History
The airline was established and started operations in 1968, initially for state oil company Pertamina and its foreign oil production sharing contractors. The airline is operated by PT Indonesia Air Transport Tbk and the company is currently listed on the Jakarta (JKT) Stock exchange (IDX: IATA).
PT Global Transport Services, a subsidiary of PT Bhakti Investama Tbk (MNC Media Group) and PT Global Mediacom Tbk is owner of PT Indonesia Air Transport Tbk. In March 2007 the company had 246 employees. In 2010 the company was reported as having 232 employees.
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