Republic Express Airlines (RPX Airlines) was a

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based in

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, Indonesia. It operates domestic and regional cargo services.

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12–18 April 2005 Republic Express Airlines is listed in category 2 by Indonesian Civil Aviation Authority for airline safety quality. Republic Express Boeing 737-200 Pichugin

Republic Express Boeing 737-200 Pichugin

History

The airline was established in 2001 and started operations on 17 October 2001. It was wholly owned by the RPX Group. Since 1985 RPX has been the licensee in Indonesia for

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. The airline ceased operations in 2010 and its only remaining aircraft was stored in Jayapura until 2015.

Destinations

The airline's destinations included

Batam Batam, officially the City of Batam (, not to be confused with ''Batam Kota'', a kecamatan, district within this city), is the largest List of regencies and cities of Indonesia, city in the Indonesian province of Riau Islands. The city administra ...

Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur (KL), officially the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, is the capital city and a Federal Territories of Malaysia, federal territory of Malaysia. It is the largest city in the country, covering an area of with a census population ...

Surabaya Surabaya is the capital city of East Java Provinces of Indonesia, province and the List of Indonesian cities by population, second-largest city in Indonesia, after Jakarta. Located on the northeastern corner of Java island, on the Madura Strai ...

Balikpapan Balikpapan is a seaport city in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Located on the east coast of the island of Borneo, the city is the financial center of Kalimantan. Balikpapan is the city with the largest economy in Kalimantan with an estimated 20 ...

Makassar Makassar ( ), formerly Ujung Pandang ( ), is the capital of the Indonesian Provinces of Indonesia, province of South Sulawesi. It is the largest city in the region of Eastern Indonesia and the country's fifth-largest urban center after Jakarta, ...

Pekanbaru Pekanbaru is the capital city of the Indonesian province of Riau, and a major economic center on the eastern side of Sumatra, Sumatra Island with its name derived from the Malay language, Malay (Indonesian language, Indonesian) word for 'new mar ...

and

Surakarta Surakarta (Javanese script, Javanese: , Pegon script, Pegon: ), known colloquially as Solo (Javanese script, Javanese: ; ), is a major List of regencies and cities of Indonesia, city in Central Java, Indonesia. The city adjoins Karanganyar Reg ...

Fleet

In 2006, the Republic Express Airlines fleet included:

, 3–9 October 2006

References

External links

* Airlines of Indonesia Airlines established in 2001 Cargo airlines of Indonesia Indonesian companies established in 2001 {{Indonesia-transport-stub