Trigana Air (registered as Trigana Air Service) is an

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based in

Jakarta Jakarta (; , Betawi language, Betawi: ''Jakartè''), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta (; ''DKI Jakarta'') and formerly known as Batavia, Dutch East Indies, Batavia until 1949, is the capital and largest city of Indonesia and ...

, 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. Although the airline itself never flew to the

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, the region imposed a ban on all Indonesian airlines from flying into its airspace in 2007 following the crash of

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, a category that included Trigana Air. The ban was lifted in 2018. 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, with a particular focus on

Western New Guinea Western New Guinea, also known as Papua, Indonesian New Guinea, and Indonesian Papua, is the western half of the island of New Guinea, formerly Dutch and granted to Indonesia in 1962. Given the island is alternatively named Papua, the region ...

. * Ambon –

Pattimura Airport Pattimura Airport , formerly known as Laha Airport, is a domestic airport serving Ambon, the capital and largest city of Maluku Province, Indonesia. Located 38 kilometers (23.6 miles) west of Ambon’s city center, the airport is named after T ...

Biak Biak is the main island of Biak Archipelago located in Cenderawasih Bay near the northern coast of Papua (province), Papua, an Indonesian province, and is just northwest of New Guinea. Biak has many atolls, reefs, and corals. The largest popula ...

–

Frans Kaisiepo International Airport Frans Kaisiepo Airport is an airport on Biak island, in Papua, Indonesia. It is also known as Mokmer Airport. The airport is named after Frans Kaisiepo (1921–1979), the fourth Governor of Papua. The airport has seven aircraft parking s ...

* Bula – Kufar Airport *

Dekai Dekai is a town in the province of Highland Papua, Indonesia, and the actual administrative center of Yahukimo Regency. The official administrative center of Yahukimo Regency is Sumohai. Sumohai is located 25 kilometers north of Dekai, and due to ...

– Nop Goliat Dekai Airport *

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Soekarno–Hatta International Airport Soekarno–Hatta International Airport (; ), also sometimes abbreviated as SHIA or Soetta, formerly legally called Jakarta Cengkareng Airport (, hence the IATA designator "CGK"), is the primary airport serving the Jakarta metropolitan area o ...

, base *

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Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport is an international airport in Jakarta, Indonesia. Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport serves as Jakarta’s secondary airport, complementing the larger Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Ta ...

Jayapura Jayapura (formerly Hollandia (1910-1962), Kota Baru (1962-1963), Soekarnopura (1963-1968)) is the capital city, capital and List of Indonesian cities by population, largest city of the Indonesian Provinces of Indonesia, province of Papua (provi ...

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Dortheys Hiyo Eluay International Airport Dortheys Hiyo Eluay International Airport — also known as Sentani International Airport — is an airport serving Jayapura, from DAFIF (effective October 2006) the capital of Papua province, Indonesia, on the island of New Guinea. It is ...

Merauke Merauke is a large town (''kelurahan'') and an administrative district (''distrik'') in Merauke Regency of South Papua Province, Indonesia. It is also the administrative centre of Merauke Regency, and is considered to be the easternmost city in I ...

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Mopah International Airport Mopah Airport is located in Merauke, South Papua, Indonesia. The airport is Indonesia's second easternmost airport after Sentani International Airport in Sentani Kota, Sentani, Jayapura, Sentani. The airport serves as the main gateway to severa ...

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Jos Orno Imsula Airport Jos Orno Imsula Airport serves the town of Tiakur, on the Moa island in the Southwest Maluku Regency of the Maluku province, Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, betwee ...

Nabire Nabire, also known as the District of 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. It is served by Douw Aturure Airport. Geography T ...

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Douw Aturure Airport Douw Aturure Nabire Airport () also called New Nabire Airport is an airport in Wanggar District, Nabire Regency, Central Papua, Indonesia. This is a newly built airport to replace the old Nabire Airport (also called "Douw Aturure Airport") located ...

Namrole Namrole is a district (''kecamatan'') on the southern coast of Buru Island, Indonesia. It is the seat of South Buru Regency South Buru Regency is a regency of Maluku, Indonesia. It was created on 24 June 2008 by being split off from the existing ...

