Trigana Air (registered as Trigana Air Service) is an

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based in

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, Indonesia.

History

The company commenced operations in early 1991 with two

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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

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from Sanya to Haikou and Hanoi until 2016.Trigana History.
Retrieved: 11 November 2008 In March 2021, the company announced a partnership with

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. 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. * Ambon –

Pattimura Airport Pattimura International Airport ( id, Bandar Udara Internasional Pattimura) is an airport in Ambon, Maluku. The airport is located 38 kilometers west of the city of Ambon. The airport was named after Pattimura (1783–1817), an Indonesian n ...

Biak Biak is an island located in Cenderawasih Bay near the northern coast of Papua, an Indonesian province, and is just northwest of New Guinea. Biak is the largest island in its small archipelago, and has many atolls, reefs, and corals. The ...

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Frans Kaisiepo International Airport Frans Kaisiepo International Airport ( id, Bandar Udara Internasional Frans Kaisiepo) , is an airport in Biak, Papua, Indonesia. It is also known as Mokmer Airport. The airport is named after Frans Kaisiepo Frans Kaisiepo (10 October 1921 � ...

* Bula – Kufar Airport * Dekai – Nop Goliat Dekai Airport *

– Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, base *

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Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport ( id, Bandar Udara Internasional Halim Perdanakusuma) is an international airport in Jakarta, Indonesia. The airport is located in East Jakarta and the airfield is conjoined with the Halim Perdanakus ...

Jayapura Jayapura (formerly Dutch: ''Hollandia'') is the capital and largest city of the Indonesian province of Papua. It is situated on the northern coast of New Guinea island and covers an area of . The city borders the Pacific Ocean and Yos Sudar ...

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Sentani Airport Dortheys Hiyo Eluay International Airport, also known as Sentani International Airport ( id, Bandar Udara Internasional Sentani) is an airport serving Jayapura,

Merauke Merauke is a large town and the capital of the South Papua province, Indonesia. It is also the administrative centre of Merauke Regency in South Papua. It is considered the easternmost city in Indonesia. The town was originally called Ermasoe. I ...

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Mopah International Airport Mopah International Airport (Indonesian: ''Bandar Udara Internasional Mopah'') is an international airport in Merauke, South Papua, Indonesia. The airport is Indonesia's second easternmost airport after Sentani International Airport in Sentan ...

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Jos Orno Imsula Airport Jos Orno Imsula Airport is an airport serving the town of Tiakur, on the Moa island in the Southwest Maluku Regency Southwest Maluku Regency ( id, Kabupaten Maluku Barat Daya) is a regency of Maluku Province, Indonesia. It comprises a numb ...

Nabire Nabire is a town in the Indonesian province of Central Papua, at the western end of New Guinea. The town is the administrative seat of the Nabire Regency, and has been designated to be the administrative capital of the new province. It is served b ...

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Nabire Airport Douw Aturure Airport ( id, Bandar Udara Douw Aturure) is an airport in Nabire, Nabire Regency, Central Papua, Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and ...

Namrole Namrole is a district (''kecamatan'') on the southern coast of Buru Island Buru (formerly spelled Boeroe, Boro, or Bouru) is the third largest island within the Maluku Islands of Indonesia. It lies between the Banda Sea to the south and Sera ...

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Namrole Airport Namrole Airport is an airport on Buru island, which is one of the Maluku Islands in Indonesia. The airport is operated and managed by the government. Passengers In 2018, the airport served 24,574 passengers with 350 arrivals and 350 departure ...

Oksibil Oksibil is a town and a district of Highland Papua in Indonesia that is also the administrative centre of the Pegunungan Bintang Regency. According to the 2010 census the district had a population of 4,087 inhabitants and on 2018 it increases to 4 ...

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Oksibil Airport Oksibil Airport is an airport located at Oksibil, Highland Papua, Indonesia. The airport has connecting flights to with Trigana Air Service and Wings Air PT Wings Abadi Airlines, operating as Wings Air, is a scheduled commuter passenger lo ...

