BBN Airlines Indonesia launches scheduled passenger ops

BBN Airlines Indonesia has commenced scheduled passenger flights, launching what will be daily Jakarta Soekarno Hatta-Surabaya roundtrips on September 27, 2024. Despite obtaining its air operator's certificate for commercial passenger flights from Indonesia's civil aviation authority in March, until now, the Avia Solutions Group subsidiary has only operated as an ACMI carrier. ADS-B data shows B737-800 PK-BBH (msn 36121) operated the first scheduled services as flight 7B763/764. Beginning September 30, the airline will start daily Jakarta-Balikpapan roundtrips, to be followed by the start of daily Jakarta-Denpasar roundtrips on October 2. BBN Airlines Indonesia has three B737-800s, which until mid-September were all operating for SpiceJet. Te operator also has a pair of B737-800(BCF)s and is expecting a B737-400(SF).<br/>