Indonesian Aerospace N-219 Nurtanio

[windcalm]

PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) has sold five N219 Nurtanio twin-engine aircraft to the Indonesian Setdco Group, which will be used by the Democratic Republic of Congo's government. The sale was announced before the Bali International Airshow 2024. While many Letters of Intent have been signed, few firm orders have been made, the last being 25 aircraft ordered by China's Linkfield Technologies in November 2023. The N219, designed by Indonesian engineers, is a 19-seater transport aircraft for remote, semi-prepared airstrips. It has a larger cabin than its competitor, the DHC-6 Twin Otter. An amphibious version was recently developed for operations in Indonesia's islands.

Indonesian commuters for Congo

Indonesian commuters for Congo Aircraft manufacturer PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) announced it has sold five examples of their N219 Nurtanio twin to the Indonesian Setdco Group. ...

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[Titus]

I guess it is the class of aircraft and the job it is designed to do: take off and land safely, repeatedly, out in the sticks ("beyond the fields we know" as a great writer once put it) that makes them all ruggedly attractive. Not just the Twin Otter but the Y-12 (not the new version), the Caravan, the Bandierante, etc...

What am I leaving out?

 

[Stargazer]

There is a confusion over the name "Nurtanio" here. It's not the name of the aircraft, it's the name of the Indonesian company that produced it. Hence it's the Nurtanio model N219.

 

[riggerrob]

Is that cabin cross-section large enough to accept the LD3 baggage containers that major over-night courier companies are switching to?

See how Cessna's latest 408 Sky Courier is in the same class, but has a cargo compartment cross-section large enough for LD3 containers.

 

[alberchico]

Is that cabin cross-section large enough to accept the LD3 baggage containers that major over-night courier companies are switching to?

See how Cessna's latest 408 Sky Courier is in the same class, but has a cargo compartment cross-section large enough for LD3 containers.

According to their website the aircraft can only accommodate the smaller D2 containers. This project has had such a protracted development history that they likely could have achieved more export sales had they been able to get this thing into service much earlier. The 19 seat market is saturated right now. You have the Viking Twin otter, the Chinese Y-12F, which can carry LD3 containers, the Let-610NG and the Cessna Sky Courier.

 

[ujang_t]

There is a confusion over the name "Nurtanio" here. It's not the name of the aircraft, it's the name of the Indonesian company that produced it. Hence it's the Nurtanio model N219.

actually this is incorrect. the current company name is PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) or Indonesian Aerospace (IAe). The name Nurtanio here is the actual name of the aircraft type. the full name would be "IAe N219 Nurtanio"

the last time Nurtanio was part of the company name was in 1985 when IPTN (precursor to PTDI/IAe) controversially swapped the N in its name from Nurtanio to Nusantara.

as a product of the 21st century, the N219 is named "Nurtanio" as a symbolic "rebirth" of the Indonesian aviation industry, which was decimated by the Asian Financial Crisis of 1997.

 

[Stargazer]

actually this is incorrect. the current company name is PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) or Indonesian Aerospace (IAe). The name Nurtanio here is the actual name of the aircraft type. the full name would be "IAe N219 Nurtanio"

the last time Nurtanio was part of the company name was in 1985 when IPTN (precursor to PTDI/IAe) controversially swapped the N in its name from Nurtanio to Nusantara.

as a product of the 21st century, the N219 is named "Nurtanio" as a symbolic "rebirth" of the Indonesian aviation industry, which was decimated by the Asian Financial Crisis of 1997.

Thank you so much for clarifying this! So, if I understand you well, the "Nurtanio" in "CASA-Nurtanio" was the name of a (now defunct) company, whereas the "Nurtanio" in "N219 Nurtanio" is the commercial name of that particular type. Is that it?

 

[ujang_t]

pretty much! the only thing i want to add is that the company itself didn't go bankrupt as much as rebranded in 2000 from IPTN to PTDI/IAe to get rid of the "old regime" name.

speaking about the CN235, here in Indonesia, the prefix "CASA-Nurtanio" is almost unheard of. but "CASA/IPTN" CN235 is much more common since the heyday of the Indonesian aviation industry was synonymous with the IPTN moniker