Pangkalan Bun Pangkalan Bun is the capital of West Kotawaringin Regency in Borneo, Indonesia. It has a population of around 200,000 It is also the administrative headquarters of South Arut (''Arut Selatan'') district (''kecamatan''). Pangkalan Bun is served ...

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Iskandar Airport Iskandar Airport is a military type-C airport in Pangkalan Bun, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia and is the only airport in Central Kalimantan which has an Avtur fuel station. It is the largest military airport in Indonesia, with around a 3,570 he ...

Semarang Semarang ( jv, ꦏꦸꦛꦯꦼꦩꦫꦁ , Pegon: سماراڠ) is the capital and largest city of Central Java province in Indonesia. It was a major port during the Dutch colonial era, and is still an important regional center and port today ...

– Achmad Yani International Airport *

Serui Serui Kota (Seroei) is a city and capital of Yapen Islands Regency of Papua, Indonesia. As of 2021, the city has a population of 13,568. It is located on the island of Yapen Yapen (also Japan, Jobi) is an island of Papua, Indonesia. The Yap ...

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Stevanus Rumbewas Airport Stevanus Rumbewas Airport ( Indonesian: ''Bandar Udara Stevanus Rumbewas'') is an airport serving the town of Serui and the nearby towns and islands in the Yapen Islands Regency, Papua, Indonesia. The airport commenced operation on 19 December 201 ...

* Sanana –

Emalamo Airport Emalamo Airport is an airport in Sanana, Sula Islands Regency, North Maluku North Maluku ( id, Maluku Utara) is a province of Indonesia. It covers the northern part of the Maluku Islands, bordering the Pacific Ocean to the north, the Halmaher ...

Surabaya Surabaya ( jv, ꦱꦸꦫꦧꦪ or jv, ꦯꦹꦫꦨꦪ; ; ) is the capital city of the Indonesian province of East Java and the second-largest city in Indonesia, after Jakarta. Located on the northeastern border of Java island, on the M ...

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Juanda International Airport Juanda International Airport (JIA) ( id, Bandar Udara Internasional Juanda) , is an international airport located in Sedati, Sidoarjo. It is now the third busiest airport in Indonesia (after Soekarno-Hatta and Ngurah Rai airport). This airp ...

* Tanah Merah – Tanah Merah Airport *

Ternate Ternate is a city in the Indonesian province of North Maluku and an island in the Maluku Islands. It was the ''de facto'' provincial capital of North Maluku before Sofifi on the nearby coast of Halmahera became the capital in 2010. It is off the ...

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Sultan Babullah Airport Sultan Babullah Airport ( id, Bandar Udara Sultan Babullah) also known as Ternate Airport, is located in the Indonesian province of North Maluku, close to the city of Ternate. The airport is named after the Indonesian warrior Sultan Babullah ...

Wamena Wamena is a town and the capital of the Indonesian province of Highland Papua. It also serves as the seat of Jayawijaya Regency. It is the largest town in Indonesian Papua's highlands, in the Baliem Valley and had a population of 64,967 at the ...

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Wamena Airport Wamena Airport ( id, Bandar Udara Wamena) is an airport serving the town of Wamena, Jayawijaya Regency, Highland Papua, Indonesia. The airport also serves the neighboring Lanny Jaya Regency and Tolikara Regency. It is currently the only airport ...

Fleet

Current fleet

Trigana Air Service ATR-42v PK-YRN at Labuan Bajo Airport

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

Former fleet

The airline previously operated the following aircraft (as of May 2022): *7

ATR 42 The ATR 42 is a regional airliner produced by Franco-Italian manufacturer ATR, with final assembly in Toulouse, France. On 4 November 1981, the aircraft was launched with ATR, as a joint venture between French Aérospatiale (now Airbus) and ...

ATR 72 The ATR 72 is a twin-engine turboprop, short-haul regional airliner developed and produced in France and Italy by aircraft manufacturer ATR (french: Avions de transport régional or it, Aerei da Trasporto Regionale), a joint venture formed ...

Boeing 737-200 The Boeing 737 is a narrow-body aircraft produced by Boeing at its Renton Factory in Washington. Developed to supplement the Boeing 727 on short and thin routes, the twinjet retains the 707 fuselage width and six abreast seating with two u ...

