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PT ASI Pujiastuti Aviation, operating as Susi Air, is a scheduled and charter airline based in Pangandaran, West Java, Indonesia. Sixty percent of the airline's operation serves commercial regular routes and pioneer routes while the rest is charter flights. The company currently operates from several main bases across the Indonesian archipelago. Susi Air is listed in category 2 by Indonesian Civil Aviation Authority for airline safety quality.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://hubud.dephub.go.id/?en+news+detail+1464+8 )〕 == History == Susi Air was established in late 2004 by Susi Pudjiastuti, it was originally set up to transport the fisheries cargo of sister company PT ASI Pudjiastuti, because land transportation to Jakarta takes around 12 hours and this is too long for fresh and live fish and lobster. The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake triggered devastating Tsunamis along the Western coast of Sumatra. The two new Cessna Grand Caravans that had just been ordered by Susi Air were very quickly pressed into service transporting equipment and medicine for aid agencies. A Susi Air aircraft was the first plane to land in Aceh after the Tsunami. During 2005 Susi's planes were chartered by NGOs in Aceh, and that rapidly made sufficient money (a so-called "cash cow") which made it possible for Susi Air to buy a new plane in 2006.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Executive Column: Susi Air, a business started by accident )〕 This third Grand Caravan enabled the company to begin scheduled services out of Medan, capital of North Sumatra. In late 2006 this aircraft was moved to Jayapura, Papua, to establish a base in what is one of the more challenging flying environments in the world. A fourth Grand Caravan was added to the fleet in early 2007 along with the addition of a new type, the Diamond Twin Star, for use on charter flights as well as opening up the possibility for training of their own pilots. By the end of 2007 another four Grand Caravans had been added to the fleet along with the addition of two of a further type for the company, the Pilatus Turbo Porter.〔 In 2008 a Diamond Diamond Star was added to the fleet for use by the Susi Flying School based at the company headquarters in Pangandaran, West Java, thus furthering the company's commitment to train local pilots. The ninth Grand Caravan arrived in May continuing the steady growth of the company. September 2008 saw the arrival of the tenth Grand Caravan. In October the Diamond Star aircraft suffered an engine failure and successfully made a forced landing near Bandung. The first Garmin G1000 cockpit Grand Caravan arrived in April 2009. Another followed shortly after. July 2009 saw the arrival of the first Piaggio Avanti. Susi Air is known within Indonesia for hiring its pilots from overseas, and mainly from Western countries due to the lack of Indonesian pilots trained in Indonesia. The country has strict rules regarding the amount of foreign professionals any one company can employ. In a news article in 2011 Susi Pujiastuti stated that out of her 179 pilots, 175 were from overseas. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Susi Air」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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