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| Founded | 2004 | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 49 (end of April 2013) | ||||||
| Destinations | 168 (approved) | ||||||
| Parent company | PT ASI Pudjiastuti Aviation | ||||||
| Headquarters | Pangandaran, West Java | ||||||
| Key people | Susi Pudjiastuti (CEO) | ||||||
| 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.
Susi Air was established in late 2004 by Susi Pudjiastuti, 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 tsunamis along the Western coast of Sumatra. The two new 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 NGOs 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.
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, 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 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 Turbo Porter.
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