Adam Air is a private airline based in West Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia. It operates scheduled domestic services to more than 20 cities and international services to Penang and Singapore. Its main base is Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta.
Though sometimes referred to as low-cost airlines, the airline markets itself as an airline among low-cost and traditional airlines, offering low-cost, on-board and on-board dining services, similar to the model adopted by Valuair based in Singapore. Prior to the 574 Flight crash, it was the fastest growing low cost carrier in Indonesia.
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Histori
Adam Air was founded in 2002 by Agung Laksono, an Indonesian businessman and Chairman of the Indonesian House of Representatives, and Sandra Ang. Sandra Ang comes from an Indonesian-Chinese family who owns an airline. The airline was named after Sandra Ang's 26-year-old son Adam Suherman, who was later named as the airline's Chief Executive Officer. After studying in the United States, Suherman suggested that his family establish an airline.
It was established in 2002 and started operations on December 19, 2003 with two Boeing 737-400 aircraft leased from GE Commercial Aviation Services with the first flight from Jakarta to Medan and Denpasar.
Adam Air has engaged in talks with several private investors, including discussions on the sale of 20% of shares to Qantas, a takeover bid from private equity funds of Texas Pacific Group, and an initial public offering planned in Singapore. However, foreign investment interest evaporated with the crash of 574 aircraft.
Indonesian investment company PT Bhakti Investama Tbk is interested to acquire Adam Air. The company already has a stake in PT Indonesia Air Transport Tbk, a subsidiary of Pt Media Nusantara Citra Tbk, Southeast Asia's largest and most integrated media group, and president Hary Djaja said that "Given our experience with IAT, which has excellent security. note, we are confident that we will be able to create positive synergies and improve the way Adam Air is run. ". Adam Air eventually sold its fifty percent stake to PT Bhakti Investama.
Flight consultant Gerry Soejatman stated that Adam Air was successful because of its "fresh image", referring to the vibrant colors of airline uniforms and uniforms. On August 22, 2006, Soejatman posted on Airliners.net, accusing the airline of inadequately caring for its aircraft, saying that any Adam Air plane risks being a "smoking hole in the ground".
Following the fall of Adam Air Flight 292 in Batam, PT Bhakti Investama and the business consortium Bright Star Perkasa, which together own 50 percent stake in Adam Air, announced that they will guarantee their investment and resell their shares to the founders of the airlines. Bhakti Investama's investor relations officer Henry Suparman made no mention of certain security incidents at the airline but said Bhakti had not seen any significant progress in handling the airline's safety concerns last year.
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Controversy
Security
Adam Air's safety record, like a number of other Indonesian airlines, has been heavily criticized. The pilots have reported repeated and intentional violations of international safety regulations because of the airline's stance on them and the aircraft being flown in non-air countries for months at a time. They say that there are incidents like:
- A request to sign a document to allow an aircraft, while not authorized to do so or to know it is not eligible to fly (or both),
- Fly one plane with broken door handle and the other with broken window for months,
- Swap parts between planes to avoid mandatory compulsory deadlines,
- Ordered to fly after exceeding the take-off limit five times per pilot per day,
- Using parts from other planes to keep the aircraft in the air, and
- Ignorance of the pilot's request not to take off, even though the plane is clearly unsafe.
The Associated Press quotes one pilot saying that "Every time you fly, you have to fight with field staff and management about all the rules you should violate." They also said that if the airline pilots were dealing with their seniors, they were punished or paid a salary.
Corruption
The Asia Times said it spoke to "well-placed local sources who requested anonymity", claiming that Agung Laksono was not investing his own money into the airline, instead of using the money available to him through positions his official government. This gave him an unfair advantage for receiving a highly regulated license and landing rights at the airport. The same person says that Ang family has no previous experience in the aviation industry. Adam Air's original ad campaign contained statements that many regarded as direct lies, saying that passengers had to fly to the sky with a new "Boeing 737-400" aircraft, despite the fact that two Boeing, hired from GE Capital Aviation Services, used and more than 15 years. By the time Adam Air was founded, 737 families of aircraft composing the Adam Air fleet had been out of production for several years, replaced by the 737 Next-Generation series.
