Trigana Air Explained

Airline:Trigana Air
Fleet Size:16
Destinations:20
Iata:IL
Icao:TGN
Callsign:TRIGANA
Headquarters:Jakarta, Indonesia
Key People:Capt. Rubijanto Adisarwono (President Director)
Bases:Soekarno-Hatta International Airport

Trigana Air (registered as Trigana Air Service) is an airline based in Jakarta, Indonesia.

History

The company commenced operations in early 1991 with two Beechcraft King Air 200 fixed-wing aircraft, and by the end of that year had added two licence-built Bell 412SP helicopters. They also operated two ATR aircraft for Hainan Airlines from Sanya to Haikou and Hanoi until 2016.[1]

Although the airline itself never flew to the European Union, the region imposed a ban on all Indonesian airlines from flying into its airspace in 2007 following the crash of Garuda Indonesia Flight 200, a category that included Trigana Air.[2] The ban was lifted in 2018.

In March 2021, the company announced a partnership with J&T Express. It was also said that J&T Express would use some of the airplanes owned by Trigana Air for its operations.

Destinations

Trigana Air flies to 20 destinations throughout Indonesia, with a particular focus on Western New Guinea.[3]

Fleet

Current fleet

The Trigana Air fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of March 2022):[4]

Trigana Air fleet
AircraftTotal
ATR 42-3004
ATR 42-5001
ATR 72-5002
Boeing 737-3003
Boeing 737-300F5
Boeing 737-5001
Total16

Former fleet

The airline previously operated the following aircraft (as of May 2022): [5]

Accidents and incidents

Aircraft operated by Trigana Air have been involved in 14 serious incidents, 10 of which resulted in hull loss.[6]

Safety

On January 3, 2018, Airline Ratings awarded Trigana Air the dubious honor as one of the worst in the world in regards to safety, with a one-star rating out of seven.[15] The other airlines rated worst were North Korea's Air Koryo, Suriname's Blue Wing Airlines and Nepal's Buddha Air, Nepal Airlines, Tara Air and Yeti Airlines.[16] [17] [18]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.trigana-air.com/html/module.php?act=static&page=History&lang=en Trigana History.
  2. Web site: List of air carriers of which all operations are subject to a ban within the EU . 2012-12-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130717050109/http://ec.europa.eu/transport/modes/air/safety/air-ban/doc/list_en.pdf . 2013-07-17 . European Commission.
  3. Web site: Trigana Air Service .
  4. Web site: Trigana Air Service.
  5. Web site: Trigana Air Fleet History. planespotters.net. 22 May 2022.
  6. Web site: Trigana Air Service accidents. aviation-safety.net . . 18 August 2015.
  7. http://kemhubri.dephub.go.id/knkt/ntsc_aviation/baru/Final%20Report%20ES-NOP%20210402.pdf Unknown
  8. Web site: Trigana Air Service Flight 2002 . Aviation-safety.net . 2002-05-25 . 2018-02-09.
  9. http://www.chinapost.com.tw/asia/indonesia/2012/04/09/337214/Gunmen-open.htm Gunmen open fire on plane in Papua, kill one, injure four
  10. http://us.en.vivanews.com/news/read/302953-police-identify-shooter-of-indonesia-trigana Police Identify Shooter of Indonesia Trigana
  11. News: Villagers find wreckage of Indonesian plane in Papua. 17 August 2015. 16 August 2015. Al Jazeera English Online.
  12. Web site: Aircraft accident description for ATR 42–300 PK-YRN between Jayapura and Oksibil. aviation-safety.net . . 2015-08-16.
  13. Web site: ASN Aircraft accident ATR 42–300 PK-YRN Oksibil Airport (OKL) . Aviation-safety.net . 2018-02-09.
  14. Web site: Accident: Trigana B733 at Wamena on Sep 13th 2016, hard landing results in main gear collapse. avherald.com . . 2016-09-18.
  15. News: The World's Top 20 Safest Airlines For 2018 – Airline Ratings. Ratings. Airline. 2018-01-03. Airline Ratings. 2018-01-04. en-US.
  16. News: The world's safest airlines for 2018?. 2018-01-03. CNN Travel. 2018-01-04. en.
  17. News: World's safest, and least safe, airlines named. Schultz. Amber. 2018-01-04. Traveller. 2018-01-04. en-US.
  18. News: What are the world's safest airlines for 2018?. 2018-01-03. FOX6Now.com. 2018-01-04. en-US. 2018-01-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20180103200723/http://fox6now.com/2018/01/03/what-are-the-worlds-safest-airlines-for-2018/. dead.