]] |1 |0 |0 |6-7 |VIP Charter in Jakarta |<ref name="agustawestland1"/> |- |'''Total''' |50 |0 |0 | | |'''Last Updated: October 2015 |} ==Incidents and accidents== In October 2008, a Diamond DA-40 (registration PK-VVL) from Susi Air made an emergency landing on a firing range in the hilly Army Infantry Training Center compound, some 40 kilometers from the West Java provincial capital Bandung. The pilot was forced to make an emergency landing because of a fuel pump failure. The aircraft's propeller gear was damaged after hitting the ground on the uneven grass field. Besides the Pilot, the airplane was carrying two mechanics to fix another Susi Air airplane that had broken down at Nusawiru airport.<ref>http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008/10/30/engine-problems-force-2-emergency-landings.html</ref> An investigation into this accident was conducted by the Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee, which found that the pilot was not licensed in Indonesia, and that the accident was caused by fuel starvation due to the failure of a fuel pump.<ref name="2008 report"/> The committee said that Susi Air should ensure all pilots have sufficient licenses and that the engine manufacturer, Thielert, should review its engines in order to prevent similar incidents.<ref name="2008 report">{{cite web|title=Aircraft Accident Investigation Report|url=http://www.dephub.go.id/knkt/ntsc_aviation/baru/Final%20Report%20PK-VVL.pdf|publisher=National Transportation|accessdate=23 November 2011|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/63Q3LepRg|archivedate=23 November 2011|date=28 October 2008}}</ref> On 9 September 2011 a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan (PK-VVE) was destroyed when it crashed in the Pasema District, Indonesia. Both pilots were killed. The airplane was carrying four drums of diesel fuel and some goods from Wamena to a remote airstrip. It failed to arrive at the destination. The wreckage was found in mountainous terrain in the Yahukimo District. The name of the airstrip has been named as Kenyem and Kenyam in Indonesian media. This is the same airstrip which is named Keneyan in the Australian Defence Force's Tactical Airfield Guide of the region.<ref>http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20110909-0</ref> Also on the same day, 9 September 2011, another Cessna 208B Grand Caravan (PK-BVQ) was mistakenly reported to have slid off the runway at Kupang's El Tari airport. The aircraft suffered a flat tyre during landing and was stuck on the runway. As ground personnel arrived at the aircraft, the decision was made to push the aircraft off the runway in order to reopen the runway. The pictures taken of the aircraft on the grass led to a story of a runway excursion. This incident resulted in the aircraft blocking the runway for 50 minutes causing two Boeing 737 commercial flights to divert to Makassar, Sulawesi.<ref>http://regional.kompas.com/read/2011/09/09/14115818/Pesawat.Susi.Air.Tergelincir.di.Kupang</ref> On 23 November 2011 a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan (PK-VVG) was destroyed after a go-around at Sugapa Airport in Nabire, [[Papua (province)|Papua]], killing the aircraft's co-pilot and leaving the pilot with severe injuries; the two crew were the only people on the aircraft, which was operating a cargo flight.<ref>{{cite web|title=Susi Air co-pilot dies in airplane crash|url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/11/23/susi-air-co-pilot-dies-airplane-crash.html|publisher=Flightglobal.com|accessdate=23 November 2011|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/63Q4A8EQR|archivedate=23 November 2011|date=23 November 2011}}</ref> The plane crash occurred after avoiding a runway jaywalker at a poorly managed runway in the Bintang Mountains in West Papua. The pilot decided to go-around (i.e. fly back up), but the area was surrounded by mountains and cliffs, causing the accident. The exact cause of the accident however will be determined after further investigation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/11/24/plane-crashes-papua-after-avoiding-runway-jaywalker.html |title=Plane crashes in Papua after avoiding runway jaywalker |date=November 24, 2011}}</ref> The National Transport Safety Committee released the final report on the accident in April 16, 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dephub.go.id/knkt/ntsc_aviation/baru/Final%20Report%20PK-VVG.pdf |title=Aircraft Accident Investigation Report PT. ASI Pudjiastuti Aviation C208B Cessna Grand Caravan ; PK–VVG Bilogai Airstrip, Sugapa Papua Republic of Indonesia 26 November 2011 |date=May 15, 2013}}</ref> On April 25, 2012 a PC 6 (PK VVQ) crashed in Kalimantan Timur, Melak district killing the pilot and passenger(s) which was engaged in an Aerial Survey of the area. The aircraft was reported missing at 1710 LT on 25 April with the wreckage found on 26 April, thus confirming the condition of the occupants/aircraft.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://airflightdisaster.com/index.php/susi-air-crash-in-indonesia-kills-2-3rd-fatal-crash-in-eight-months/|title={{!}} Susi Air Crash in Indonesia Kills 2, 3rd Fatal Crash in Eight Months|date=2012-04-28|newspaper=George Hatcher's Air Flight Disaster|access-date=2017-02-17|language=en-US}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/81655/plane-crash-pilots-bodies-to-be-brought-to-jakarta|title=Plane crash pilot`s bodies to be brought to Jakarta|website=www.antaranews.com|language=en|access-date=2017-02-17}}</ref> As a result of this safety record, United States Embassy personnel as of May 2012 are prohibited from flying on Susi Air.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://jakarta.usembassy.gov/us-service/wm_05042012.html | title = Security Message to U.S. citizens regarding Air Safety | author = Embassy of the United States, Jakarta | date = 4 May 2012 | archiveurl = http://www.webcitation.org/69gTtscVC | archivedate = 2012-08-05}}</ref> Similarly, Australian Government officials are not permitted to use the airline.<ref>{{cite web|title=Indonesia|url=http://smartraveller.gov.au/Countries/asia/south-east/pages/indonesia.aspx|website=smartraveller.gov.au|publisher=Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade|accessdate=1 February 2017}}</ref> ==EU aviation blacklist== {{main|List of air carriers banned in the European Union}} Susi Air is currently banned from operating in European airspace. The ban was imposed by the European Commission in consultation with member states' aviation authorities after Susi Air was found unsafe to conduct operations anywhere in European airspace.<ref>http://ec.europa.eu/transport/modes/air/safety/air-ban/index_en.htm</ref><ref>http://ec.europa.eu/transport/modes/air/safety/air-ban/doc/list_en.pdf</ref> ==See also== *[[List of air carriers banned in the European Union]] ==References== {{reflist|30em}} ==External links== {{Commons category|Susi Air}} *[http://fly.susiair.com/ Official website] *[http://www.passiondistribution.com/programmes/air-pressure/ ''Air Pressure'', documentary series] {{Portalbar|Indonesia|Companies|Aviation}} {{Airlines of Indonesia}} [[Category:Airlines established in 2004]] [[Category:Airlines of Indonesia]] [[Category:2004 establishments in Indonesia]]'