Wings Air


PT Wings Abadi Airlines, operating as Wings Air, is a scheduled commuter passenger low cost airline based in Surabaya, Indonesia. The airline operates out of Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali as well as several other airports around Indonesia. The company was established as a short-haul regional flight service, wholly owned subsidiary of Lion Air and started operations on 10 July 2003.

Destinations

Fleet

The Wings Air fleet consists of the following aircraft as of August 2019:

Aircraft orders

On 15 November 2009, Wings Air announced that it had signed a deal with ATR worth US$600 million. The deal involved an order for 15 ATR 72-500 aircraft with a further 15 options for ATR's new ATR 72-600 aircraft. The new aircraft replaced the airline's aging Bombardier Dash 8 aircraft and will allow further expansion into smaller airports within Indonesia. The first three ATR 72-500s were delivered in January 2010 and were inaugurated at a ceremony in the tourist and diving destination of Manado.
On 25 February 2011 Lion Air signed an order for 15 new ATR 72s for the Wings Air fleet. The 2009 contract had included options for 15 additional ATR 72-600 aircraft. The deal announced in February 2011 represented the conversion of all 15 options.
On 27 November 2014 Lion Air signed an order for 40 new ATR 72-600 for the Wings Air fleet. It makes Lion Group the largest customer of ATR.

Former aircraft

Wings Abadi Air was banned from operating in European airspace, appearing on a list of carriers that do not meet necessary safety standards to fly to airports in the European Union.
As of 14 June 2018, EU had lifted the ban from all Indonesian airlines from flying into European airspace.

Accidents and incidents