is a
Low-cost Airline based in
Jakarta ,
Indonesia . It operates scheduled domestic services and is an Indonesian associate carrier of Malaysian low-fare airline
AirAsia . Its main base is
Soekarno-Hatta International Airport , Jakarta.
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The airline was established as Awair (Air Wagon International) in
1999 by
Abdurrahman Wahid , former chairman of the Nahdlatul Ulama Muslim organisation. He had a 40% stake in the airline which he relinquished after being elected president of Indonesia in October 1999. It started operations on
22 June 2000 with
Airbus aircraft, but all flights were suspended in March
2002 . Awair started operating domestically within Indonesia as an associate of AirAsia in December
2004 . On
1 December 2005 Awair changed its name to Indonesia AirAsia in line with the other AirAsia controlled airlines in the region. AirAsia has a 49% share in the airline.
Indonesia AirAsia flies to the following destinations
Official Indonesia AirAsia Timetable :
Indonesia AirAsia has dropped plans for budget services between Indonesia and
Singapore after the
Civil Aviation Authority Of Singapore (CAAS) rejected the application for landing rights.
Airliner World , April 2005
