NAM Air

NAM Air
IATA ICAO Callsign
IN LKN NAM
Founded 2013
Commenced operations 11 December 2013
Hubs Soekarno-Hatta International Airport
Juanda International Airport
Supadio Airport
Focus cities Yogyakarta
Palembang
Lubuk Linggau
Denpasar
Fleet size 15
Destinations 21
Parent company Sriwijaya Air
Headquarters Jakarta, Indonesia
Key people

Jefferson Jauwena, CEO

Chandra Lie, President Commissioner
Website www.flynamair.com

NAM Air is an Indonesian airline based in Jakarta that commenced its operation on December 11, 2013. Headquartered in Central Jakarta, the airline acting as feeder of its parent company, Sriwijaya Air, using 10 B737-500 Winglets with 8 Executive Class seats and 112 Economy Class seats and 5 ATR-72-600s. In September 26, 2013, its parent company Sriwijaya Air announces for purchasing up to 100 R-80 regional planes for its future operations. The airline is listed as a Category 1 airline by Indonesia's Civil Aviation Authority, the highest status that can be achieved for operational safety.

History

In its original plan, NAM Air had been projected as a full-service airline carrier to compete with Garuda Indonesia and Lion Air's full-service arm, Space Jet Aviation, later renamed Batik Air. This plan was scrapped and changed to a feeder for Sriwijaya Air having the same scheme as what Lion Air with its Wings Air has currently, and, in the 1990s, Garuda Indonesia with Merpati. Sriwijaya Air serves main routes, while NAM Air serves its secondary routes.[1]

On 26 September 2013, NAM Air was officially introduced as a subsidiary of Sriwijaya Air planned on having its first flight on October 2013; a plan later postponed because AOC had not been issued by the Indonesia Ministry of Transportation. NAM Air acquired its AOC on 29 November 2013 and flew its maiden flight from Jakarta to Pangkal Pinang on 11 December 11 2013[2]. First commercial flight later follows from Jakarta to Pontianak, and Pontianak to Yogyakarta in 19 December 2013. [3]

NAM Air is named after Chandra Lie's father, Lo Kui Nam[4]. The NAM acronym has also been used by other Sriwijaya Air group of companies: National Aviation Management (Flying School-better known as NAM Flying School), National Aircrew Management (Cabin Crew Training Center), National Aircraft Maintenance (Aircraft Maintenance)and Negeri Aksara Mandiri (In-flight Magazine).

Founded in 2013, NAM Air is the first and only airline in Indonesia that allows female flight attendants to wear hijab in all regular flights, followed by its parent company, Sriwijaya Air, in November 2015. This has made them to become a few of those airlines to do so in Southeast Asia alongside Royal Brunei Airlines. Other airlines in Indonesia only allow their female flight attendants to use hijab when flying Hajj/Umra flights or flights to Middle East especially to Saudi Arabia.[5]

Destinations

NAM Air flies domestic routes in Indonesia, and has one international flight to Dili. List of routes flown by NAM Air:[6]

Indonesia
Timor Leste

Fleet

NAM Air ATR 72-600 at Tebelian Airport, Sintang
NAM Air Boeing 737-500 at Ngurah Rai International Airport, Denpasar.

The NAM Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2017):[7]

Aircraft In Service Orders Passengers Notes
C Y Total
ATR 72-600 5[8] 1 0 72 72
Boeing 737-500 10 — 8 112 120
Total 15 1

On every Sriwijaya Air Group planes (which include NAM Air as well) had a unique name, which can be seen on nose section that taken after holy book phrases, places, behaviours and plants or birds with different philoshopy on each planes. Example on NAM Air is "Bersinar"(Shiny), "Kehormatan"(Honor), and "Berbagi"(Sharing),

EU aviation blacklist

NAM Air was banned from operating in European airspace,[9][10] appearing on a list of carriers that did not meet necessary safety standards to fly to airports in the European Union. It was removed from the blacklist, along with every other Indonesian airlines, on June 14, 2018[11].

References

  1. ↑ "Sriwijaya Dirikan Maskapai Full Service Nam Air". Indo-aviation.com.
  2. ↑ "NAM Air Terbang Perdana 11-12-2013". bangka.tribunnews.com/.
  3. ↑ "Hari Ini NAM Air Terbang Perdana". Kompas.com. 19 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "Nam Air, Persembahan Chandra Lie untuk Sang Ayah". swa.co.id archived by idsaham.com. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "Kecantikan Pramugari Berhijab di Maskapai NAM Air". detik.com.
  6. ↑ Sriwijaya dan NAM Air Permudah Wisatawan ke Raja Ampat
  7. ↑ "Global Airline Guide 2017 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2017): 16. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  8. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BeF1b5jH5r7/?hl=en
  9. ↑ "The EU Air Safety List - Transport".
  10. ↑ http://ec.europa.eu/transport/modes/air/safety/air-ban/doc/list_en.pdf
  11. ↑ European Commission. "Aviation Safety: Commission removes all airlines from Indonesia from EU Air Safety List". European Commission - Press Release Database. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
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