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Kartika Airlines

Airline of Indonesia

Kartika Airlines was an airline based in Jakarta, Indonesia. It operated domestic services from Jakarta. Its main base was Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta.2 It ceased to exist in 2010.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Kartika Airlines Boeing 737-200Adv PK-KAO MES 2006-2-20
Photo: M Radzi Desa, GFDL 1.2, via Wikimedia Commons4

Kartika Airlines was an airline based in Jakarta, Indonesia. It operated domestic services from Jakarta. Its main base was Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta. Kartika Airlines was listed in category 2 by Indonesian Civil Aviation Authority for airline safety quality.2

The story

The airline was established in 2001 and started operations on 15 May 2001. It was wholly owned by PT Truba. The airline was grounded in November 2004 and resumed services on 15 June 2005, before finally ceasing operations in 2010. Kartika Airlines was among the Indonesian carriers blacklisted by the European Union.

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Destinations

Before its shutdown, Kartika Airlines flew to the following destinations:

Jakarta – Halim Perdanakusuma Airport Hub

Jakarta – Soekarno-Hatta International Airport

Medan – Polonia Airport

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Palembang – Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II Airport

Semarang – Semarang Airport

Yogyakarta – Adisutjipto International Airport

Pangkalan Bun – Iskandar Airport

Padang – Minangkabau International Airport

Terminated destinations

Indonesia

Balikpapan

Banjarmasin

Denpasar

Makassar

Manado

Padang

Palangka Raya

Pontianak

Semarang

Surabaya

Tarakan

Ternate

Malaysia

Penang

Kuala Lumpur

Ipoh

Johor Bahru

Hong Kong

Singapore

Taiwan

Taipei

Fleet

The Kartika Airlines fleet included the following aircraft:

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Timeline

  1. 2010Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 2001Founded Founded1

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