Mimika Air
Pt. Mimika Air, formerly known as GT Air (Germania Trisila Air)[1] is a charter airline based in Jakarta, Indonesia. It was established in 1998 and operates charter services for Djayanti, an Indonesian forestry company. Its main base is Halim Perdanakusuma Airport, Jakarta.
A GT Air Fokker F-27-500 Friendship.
History
GT Air was established in 1998.[2] Its official name is Germania Trisila Air.[3] From November 2004[4] to mid-2006,[5] GT Air operated scheduled flights between Denpasar (Bali) and Lombok.
In 2006, a DHC-6 Twin Otter was chartered to transport aid workers to Aceh and North Sumatra provinces in the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.[6] In July 2007, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation cancelled the Air Operator's Certificate of Germania Trisila Air, along with another eight Indonesian airlines.[7]
Fleet
As of August 2006, the Mimika Air fleet comprised the following aircraft:[8]
Accidents and incidents
- On 23 February 2005, DHC-6 Twin Otter PK-LTY of GT Air struck a fence on landing at Enarotali Airport on a flight from Timika.[9]
- On 12 April 2005, DHC-6 Twin Otter PK-LTZ of GT Air crashed near Enarotali while on a flight from Timika to Enarotali while on a scheduled passenger flight. The wreckage was not discovered until 17 April. All three crew and fourteen passengers were killed.[10]
- On 17 April 2009, Mimika Air Flight 514, operated by Pilatus PC-6 PK-LTJ crashed into Mount Gergaji, Papua killing all ten people on board.
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