Indonesia zone that comprising thousands of islands requires a proper means of transportation to serve the community and connect between one place to another place. Beside of cruise and shipping transport, air transport is the primary choice. And in the era of Mr. Habibie, this was thinkable, he was initiate to design and manufacture aircraft, and we are already know about the N-250 and CN-235 commuters made of Indonesian Aircraft Company (PT. Dirgatara Indonesian). I know that the company is also making some aircraft components for Boeing and General Dynamics, USA.
Several domestic airlines in Indonesia include: Garuda Indonesia, the Indonesian Air, Lion Air, Mandala Airlines, Merpati Nusantara Airlines, Pelita Air Service, Sriwijaya Airlines, Wings Air, that joined the National Aviation Company Association of Indonesia (INACA), seeks to serve the needs of the people of Indonesia for domestic air transportation. Use of air transport by the population in Indonesia is still relatively small, ie about 5%, but in accordance with the economic growth has increased continuously. A variety of new domestic flight routes continue to appear, and each of the airlines competing with each other.
Type of aircraft used by domestic airlines vary include: Boeing 737, Airbus 300 series, CN-235, MA 60 China-made, French-made ATR 73, etc. Buying of airline tickets for domestic flights in Indonesia can be done through Travel Agents, at the ticket counter at the airport, or online via the internet. Ticket prices for the same route sometimes different prices for each airline. Even for the same flight number of each passenger can sometimes buy tickets with different prices, this depends on the lapse time of booking, promotions, etc.. Such methods can be understood, because each airline to compete with others.
The famous domestic flight routes in Indonesia are among other : Jakarta-Surabaya, Jakarta, Denpasar, Jakarta, Medan, Makassar and Manado. When I observe some domestic flights, it is known there are some routine activities when a plane will depart or arrive. These activities are ticketing, technical inspection (airworthiness) aircraft, loading and unloading baggage, catering, refueling, cleaning the aircraft, pilots and crew schedules, weather check, traffic conditions. This condition looks very busy and require considerable manpower. Hopefully Indonesia domestic flight get better and can reduce the incidence of delay.