After an incident where a plane with 145 people inside was lost for hours, finally making an emergency landing in West Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara, about 525 kilometers away from the intended destination, the pilots blamed the faulty navigation system. Adam Air claimed the equipment was in good shape, and the pilot was arrested on charges of endangering the safety of passengers. Immediately after the incident, the Directorate General of Air Communications (DGAC) sent instructions to Adam Air to correct the wrong system. Adam Air was then asked to conduct a total of 13 test flights with a DGAC inspector aboard before the plane can be returned to commercial service. Adam Air instead left the team from the National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC), which they were supposed to be transporting to the site, and sent only their own engineers. According to Adam Air, they corrected the error, and the plane was immediately returned to service without any examination. Iksan Tatang, director general of air transportation, said the incident was a "serious offense", and promised a full investigation. However, there are no signs of investigative findings on public records, and it is unclear whether the investigation was conducted at all. Critics say Adam Air used his political connections to avoid aviation authorities.
When asked by Tempo magazine what caused the Adam Air mishap in January, Suherman's chief executive officer said: "It's a weather problem. Everything is fine when the plane takes off, except for the X factor. We're not God." However, the Asia Times said that due to corruption, the real cause may never be known.
Other legal issues
A large number of pilots joined the airline when it was founded in 2002, but at least 20 stopped within months due to security concerns.
On January 10, 2007 there were reports that Indonesian consumers and labor groups planned to file a lawsuit worth US $ 100 million, claiming that the airline ignored safety to save money.
On February 21, 2007 it was reported that thirteen employees of Adam Air, as well as employees of airport operators PT Angkasa Pura, working at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport have been arrested for fake data manipulation. This scheme involves manipulating passenger data to show passengers as 'leaving the country'. This means that they are automatically charged each 30,000 Rupiah, when in fact they do not owe anything. The money was then split between fourteen staff members. A computer from the check-in desk, as well as tickets and passenger lists, was confiscated.
On May 17, 2007 Adam Air pilot decided to resign because of a poor navigation system that forced them to fly. The airline is suing them all because their contract length has not been met. The Liputan 6 article states that Adam Air did not attempt to claim damages caused by pilot allegations about poor safety standards.
Next warning and termination
On March 16, 2007, the Indonesian government announced to close an unspecified Indonesian airline. Although no details were released soon, it was revealed that the airline had a series of recent accidents, making Adam Air a possible candidate. An official from the airline, speaking anonymously because he was not allowed to speak to the press, said that Adam Air "is ready for the worst." It was announced on March 22 that Adam Air is one of seven airlines that will lose their license within three months unless they can improve their safety standards. The six other airlines involved are Batavia Air, Transwisata Prima Aviation, Tri-MG Intra Asia Airlines, Manunggal Air Services, Jatayu Airlines and Kartika Airlines. All fifty-four Indonesian airlines were told to make some improvements.
It was reported on June 28, 2007 that Adam Air will flee from the shutdown and has upgraded its security rating to the middle level. At that time, four airlines were revoked and five were postponed pending repairs.
As reported in the local news, Adam Air reduced many of its flights. Adam Air lowered its flight frequency to just a few flights departing both from Jakarta Airport and Surabaya Airport.
On March 16, 2008, Adam Air was given 21 days by the Indonesian government to decide whether to close after security issues pushed the investment group to dismantle its 50 per cent stake in the airline. The following day, president Adam Air announced that more than half of the fleet had been confiscated after the airline failed to make a payment.
"Of the 22 planes, now we only have 10 because 12 of them have been declared failed, 10 others have been declared failed, but I am still trying to find a way to restructure the payments," Adam Suherman was quoted as saying.
Due to mismanagement, the company is in serious financial trouble. The owner of the company (Sandra Ang) allegedly embezzled the company's money. Financial losses from embezzlement are reported at Rp 2.1 trillion (about US $ 210 million). On August 12, 2008, Indonesian police called Sandra Ang as a suspect over embezzlement. He is also forbidden to leave the country.
On March 18, 2008, after an accident in Batam, where a Boeing 737 slipped off the landing strip when landing, the Indonesian government suspended the Adam Air Air Operator Certificate and granted them three months to show safety improvement.
On June 18, 2008, the Indonesian government definitively revoked the Adam Air operator's certificate, and the airline ceased operations.
