The company commenced operations in early 1991 with two Beechcraft B200C King Air fixed-wing aircraft, and by the end of that year had added two licence-built Bell 412SP helicopters. They also operate 2 ATR aircraft for Hainan Airlines from Sanya to Haikou and Hanoi.
Trigana Air Service flies to 21 destinations throughout Indonesia.
Ambon - Pattimura Airport
Balikpapan - Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman Airport
Banjarmasin - Syamsudin Noor Airport
Berau - Berau Airport
Dobo - Dobo Airport
Illaga - Illaga Airport
Jakarta - Soekarno-Hatta International Airport Base
Jayapura - Sentani Airport
Ketapang - Rahadi Osman Airport
Maumere - Maumere Airport
Oksibil - Oksibil Airport
Pangkalan Bun - Iskandar Airport
Pontianak - Supadio International Airport
Saumlaki - Saumlaki Airport
Sampit - Hasan Airport
Semarang - Achmad Yani International Airport
Solo - Adisumarmo International Airport
Surabaya - Juanda International Airport
Timika - Mozes Kilangin Airport
Wamena - Wamena Airport
Yahukimo - Dekai Airport
Tanah Merah, Papua
The Trigana Air Service fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2016):
Trigana Air Service is currently banned from operating in European Union airspace. The ban was imposed on all Indonesian airlines (by now several have been exempted) by the European Commission in 2007 in consultation with member states' aviation authorities.
Accidents and incidents
Aircraft operated by Trigana Air have been involved in 14 serious incidents, 10 of which resulted in hull loss.
On 21 April 2002, a Trigana Air Service Antonov An-72, registered as ES-NOP, was carrying out a chartered cargo service from Sentani Airport, Jayapura to Wamena Airport, Wamena. The plane was carrying 4 people, a Lithuanian pilot, Estonian co-pilot, Russian Flight Engineer, and a Load Master (Nationality undetermined). While landing in Wamena, the front compartment of the Antonov An-72 suddenly caught fire. All aboard were evacuated safely from the plane.
On 25 May 2002, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter registered PK-YPZ crashed in heavy rain whilst carrying supplies for the local town. All four passengers and both crew members lost their lives.
On 11 February 2010, Trigana Air Service Flight 162, operated by an ATR 42-300 registered PK-YRP, force landed in a paddy field near Balikpapan after both engines failed in-flight. All 52 passengers and crew on board survived.
On 8 April 2012, a DHC-6 Twin Otter carrying eight passengers and crew had several shots fired at it whilst landing at Mulia Airport in Papua province on a flight from Nabire. Both pilots received injuries which led them to lose control of the aircraft, which veered into an airport building. Of the eight passengers and crew aboard one was killed and four were injured.
On 16 August 2015, Trigana Air Service Flight 267, operated by an ATR 42-300 registered PK-YRN, lost contact just before 3pm local time after taking off from Sentani airport in Papua's capital Jayapura on a flight to Oksibil. Its wreckage was found by villagers in the Bintang highlands region of Oksibil. All 49 passengers and 5 crew members were killed in the accident.
On 13 September 2016 a Boeing 737-300 freighter, registration PK-YSY performing flight IL-7321, operating a flight from Sentani Airport in Jayapura, made a hard landing on runway 15 at Wamena Airport, breaking both main gears. The aircraft slid to a stop on the runway, coming to rest partially on the grass. Nobody was hurt.
