Batavia Air

Batavia Air (PT. Metro Batavia) is an airline based in Jakarta, Indonesia. It operates domestic flights to around 30 destinations and international services to China and Malaysia. Its main base is Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta.

The airline was established in 2002 and started operations in January 2002. It was originally known as Metro Batavia and started operating using wet-leased Fokker F27 aircraft from Sempati. It launched scheduled services from Jakarta to Pontianak in January 2002. It is wholly owned by PT Metro Batavia.

Batavia Air operates the following services (at June 2008):
Domestic scheduled destinations: Ambon, Balikpapan, Banjarmasin, Batam, Bengkulu, Denpasar Bali, Jakarta, Jambi, Jayapura, Kendari. Kupang, Manado, Manokwari, Mataram/Ampenan, Medan, Padang, Palangkaraya, Palembang, Palu, Pangkalpinang, Pekanbaru, Pontianak, Semarang, Samarinda, Surabaya, Tanjung Pandan, Tarakan, Ujung Pandang, Ternate and Yogyakarta.
International scheduled destinations: Guangzhou and Kuching.

Passengers from worldwide can book all domestic flights online via http://www.batavia-air.co.id. It is the airline's official website.