Riau Airlines was an airline based in Pekanbaru in the Indonesian province of Riau, Sumatra. It operated domestic and international services out of Sultan Syarif Qasim II International Airport, Pekanbaru.Flight International 12–18 April 2005 Riau Airlines was listed in category 1 by Indonesian Civil Aviation Authority for airline safety.
History Riau Airlines was established on 12 March 2002 and started operations in December of the same year. It was the only one of Indonesia's commercial airlines headquartered outside of Jakarta, the Indonesian capital, and also the only commercial airline owned by a local government. It was majority-owned by the Provincial Government of Riau and some other provinces such as Lampung, Bangka Belitung and Bengkulu, as well as some cities and Regencies in Sumatera.
Riau Airlines was originally formed to connect cities within Riau, however, it expanded towards linking all major cities on Sumatra island, as well as serving Borneo island, Bali, and Kupang in Central Indonesia.
In 2008, the airline was temporarily shut down after an employee strike against the management. This, however, took only a few days.
After the strike, between 2009 and 2010, there had been changes in the top management. In early 2010, the management decided to change the name Riau Airlines to Riau Air and also the logo.
By the third quarter of 2010, the airline started to hit a financial crisis, which led the lay-off around 25% of its employee at the end of January the following year. The crisis continued after the management failed to run the company. This ended up with the second lay-off just three months after the first one and this time the rest of the employee got terminated and left only the directors stayed in the company (President Director, Financial Director, Operations Director, and Commercial Director).
However, all the laid-off employees have not been paid for compensations which supposedly paid right after the decision was implemented. Some of the employees decided to bring this matter to court and won, however, until early 2014 the employees have not got what supposedly their right.
On July 12, 2012, the Medan Commercial Court declared Riau Airlines bankrupt and that the airline would cease operations.
This decision was preceded by an order issued on April 1, 2012, by the Indonesian Ministry of Transport that revoked the airline's Air Operating Certificate after operations ceased last year.
However, on December 31, 2013, MA entreated Riau Airlines is not doing good and the airline permanently suspended and already declared bankruptcy.
Board of Directors (April 2014) - President Director: Teguh Triyanto - Financial & HR Director: Fizan Noordjaelani - Operations Director: Capt. Maman Syaifurohman - Commercial Director: Revan Menzano
Destinations
After acquiring a Boeing 737-500 with 120 seat configuration in January 2011, Riau Air served the following:
+ Indonesia Airport City Hang Nadim Airport Batam Ngurah Rai Airport Denpasar H. Hasan Aroeboesman Airport Ende Binaka Airport Gunung Sitoli Soekarno—Hatta International Airport Jakarta Sentani Airport Jayapura Depati Parbo Airport Kerinci Komodo Airport Labuan Bajo Matak Airport Matak Polonia International Airport Medan Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport HUB Pekanbaru Achmad Yani Airport Semarang Juanda International Airport Surabaya Airport City+ Malaysia Kuala Lumpur International Airport Kuala Lumpur Malacca International Airport Malacca Airport City+ Singapore Changi Airport Singapore
Proposed destinations Sampit - H. Asan Airport Pangkalanbun - Iskandar Airport Putussibau - Pangsuma Airport Ranai - Ranai Airport Pandeglang - Tanjung Lesung Airport
Fleet
At the times of operation, Riau Airlines fleet consisted of the following aircraft: + Riau Airlines fleetAircraftTotalIntroducedRetiredBoeing 737-500120102011Avro RJ100220082010Fokker 50520022011
References
External links
Official website Riau Airlines aircraft