Wings Air

PT Wings Abadi Airlines ,[2] operat ing as Wings Air , is a scheduled commut er passenger low-
cost airline based in Jakart a, Indonesia. The airline operat es out of Sult an Hasanuddin
Int ernat ional Airport in Makassar as well as several ot her airport s around Indonesia. The
company was est ablished as a short -haul regional flight service, wholly owned subsidiary of
Lion Air and st art ed operat ions on July 10, 2003 and t he airline is current ly linking t ier-t wo and
t ier-t hree cit ies in Indonesia as t o bypass t he airline's congest ed base in Jakart a.
 Wings Air

IATA ICAO Callsign

IW WON WINGS ABADI

Founded 10 July 2003

Operating bases Denpasar

Kupang
Makassar
Manado
Medan
Surabaya

Fleet size 73

Destinations 86[1]

Parent company Lion Air Group

Headquarters Jakarta, Indonesia

Key people Rusdi Kirana (CEO)

Website www.lionair.co.id (htt

p://www.lionair.co.i
d)

Destinations

Wings Air MD-80 at Sultan Mahmud

Badaruddin II Airport

Fleet

A Wings Air ATR 72-500

 A Wings Air Bombardier Dash 8-300

ATR 72-500 from Wings Air at Tampa

Padang Airport

As of April 2024, Wings Air operat es an all-ATR fleet composed of t he following aircraft :[3][4]

Wings Air Fleet

Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes

ATR 72-500 20 - 72

ATR 72-600 53 2 72 Transferred from Bat ik Air Malaysia.

Total 73 2

Aircraft orders
On 15 November 2009, Wings Air announced t hat it had signed a deal wit h ATR wort h US$600
million. The deal involved an order for 15 ATR 72-500 aircraft wit h a furt her 15 opt ions for
ATR's new ATR 72-600 aircraft . The new aircraft replaced t he airline's aging Bombardier Dash
8 aircraft and will allow furt her expansion int o smaller airport s wit hin Indonesia.[5] The first
t hree ATR 72-500s were delivered in January 2010 and were inaugurat ed at a ceremony in t he
t ourist and diving dest inat ion of Manado.[6]

On 25 February 2011 Lion Air signed an order for 15 new ATR 72s for t he Wings Air fleet . The
2009 cont ract had included opt ions for 15 addit ional ATR 72-600 aircraft . The deal
announced in February 2011 represent ed t he conversion of all 15 opt ions.[7]

On 27 November 2014 Lion Air signed an order for 40 new ATR 72-600 for t he Wings Air fleet .
It makes Lion Group ATR's largest cust omer of.[8]

Former aircraft

De Havilland Dash 8-300

McDonnell Douglas MD-80

Accidents and incidents

25 December 2016: Wings Air Flight

1896, an ATR 72-600 (registered PK-
WGW) carrying 52 passengers and
crew veered off the runway and
crashed on its side while landing in
Semarang in bad weather. No one was
killed in the crash however six people
were treated for shock. The aircraft
was substantially damaged.
Passengers stated that the
undercarriage broke during landing.[9]
5 January 2017: Wings Air Flight 1372,
an ATR-72-500 (registration PK-WFP),
overran the taxiway while taxiing in
Rahadi Osman Airport, Ketapang. The
aircraft was carrying 30 passengers
and 5 crew. There were no fatalities.
17 February 2024: Wings Air Flight
1646 was shot in Papua Highlands by
an unknown person. No one was hurt.
[1] (https://nasional.tempo.co/amp/18
34820/danlanud-jelaskan-kronologi-pe
nembakan-pesawat-wings-airatr-72-60
0-pk-wjt-di-papua-pegunungan) [10]
References

1. "Wings Air (Indonesia) on ch-aviation.com"

(https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/airlin
e/WON) . ch-aviation.com. Retrieved
21 November 2023.

2. Rahman, Irfanur. "Wings Air dropped 7

routes" (https://en.tempo.co/read/12531
22/wings-air-to-drop-7-routes-due-to-price
y-avtur?BeritaUtama&campaign=BeritaUta
ma_Click_4) . TEMPO.CO.

3. "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)".

Airliner World. October 2019: 16.

4. "Wings Air Fleet Details and History" (http

s://www.planespotters.net/airline/Wings-
Air) . planespotters.net. 23 August 2018.
Retrieved 23 August 2018.
5. ATR wins Wings Air deal (http://www.aino
nline.com/news/single-news-page/articl
e/atr-wins-30-aircraft-deal-from-indonesia
s-wings-air/)

6. Aviation News EU, Wings Air introduces

First ATR 72-500s to Indonesia, January 6,
2010 by Marcel van Leeuwen (http://ww
w.aviationnews.eu/2010/01/06/wings-air-
introduces-first-atr-72-500s-to-indonesi
a/) accessed on 23 September 2010

7. "Lion Air adds 15 new ATR 72-500s to

Wings Air's fleet-Wings Air's fleet of ATRs
increases up to 30 aircraft" (http://www.at
raircraft.com/newsroom/press-releases-d
etails-1134-en.html) . 25 February 2011.
Retrieved 24 October 2011.

8. "ATR Aircraft" (http://www.atraircraft.com/

newsroom/lion-group-becomes-atrs-large
 st-customer-1303-en.html) .

9. "Wings Air yang Tergelincir di Bandara

Semarang Alami Kerusakan Ban" (https://
m.detik.com/news/berita/d-3380517/win
gs-air-yang-tergelincir-di-bandara-semara
ng-alami-kerusakan-ban) . Detik.
Retrieved 26 December 2016.

10. Media, Kompas Cyber (2024-02-18).

"Kronologi Pesawat Wings Air Ditembak
KKB Saat Mendarat di Papua
Pegunungan" (https://www.kompas.com/t
ren/read/2024/02/18/113000565/kronol
ogi-pesawat-wings-air-ditembak-kkb-saat-
mendarat-di-papua-pegunungan-) .
KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved
2024-02-22.
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