Boeing 737-300 The Boeing 737 Classic is a series of narrow-body airliners produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes, the second generation of the Boeing 737 series of aircraft. Development began in 1979 and the first variant, the 737-300, first flew in Februa ...

Boeing 737-400 The Boeing 737 Classic is a series of narrow-body airliners produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes, the second generation of the Boeing 737 series of aircraft. Development began in 1979 and the first variant, the 737-300, first flew in Februa ...

EU aviation blacklist

Trigana Air was once banned from operating in European Union airspace. The ban was imposed on all Indonesian airlines (by now several have been exempted) by the European Commission in 2007 in consultation with member states' aviation authorities. The ban was lifted in 2018 along with that for all other Indonesian airlines.

Accidents and incidents

Aircraft operated by Trigana Air have been involved in 14 serious incidents, 10 of which resulted in

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. * On 21 April 2002, a Trigana Air

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, registered as ES-NOP, was carrying out a chartered cargo service from

Sentani Airport Dortheys Hiyo Eluay International Airport, also known as Sentani International Airport ( id, Bandar Udara Internasional Sentani) is an airport serving Jayapura,

, Jayapura to

, Wamena. The plane was carrying four people: a Lithuanian pilot,

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co-pilot,

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n flight engineer, and a load master (nationality undetermined). While landing in Wamena, the front compartment of the Antonov An-72 suddenly caught fire. All aboard were evacuated safely from the plane. *On 25 May 2002, a

de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter The de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter is a Canadian STOL (Short Takeoff and Landing) utility aircraft developed by de Havilland Canada, which produced the aircraft from 1965 to 1988; Viking Air purchased the type certificate, then restart ...

registered PK-YPZ crashed in heavy rain whilst carrying supplies for the local town. All four passengers and both crew members died. *On 11 February 2010, Trigana Air Flight 162, operated by an

ATR 42-300 The ATR 42 is a regional airliner produced by Franco-Italian manufacturer ATR, with final assembly in Toulouse, France. On 4 November 1981, the aircraft was launched with ATR, as a joint venture between French Aérospatiale (now Airbus) and A ...

registered PK-YRP, force landed in a

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near Balikpapan after both engines failed in-flight. All 52 passengers and crew on board survived. *On 8 April 2012, a DHC-6 Twin Otter carrying eight passengers and crew had several shots fired at it whilst landing at Mulia Airport in Papua province on a flight from

. Both pilots received injuries which led them to lose control of the aircraft, which veered into an airport building. Of the eight passengers and crew aboard, one was killed and four were injured. *On 16 August 2015,

Trigana Air Flight 267 Trigana Air Flight 267 was a scheduled passenger flight from Sentani to Oksibil in the eastern Indonesian province of Papua. On 16 August 2015, the ATR 42 turboprop operating the service crashed on approach in the Bintang highlands region of O ...

, operated by an ATR 42-300 registered PK-YRN, lost contact just before 3pm local time after taking off from Sentani airport in Papua's capital Jayapura on a flight to

. Its wreckage was found by villagers in the Bintang highlands region of Oksibil. All 49 passengers and five crew members were killed in the accident. The NTSC released their report 2 years and 5 months after the crash, and stated that pilot error and the failure of the ground proximity warning system were the causes. *On 13 September 2016 a Boeing 737-300 freighter, registration PK-YSY performing flight IL-7321, operating a flight from

Sentani Airport Dortheys Hiyo Eluay International Airport, also known as Sentani International Airport ( id, Bandar Udara Internasional Sentani) is an airport serving Jayapura,

, made a hard landing on runway 15 at

, breaking both main gears. The aircraft slid to a stop on the runway, coming to rest partially on the grass. Nobody was hurt. *On 20 March 2021 a Boeing 737-400, registration PK-YSF, had a landing gear issue while departing from

. When attempting to make an emergency landing, the landing gear collapsed, causing significant damage, and the plane skidded off the runway.

Safety

On January 3, 2018, Trigana Air was awarded the dubious title of the worst in airline safety with a one-star rating out of seven by Airlines Ratings. 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.

References

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