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.