An additional 12 units of this fleet made the total fleet operated by Batavia Air to grow to 38 aircraft of some type. Variety is composed of 15 units of Boeing 737-300, Boeing 737-400 9 units, 1 unit of Boeing 737-500, one Airbus 321, 10 Airbus 320, Airbus 330 and 2 units.

An additional 12 units of this fleet made the total fleet operated by Batavia Air to grow to 38 aircraft of some type. Variety is composed of 15 units of Boeing 737-300, Boeing 737-400 9 units, 1 unit of Boeing 737-500, one Airbus 321, 10 Airbus 320, Airbus 330 and 2 units.

Operator airline Batavia Air, PT Metro Batavia, getting hold despite facing bankruptcy expansion of aircraft lease finance company, International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC). The company acquired nearly Air Asia is preparing a number of improvements at the beginning of this year.

According to the Commercial Director Metro Batavia, Sukirno Sukarna, Batavia Air will bring 12 aircraft Airbus A 320 from France. "Five units to add to our fleet, while the remaining seven units for rejuvenation," said Sukirno, Wednesday (01/09/2013), who declined to comment on the bankruptcy of ILFC.

The aircraft will come in stages starting in the first quarter of 2013. Although not specify how much the cost of the invested amount, Sukirno said the funds come from internal cash.

An additional 12 units of this fleet made the total fleet operated by Batavia Air to grow to 38 aircraft of some type. Variety is composed of 15 units of Boeing 737-300, Boeing 737-400 9 units, 1 unit of Boeing 737-500, one Airbus 321, 10 Airbus 320, Airbus 330 and 2 units.

Looking ahead, prioritize Batavia Air Airbus. Therefore, this type is more fuel efficient, but large enough payload capacity. This year, Batavia Air is only targeted to carry about 7 million passengers, down from last year that as many as 8 million passengers. "This is just the initial target and we will seek additional fleet," he said.

Meanwhile, passengers targets for this year was downgraded because Batavia restructuring flight routes. For this year, Batavia Air will focus more on optimizing the development of the domestic market, especially for routes outside Java.

For international routes or regional, Batavia Air will prioritize the development of routes in the Asia Pacific region. "Restructuring the route we take to adjust to market conditions," he said.

By the end of November 2012, Batavia Air carry as many as 6.75 million passengers and is expected to expire in 2012 could reach 7.25 million passengers. Unfortunately, Sukirno still do not want to open the final data Batavia Air passengers during the year 2012.