Fleet
Adam Air's fleet consists entirely of Boeing 737 with four Boeing 737-200s, three 737-300 (one deleted), and seven 737-400 (one deleted). Five -400, three-300, and two-200s were sold prior to the grounding/shutdown of the airline.
With the removal of the last 737-200 by Adam Air in 2012, at that time, all Adam Air fleets have been sold or discarded.
Destination
Indonesia
- Java
- Jakarta (Soekarno-Hatta International Airport) - main hub
- Malang (Abdul Rachman Saleh Airport)
- Semarang (Achmad Yani Airport)
- Surabaya (Juanda International Airport)
- Surakarta (Adisumarmo International Airport)
- Yogyakarta (Adisucipto International Airport)
- Borneo
- Balikpapan (Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman Airport)
- Banjarmasin (Syamsudin Noor Airport)
- Pontianak (Supadio Airport)
- Little Sunda Islands
- Denpasar (Ngurah Rai Airport)
- Mataram (Selaparang Airport)
- Sulawesi
- Makassar (Hasanuddin International Airport)
- Manado (Sam Ratulangi Airport)
- Sumatra
- Banda Aceh (Sultan Iskandarmuda Airport)
- Bandar Lampung (Radin Inten II Airport)
- Bengkulu (Padangkemiling Airport)
- Jambi (Sultan Thaha Airport)
- Medan (Polonia International Airport) - focal city
- Padang (Minangkabau International Airport)
- Palembang (Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II Airport)
- Pangkalpinang Airport)
- Pekanbaru (Sultan Syarif Qasim II International Airport)
Malaysia
- Penang (Penang International Airport)
Singapore
- Singapore (Singapore Changi Airport)
Incidents and accidents
In 2006, one plane slipped off the runway, and the other two were operated despite known malfunctions associated with landing gear.
Flight 782
On February 11, 2006, Flight 782, registration number PK-KKE, lost navigation and navigation system twenty minutes from Jakarta to Makassar, Sulawesi. The plane was then flown into a "black spot" radar and lost for several hours, eventually making an emergency landing at Tambolaka Airport, Sumba (on a different island 481 km away from the intended destination, and southeast of their origin, not northeast). The pilot in the incident was fired. Adam Air violated several safety rules, including moving the aircraft before it was scheduled for inspection by the aviation authority.
Flight 574
On January 1, 2007, air traffic controllers lost contact with flight 574 en route from Surabaya (SUB) to Manado (MDC). The aircraft, Boeing 737-400 with registration PK-KKW (c/n 24070), has 96 passengers and 6 crew. On January 10, part of the tailplate stabilizer was found offshore 300m.
Flight recorders and debris suspected to be located, but originally not found because of a dispute between Adam Air and the Government of Indonesia about who should pay the cost of recovery. Both recorders were taken after Adam Air agreed to pay for a 7 day search. An 2009 episode of Mayday ( Air Crash Investigation , Flight 172
On February 21, 2007 Flight 172, the Adam Air Boeing 737-300 aircraft flying from Jakarta to Surabaya with registration PK-KKV (c/n 27284), suffered a landing at Juanda International Airport. The incident caused the fuselage to crack and bend in the middle, with the tail of the plane falling to the ground. There have been no reports of serious injuries from the incident. The next flight to the airport is diverted to an alternative airport. As a result, six Adam Air 737s are based on waiting for security checks, but five of them are then returned to the regular service. Adam Air describes this as a "severe punishment" for accidents allegedly in bad weather conditions, but Vice President Jusuf Kalla said that all Boeing 737-300s should be checked.
Flight 292
On March 10, 2008, Adam Air Boeing 737-400 aircraft flew from Jakarta to Batam with registration PK-KKT (c/n 24353), slipping 75 meters from the end of the runway when landing in Batam. All passengers survived, with two passengers treated for shock. The aircraft suffered damage to one wing and was eventually erased by its lessor. This accident contributed to the death of the airline, just eight days later, and the formal removal of the AOC two months later. The incident also illustrates that the crew was not properly trained in evacuation procedures. In particular, during the evacuation of this plane no slide was deployed to carry passengers out of the plane.
References
External links
- Adamair.co.id (Archive)
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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