Ikairos Air Services

Ikairos Air Services is an Indonesian air operator. It holds AOC 119-079. The company flies Cessna Grand Caravan aircraft for charter, cargo, and essential air service. Its head office is in BSD City, Tangerang, near Jakarta.

The company has operating bases in three places. These are Sentani in Jayapura, Palembang in Sumatra, and Tanah Merah in southern Papua. Many villages in Papua have no road connection. Short airstrips and reliable aircraft bring rice, fuel, medicine, and people in and out.

The company offers passenger charter flights. These serve companies, government agencies, missions, and families. Flights go into paved and unpaved airstrips across Papua. The company also carries cargo, including rice, fuel, building materials, and medical supplies to remote communities.

The company flies fire patrol flights in Sumatra. It also does contract flying for government programs across Indonesia. The site says the Cessna 208B Grand Caravan is a single engine turboprop that is built for short, high, and unpaved airstrips.

The site says the aircraft are maintained to Indonesian DGCA and United States FAA standards. A sister company, KSNL Aero, supports the aircraft. KSNL Aero is an FAA Part 145 repair station in Shawnee, Oklahoma. The site says the company has flown nine years in remote areas of Indonesia without a single incident.

The company was founded in 2017 by Darrin Lofton and Frank Ford of KSNL Aero, together with Niko Kogoya, a native Papuan. The site says it was the first airline in Indonesia with partial Native Papuan ownership. Mr. Kogoya serves as commissioner. The site has a request a charter form.