Susi Air bring 16 aircraft of the Year

PT ASI Pudjiantuti or Susi Air this year will bring as many as 16 aircraft. A small fleet of aircraft with the necessary forms for the expansion of airline operations.

Air President Director Susi, Susi Pudjiastuti said the aircraft will be brought in the vane type such as Cessna C208B Grand Caravan, Piaggio P180 Avanti and Pilatus PC-6 Porter.

The plane will be the mainstay of the airline to realize a turnover up 20 per cent target. Turnover in 2011 and about USD 200 billion, this year is projected to be USD 240 billion.

"Last year we carry thousands of passengers 35-40, this year yargetnya to 50 thousand passengers. We are increasingly optimistic targets also won the turnover achieved since the pioneering routes to the budget ceiling of USD 25 billion in the Budget Authorization Holder (KPA) Borneo as many as 15 routes," he said .

Until the end of March 2012, Susi Air has operated as many as 47 units of aircraft types Cessna C208B Grand Caravan, a unit of Pilatus PC-6 Porter, Piaggio P180 Avanti, and helicopters.

Cessna aircraft had been operated for kabupaten routes in the interior of Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi and Papua. Aircraft with a capacity of 12 seats-14 seats are booked directly from Cessna Aircraft Company, based in Wichita, Kansas, United States. While Piaggio P180 Avanti is a twin-engine turboprop aircraft from the Italian made ​​Piaggio Aero with a capacity of nine seats.