Eight Aircraft Unit N219 Artificial PTDI Booked Malaysia

President Director of PT Indonesia Air Born Nacachi Rull De Leon said his company has already ordered eight units of N219 design Aeronautics and Space Agency (Lapan) and PT Dirgantara Indonesia. "We've signed the LoI (Letter Of Intent), and the price we have agreed, and it was competitive," he said during an introductory physical prime N219 in the hangar complex PT Dirgantara Indonesia or PT DI in Bandung, Thursday, December 10, 2015.

 

Rull said the company capitalized joint venture with Malaysian investors, doing business with leasing of aircraft charter and aviation pioneer services for mining, currently has six Twin Otter aircraft. N219 aircraft it plans to replace all of their aircraft fleets in Indonesia.
 

According Rull, N219 marketed approximately US $ 5 million, accounting for a bargain compared with the Twin Otter is the newest product costs $ 8 million. "In addition to cost, higher technology. And we already know by experience PT DI, we have experience with old planes PT DI 'safety performance' good, "he said.

According Rull, his company was interested in taking the best market in Southeast Asia cashed dozens of aircraft that pesanananya N219. "We have a holding company, we also rent the operators Indonesia, could be leased to another country," he said.
 

Director of Technology and Development of PT Dirgantara Indonesia Andi Alisjahbana said it came from a plane reservations maspakai and local governments. "These are five, if there are three local government," he said in Bandung, Thursday, December 10, 2015. The area is ordering them from Aceh and Papua were each ordered more than ten aircraft N219.
 

Andi said the demand for aircraft N219 comparatively high. He reasoned, competitors average long production aircraft. "His opponent is also a little, and it has the most modern technology in its class. So it is very interesting, "he said.
 

PT DI is given the task of producing the best it has prepared a plan to increase production capacity. "The first year target could be 12 units per year, but we will gradually increase from 18 units to 24 units per year because the interest a lot," he said.
 

Andi said PT DI together Lapan would mengandeng domestic industry to boost local content that plane. He claims the current local content N219 has exceeded 40 percent, while targetannya 60 percent local content.
 

Chief Thomas Jamaladin Lapan said cooperation development with PT Digantara Indonesia N219 is still long. "The cooperation continues. N219 is still to be developed variations according to user needs, "he said.
 

Thomas said, homework further develop the local industry to supply the aircraft components. "From the Ministry of Industry set up a program to foster local industry separately for aircraft components," he said.
 

According to Thomas, the development of N219 to be certified airworthy and could be marketed was estimated to suck up to Rp 500 billion. "In total it from Lapan and PT DI menghabiksan Rp 500 billion until the later end of the certification, as it was rough," he said.
 

Head of Programme N219 PT PT Budi Sampurno said, after the official introduction today, all systems in the plane N219 prototype will be installed, as well as starting the test aircraft structure. Scheduled everything was completed in May 2016. "After the 'first flight tests sertification' begins," he said in Bandung.
 

Budi said the aircraft requires 660 hours of flying to get certified airworthy Indonesia. "If 2016 gets airworthy requirements, then 2017 could be delivered to the customer. And in 2017 we will also applications for 'international sertification', "he said.

 

According to Budi, N219 aircraft designed to outperform its nearest competitor the dominant Twin Otter used flied pioneer in Indonesia. One of the best advantages it is able to lift more cargo than its competitors. "Twin Otter that he ngangkut maximum of 1,800 kilograms, this N219 to 2,300 kilograms. More 500 kilograms of Twin Otter, "he said.
 

Another plus, the maximum speed aircraft could penetrate 210 N219 temporary knott knott only 170 Twin Otter. N219 also designed can still take off and landing without reducing the charge on the runway at an altitude of five thousand feet, the location of the highest airports in Indonesia.
 

Twin Otter aircraft for example, when the air at the airport at an altitude of six thousand feet, can not transport passengers at full capacity because of the air pressure drops. "Our target at an altitude of five thousand feet, take-off and landing can still carry 19 passengers," he said.
 

N219 aircraft designed to transport 19 passengers in two rows. Right-seat section 14 (2x7) and the left side seat 5 (1x5). 1.7 meter high cabin, more spacious than the Twin Otter high cabin it is only 1.5 meters. The aircraft was also designed able to fly on short runways or Short Take-Off Landing (Stol) on the runway of 500 meters.