PT Dirgantara Indonesia Hands Over 1 Unit Of NC212i Aircraft to Thailand

SUMUTkota.com, Bandung - An aircraft made by PT Dirgantara Indonesia or PTDI, NC212i, with the registration number AX-2125 today officially handed over to Thailand's Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives. The plane had previously landed at Air Base Nakhon Sawan and was welcomed by the Indonesian Ambassador to Thailand, Ahmad Rusdi and the Team from the Indonesian Embassy in Bangkok and the PTDI team and a team from Thailand.

The handover of the aircraft weighing around 7 tons was carried out by PTDI representatives who were also the Head of the Program Planning and Management Sub Directorate Iwan Krisnanto. Thailand was represented by the Director General at the Department of the Rain-Making and Agricultural Aviation, the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MOAC) of Thailand Surasri Kidtimonton.

On that occasion, Indonesian Ambassador to Thailand Ahmad Rusdi expressed his pride because the aircraft produced by the children of the nation received good reception from the Thai side. "The handover of PTDI aircraft to the Thai side feels special because it coincides with the momentum of Heroes Day commemoration," he said, Tuesday, November 12, 2019.

Ahmad explained, in the future Thailand still plans to order more similar aircraft from PTDI. Seeing this enthusiasm, he believes that Indonesia's opportunity is enormous to expand in the strategic industrial sector in Thailand. For this reason, it is hoped that the support from the central government will be even greater so that efforts to expand companies or SOEs to Thailand continue to increase.

Previously, on October 24, 2019 aircraft made by PTDI NC 212i, with Registration Number AX-2124, also landed safely at Air Base Nakhon Sawan, Thailand. Based on information from PTDI's engineering team, before being handed over to the Thai side, the aircraft had been tested with flight hours of not less than 20 hours.

On this occasion the Coordinator of the Economic Function of the Indonesian Embassy in Bangkok Lingga Setiawan stressed that the Indonesian Embassy in Bangkok always supported the efforts of the Indonesian Government to improve export performance through strengthening cooperation in the strategic industrial sector.

Indonesia and Thailand at official meetings reached an agreement to encourage increased cooperation in the strategic industrial sector. "For this reason, products produced by SOEs in Indonesia, such as PT DI, PT INKA, PT PAL, and PT PINDAD, need to continue to be supported by marketing abroad," said Lingga.

The Indonesian Embassy in Bangkok noted, between 1978 and 2016, Thailand had purchased 8 (eight) planes made by PT Dirgantara Indonesia (DI) namely 5 (five) NC212 units for agricultural purposes (Department of Royal Rainmaking), and 2 (two) CN235 units 200 and 1 (one) unit CN235-200M (Royal Thai Police) for military transportation. With the addition of two aircraft in 2019, even 10 aircraft made by PTDI were purchased by Thailand.

The NC212i aircraft is the latest generation multipurpose aircraft from NC212 with a capacity of 28 passengers, has a ramp door, a fairly spacious cabin in its class, with a more modern navigation and communication system. PTDI has successfully produced as many as 115 units of NC212 aircraft for domestic and abroad, from a total of 586 units of NC212 series population in the world.