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n e w sNew carrierstake to theskies in IndonesiaAfledgling scheduled domestic Indonesian operator,Indonesian Airlines, has announced it will launchservices in March, serving 30 local destinations with10 Boeing B737-200s. Two other new carriers, former chartercompany, Pelita Air Services and Mentari Airlines, intend tofollow suit later in the year.The new airline’s president, Rudy Setyopurnomo said thecompany was set up early this year with investment totallingUS$40 million. It acquired its licence from the Directorate Generalof Air Communication in September.“We plan to operate only one type of low-cost aircraft, theBoeing 737-200. The fleet will be extended to a more recentmodel of the 737 in the future,” he said.Mr Setyopurnomo, a former vice-president for corporateplanning at Garuda Indonesia, said the airline would be flying tomost of the destinations served by the now defunct Sempati Air.Meanwhile, another prospective new entrant has emergedwith plans to enter Indonesia’s skies in February. Private charteroperator, Camar Nuansa Airservice, said it is confident of generatingUS$2.44 million in net profit in 2000.“The prospects for this business are very good, especiallyin relation to cargo. We also are expecting some profit frompassenger services. We have received orders to take Indonesianworkers to regional countries like Malaysia,” said commercialdirector Jasman Karimin.The company will initially operate cargo services fromJakarta to Balikpapan and Batam with stopovers at Kuchingin Malaysia and Seletar in Singapore. Passenger services willinclude flights from Jakarta to Bandung in West Java, Bandarlampung,West Nusa Tenggara, East Nusa Tenggara and IrianJaya.Camar’s president, Captain Almirul Bawono, said the airlinewas also negotiating with Royal Air Cambodge to providechartered services for Cambodians residing in Australia and NewZealand to fly to Phnom Penh.“The passengers will be flown by Ansett Australia or AirNew Zealand to Bali, where they will be transferred to ourplanes to go to Phnom Penh via Singapore,” he said.The company has invested US$1.5 million to finance theinitial preparation, including the procurement of three BoeingB737-200s and two Russian Antonov An-12s for operations in2000. It plans to increase the number of planes to 15 within fiveyears.February 2000 | Orient Aviation | 53
f e a t u r e25 years after the fall of Saigon, Orient Aviation speaks to ...On April 8, 1975 Captain Nguyen Thanh Trung entered Vietnam’shistory books with an incredible act of daring that is credited with acceleratingthe end of the Vietnam War – one of the South VietnameseAir Force’s most experienced fighter pilots bombed his president’spalace before defecting to North Vietnam.Saigon fell to the Communists three weeks later.Capt. Trung, now chief pilot with Vietnam Airlines, became a nationalicon. But until this extraordinary interview only his close familyand friends knew his act was also a personal crusade to avenge thedeath of his Viet Cong father who was killed by the South VietnameseArmy 13 years earlier.He also told Orient Aviation that between daily bombing missionshe was secretly planning, at great risk, the great symbolic act of theVietnam War with the Communist top brass. In the end, as he sat inhis F-5 fighter on the runway at the Bien Hua air base, he had only a10 second window to activate or abort the one-chance mission.The man whobombed thepresidentialpalaceEXCLUSIVE: BARRY GRINDROD speaks to Vietnam Airlines’ chief pilotwhose mission in the Vietnam War made him a national iconCOUNTDOWNIt was 1963 and 15-year-old Nguyen ThanhTrung was sitting in class taking a geographylesson at his boarding school inmy Tho.As usual, school started at 8am, but thisday was going to be like no other for theteenager. It changed the young Trung’s lifeforever.At about 9am a friend entered theclassroom and quietly came over to him. Hewhispered in his ear: “Your father has beenkilled.”“My father was a Viet Cong. We knew helived a dangerous life. The South VietnameseSpecial Forces had tortured another Viet Congand he had given my father’s name,” saidCapt. Trung.“They hid by the side of the road andwaited for my father to pass and then theyshot him.“When my friend told me I felt terrible,I loved my father very much, but I couldnot do anything. I just looked ahead at theblackboard. There were 50 children in myclass. I could not tell them my father was aViet Cong.“As I sat there I made a decision. I askedmyself who was responsible. I decided I couldCapt. Trung points to the spot on the roof of the former presidential palace where one ofhis two bombs hit56 | Orient Aviation | February 2000
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