Manunggal Air Services was an airline based in Jakarta, Indonesia. It operated charter passenger and cargo services within Indonesia and neighbouring regions. Its main base was Halim Perdanakusuma Airport, Jakarta.[1]
History
The airline was established and started operations in 1997.[1]
In March 2007 the Indonesian transport ministry, under huge political pressure to improve air safety in Indonesia, warned it would close seven airlines unless they improved training and maintenance within the following three months. The ministry developed a formula for ranking the airlines in three bands. Those in the third (least safe) band were: Adam Air, Batavia Air, Jatayu Airlines, Kartika Airlines, Manunggal Air Services, Transwisata Prima Aviation and Tri-MG Intra Asia Airlines.[2]
Destinations
Before its closing, the airline offered the following destinations:
On 11 June 1999, 5 minutes after takeoff the ATC lost contact with a Kamov helicopter. Two hours later the helicopter was reported missing and ATC started searching. The helicopter was found crashed inland of Irian Jaya. One person was killed and five people were injured.
On 15 June 2001 a Transall C-160NG (registered PK-VTP) was heavily damaged after landing at Jayapura-Sentani Airport [5]
On 6 March 2008 their other Transall C-160NG (registered PK-VTQ) was destroyed on landing. All the plane's occupants survived.[6]
