Merpati Nusantara Airlines
Merpati Nusantara Airlines PT Merpati Nusantara Airlines , operating as Merpati Nusantara Airlines , is an airline in Indonesia based in Central Jakarta, Jakarta. It is a major domestic airline operating scheduled services to more than 25 destinations in Indonesia, as well as scheduled international services to East Timor and Malaysia. Its main base is Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta. The word merpati is Indonesian for "dove", and Nusantara is a Javanese word found in the Pararaton and meaning "the outer islands" and now referring to the Indonesian archipelago. Merpati is also listed in category 1 by Indonesian Civil Aviation Authority for airline safety quality and plans to get IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) from International Air Transport Association. It has a maintenance facility based at Juanda International Airport, Surabaya as well as a simulator facility at the Merpati Training Centre in Surabaya which houses a Fokker F-27, AVIC MA60 an...