Wings air aviation company Operate 3 ATR 72-500
Company Info August 6th, 2009
Three ATR 72-500 aircraft owned by Wings Air has arrived in the country. The planes are coming directly from the factory in Toulouse, France, since December 19, 2009. The aircraft made a ferry flight via Cyprus, Dubai, Colombo, Batam and Jakarta. From Jakarta, the plane immediately taken to Manado, North Sulawesi, to be operated.
According to Director of Operations Wings Air Capt. Redi Irawan, in Manado, Tuesday (5/1/2010), Wings has ordered 15 aircraft with an optional 15 aircraft of this type and will arrive until mid-2011. “In this year of seven planes would come again,” he said.
These aircraft will be stationed in Ambon, Ternate, Medan, NTB, NTT, West Kalimantan and East Kalimantan with operations center in Manado.
To support the operation of aircraft, currently educating Wings have 18 sets of pilots in Bangkok. While five sets again, according to Redi, was prepared to follow the terms of education selanjutn yes.
Inauguration of operational ATR 72-500 aircraft owned by Wings is expected to be conducted tomorrow (Wednesday, 6/1/2010) morning at the Sam Ratulangi Airport Complex, Kuantan. The inauguration will be done by Transport Minister Freddy Numberi, attended North Sulawesi Governor, Director General of Civil Aviation, the French Ambassador, and representatives of ATR
