Trigana Air

Trigana Air (registered as Trigana Air Service) is an airline based in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Trigana Air
IATA ICAO Callsign
IL TGN TRIGANA
Founded1991
Operating basesSoekarno-Hatta International Airport
Fleet size14
Destinations12
HeadquartersJakarta, Indonesia
Key peopleCapt. Rubijanto Adisarwono (President Director)
Websitewww.trigana-air.com

History

The company commenced operations in early 1991 with two Beechcraft King Air 200 fixed-wing aircraft, and by the end of that year had added two licence-built Bell 412SP helicopters. They also operate 2 ATR aircraft for Hainan Airlines from Sanya to Haikou and Hanoi until 2016.[1]

Destinations

Trigana Air flies to 12 destinations throughout Indonesia.[2]

Fleet

Current fleet
A Trigana Air ATR 42 at Labuan Bajo Airport, Indonesia, in 2008. This aircraft crashed in Papua in 2015.

The Trigana Air fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of December 2020):[3]

Trigana Air fleet
Aircraft Total
ATR 42-300 3[4]
ATR 42-500 1
ATR 72-200 1
ATR 72-500 2
Boeing 737-300 2
Boeing 737-300F 3
Boeing 737-400 1
Boeing 737-500 1
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 3
Total 17

Former fleet

The airline previously operated the following aircraft (as of December 2020):

EU aviation blacklist

Trigana Air was once banned from operating in European Union airspace. The ban was imposed on all Indonesian airlines (by now several have been exempted) by the European Commission in 2007 in consultation with member states' aviation authorities. It was lifted in 2018 along with all other Indonesian Airlines.[5][6]

Accidents and incidents

Aircraft operated by Trigana Air have been involved in 14 serious incidents, 10 of which resulted in hull loss.[7]

  • On 21 April 2002, a Trigana Air Antonov An-72, registered as ES-NOP, was carrying out a chartered cargo service from Sentani Airport, Jayapura to Wamena Airport, Wamena. The plane was carrying 4 people, a Lithuanian pilot, Estonian co-pilot, Russian Flight Engineer, and a Load Master (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.[8]
  • On 25 May 2002, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter registered PK-YPZ crashed in heavy rain whilst carrying supplies for the local town. All four passengers and both crew members lost their lives.[9]
  • On 11 February 2010, Trigana Air Flight 162, operated by an ATR 42-300 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.[10]
  • 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 Nabire. Both pilots received injuries which led them to lose control of the aircraft, which veered into an airport building.[11] Of the eight passengers and crew aboard one was killed and four were injured.[12]
  • 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 Oksibil. Its wreckage was found by villagers in the Bintang highlands region of Oksibil.[13] All 49 passengers and 5 crew members were killed in the accident.[14][15] 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. [16]
  • On 13 September 2016 a Boeing 737-300 freighter, registration PK-YSY performing flight IL-7321, operating a flight from Sentani Airport in Jayapura, made a hard landing on runway 15 at Wamena Airport, breaking both main gears. The aircraft slid to a stop on the runway, coming to rest partially on the grass. Nobody was hurt.[17]

Safety

On January 3, 2018, Trigana Air was awarded the dubious title of the worst in airline safety with a "one-star rating" out of seven by Airlines Ratings. [18] Besides Trigana, the other airlines similarly rated worst are North Korea's Air Koryo, Suriname's Blue Wing Airlines and Nepal's Buddha Air, Nepal Airlines, Tara Air and Yeti Airlines.[19][20][21]

References
  1. Trigana History. Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved: 11 November 2008
  2. http://www.trigana-air.com/#
  3. https://www.planespotters.net/airline/Trigana-Air-Service
  4. Trigana Air Service Flight 267 Crash. Retrieved: August 17, 2015.
  5. "The EU Air Safety List – European Commission". Ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-07-11. Retrieved 2012-12-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "Trigana Air Service accidents". aviation-safety.net. Flight Safety Foundation. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  8. http://kemhubri.dephub.go.id/knkt/ntsc_aviation/baru/Final%20Report%20ES-NOP%20210402.pdf
  9. "Trigana Air Service Flight 2002". Aviation-safety.net. 2002-05-25. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  10. Accident description for ATR 42–300 registration PK-YRP at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 18 August 2010.
  11. Gunmen open fire on plane in Papua, kill one, injure four
  12. Police Identify Shooter of Indonesia Trigana Archived 2012-04-11 at the Wayback Machine
  13. "Villagers find wreckage of Indonesian plane in Papua".
  14. "Villagers find wreckage of Indonesian plane in Papua". Al Jazeera English Online. 16 August 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  15. "Aircraft accident description for ATR 42–300 PK-YRN between Jayapura and Oksibil". aviation-safety.net. Flight Safety Foundation. Retrieved 2015-08-16.
  16. "ASN Aircraft accident ATR 42–300 PK-YRN Oksibil Airport (OKL)". Aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  17. "Accident: Trigana B733 at Wamena on Sep 13th 2016, hard landing results in main gear collapse". avherald.com. The Aviation Herald. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  18. Ratings, Airline (2018-01-03). "The World's Top 20 Safest Airlines For 2018 – Airline Ratings". Airline Ratings. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
  19. "The world's safest airlines for 2018?". CNN Travel. 2018-01-03. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
  20. Schultz, Amber (2018-01-04). "World's safest, and least safe, airlines named". Traveller. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
  21. "What are the world's safest airlines for 2018?". FOX6Now.com. 2018-01-03. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
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