– Namrole Airport *

Oksibil Oksibil is a town and a district of Highland Papua in Indonesia that is also the administrative centre of the Pegunungan Bintang Regency Pegunungan Bintang Regency or Bintang Mountains Regency ("Bintang" means "star") is a regency in the Indones ...

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Oksibil Airport Oksibil Airport is located at Oksibil, Highland Papua, Indonesia. The airport has connecting flights to Jayapura with Trigana Air Service and Wings Air. The airport's runway is long and is a partially marked asphalt (formerly grass) landing str ...

Pangkalan Bun Pangkalan Bun is the capital of West Kotawaringin Regency in Central Kalimantan Province, on Borneo, Indonesia. It is an agglomeration of eight towns (''kelurahan''), all of which are part of South Arut District (''kecamatan Arut Selatan''), wi ...

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Iskandar Airport Iskandar Airport is a domestic airport serving the town of Pangkalan Bun, the capital of West Kotawaringin Regency in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. It is located approximately 5 kilometers (3 miles) from the city center. The airport is named ...

Semarang Semarang (Javanese script, Javanese: , ''Kutha Semarang'') is the capital and largest city of Central Java province in Indonesia. It was a major port during the Netherlands, Dutch Dutch East Indies, colonial era, and is still an important regio ...

– Jenderal Ahmad Yani Airport *

Serui Serui Kota (Seroei) is a town and the capital of the Yapen Islands Regency of Papua (province), Papua, Indonesia. As of 2021, the town had a population of 13,568. It is located on the island of Yapen. References

Yapen Islands Populated coa ...

– Stevanus Rumbewas Airport *

Sanana Sanana is a town and administrative center of Sula Islands Regency, North Maluku, Indonesia. This town is located on Sulabesi Island (formerly called Sanana Island). Villages Sanana consists of 11 Villages of Indonesia, villages (all classed as r ...

– Emalamo Airport *

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 ...

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Juanda International Airport Juanda International Airport is an international airport, international joint-use airport located in Sedati, Sedati District, Sidoarjo Regency, Sidoarjo, Indonesia. It is now the List of the busiest airports in Indonesia, third busiest airport ...

* Tanah Merah – Tanah Merah Airport *

Ternate Ternate (), also known as the City of Ternate (; ), is the List of regencies and cities of Indonesia, city with the largest population in the province of North Maluku and an island in the Maluku Islands, Indonesia. It was the ''de facto'' provi ...

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Sultan Babullah Airport Sultan Babullah Airport 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 of Ternate (1528–1583). The airport ...

Wamena Wamena, also known as the District of Wamena ''(Distrik Wamena)'', is a large town in the Western New Guinea region of Indonesia. It also serves as the Regency seat, seat of Jayawijaya Regency. It is the largest town in the province of Highland ...

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Wamena Airport Wamena Airport () 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 in the highland region o ...

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 (aircraft manufacturer), ATR, with final assembly in Toulouse, France. On 4 November 1981, the aircraft was launched with ATR, as a joint venture between French Aér ...

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. The number "72" in its name is derived from the aircraft's typical standard seating capacity of 72 pa ...

Boeing 737-200 The Boeing 737 is an American 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 retained the 707 fuselage width and six abreast seating ...

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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 Febru ...

*Unknown

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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 — is an airport serving Jayapura, from DAFIF (effective October 2006) the capital of Papua province, Indonesia, on the island of New Guinea. It is ...

, Jayapura to

. The plane was carrying four people: a

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n pilot,

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n co-pilot,

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n flight engineer, and a loadmaster (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 in the mid-1960s and still in production today. Built by De Havilland Canada from 1965 to 1988, Viking ...

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 part of Airbu ...

registered PK-YRP, force landed in a paddy field 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, 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, Trigana Air Flight 7321, registration PK-YSY operated by a

, operating a flight from

, 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. *On 9 September 2024, an ATR 42-500 registered PK-YSP operating Trigana Air Flight 292 suffered a runway excursion after an aborted take-off at Stevanus Rumbewas Airport in

Yapen Islands Populated coa ...

. All 48 occupants survived. *On 5 November 2024, a Boeing 737-500 registered PK-YSC operating as Trigana Air Flight IL-237 had an uncommanded evacuation after it suffered a tailpipe fire during pushback at

. All 129 occupants survived, with 4 passengers having to be rushed to a nearby hospital for injuries during evacuation.

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. The other airlines rated worst were

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