spotting in jakarta

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cwiskaz Posted: Mon, Dec 28 2009 6:40 PM

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I'm going to Jakarta for a week in may 2010.I would like to know as much about the two airports here.How is the best way to get to Halim Perdanakusuma Airport.What can be seen at the airports.

Thanks in advance

Chris in england

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ksmd11 replied on Tue, Feb 16 2010 11:27 AM

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Hi Chris,

           I went in late 2008 and only to the International airport. This is a copy of what i saw;

Kuala Lumpur/Jakarta 05/11;

After an enjoyable day at KUL, we flew down to Jakarta on the last flight of the day, QZ 7605 operated by Indonesia AirAsia
B737 PK-AWC, flight was quiet so had a row of seats each. (AirAsia are like easy and ryan, buy on board, free for all seating etc).
On arrival at Jakarta had to get a visa, very simple process, there is a visa office before immigration lines, just pay $10 USD, you'll get a sticker in the passport
then clear immigration as normal. Stayed 2 nights at the excellent Jakarta Airport Hotel (http://jakartaairporthotel.com/), located above
terminal 2 at CGK. $100 USD for a twin room inc buffet breakfast, all rooms will have a view out, we had 02 and 04.
Terminal 2 at CGK is the international terminal along with domestic flights for Garuda and Merpati. Aircraft using this terminal will i would say use the runway that side prob 95% or higher of the time. There are no viewing area's at terminal 2 but you can spot from your room anyway.
The domestic terminal 1 can be reached by shuttle bus. Aircraft using T1 would again use its associated runway probably 95% of the time too. In the 2 days we were there i only saw a JAL 767 land on the domestic side but a few domestice movements did use the international side. We just alternated between the two terminals when we felt  like it. T1 domestic has 5 viewing area's. The first and last offer limited views, the middle 3 are better. As you probably know there are a lot of stored aircraft at CGK and its worth walking around to all viewing area's getting different angles and we also walked between T1 and T2 as well to get a bit more. Over the 2 days we got all the Lion Air B737/900's, still needed a few Garuda 737's. The Garuda 330's seem to operate more from Denpassar (Bali), we only saw 3 of the 6, and only 1 of thier 747/400's although we saw 3 leased jumbo's too. Saudi Arabian were a surprise, on the second day we got 3
747's and a 777, other Middle East airlines like Ek, QR and EY seemed to be daily as well as frequent visits by SQ, CX, CI and QF among others.
Seen at CGK after arrival;

HL7554 A330 Korean
JA702J B777 JAL
9V-SQJ B777 Singapore
A6-EBB B777 Emirates
B-18315 A330 China AL
RP-C3195 A319 Cebu Pacific
PK-GGD B737 Garuda

Jakarta 06/11;

Up early for brekkie before going over to T1 and seeing what stored a/c could be read off, airline fleets first.

Garuda-
A330 = PK-GPA/C
B747 = PK-GSH, EC-KSM, HS-UTN
B737 = PK-GGE/A/Q/V/G/O/D/N/P/T
       PK-GHV/S/W/Q/R/X
       PK-GWU/P/Q/O/N/L/T
       PK-GZA/J/I/M/L/O/N
       PK-GEG/H
       PK-GCA

Indonesia AirAsia (only new a/c logged)-
B737 = PK-AWO/P
A320 = PK-AXA

Lion Air-
MD80 = PK-LMY
MD90 = PK-LIM/O/P
B737 = PK-LFM/I/H/O/G/R/Q/F/P/J
       PK-LIW/V/H/Q/U

Wings Abadi-
MD80 = PK-WIF/H/M

Batavia-
A319 = PK-YVA
A320 = PK-YVE
B737 = PK-YTV/E/S/N/M/C/W/Y/J
       PK-YVU

Mandala-
A319 = PK-RIF/I
A320 = PK-RMA/C/E/H
B737 = PK-RIT

Sriwajaya-
B737 = PK-CJA/M/N/H/D/S/L/U/E/C/F/K/T/P

Merpati-
B737= PK-MBE/H/P

9V-SQA/SQD/SYE/SYI B777 Singapore
9V-VLA/B A320 Valuair
B-6242 A319 China Southern
HS-ABA A320 Thai AirAsia
B-HLA/LAD A330 Cathay
9M-MKV A330 Malaysian
HZ-AIN/S B747 Saudi
PK-TMA B727 Megantara
PK-OCP B737 Airfast
PK-OCT MD80 Airfast
PK-RPH B737 Republic
B-18708 B747 China AL Cargo
TF-ELW A300 MASKargo
V8-RBK B767 Royal Brunei
B-18308/311 A330 China AL
HL7551 A330 Korean
PK-LNI/J BAe146 Linus
UR-CDR MD80
A6-ETA B777 Etihad
B-16403 B747 Eva
9M-MQQ B737 Malaysian
9M-AFC A320 AirAsia
9K-ANA A340 Kuwait
A6-ECB B777 Emirates
A7-AEM A330 Qatar
J633J B767 JAL Cargo
PH-BFA B747 KLM
VH-VQX A320 Jetstar
PK-KAO B737 Kartika
5N-PDP B747 Kabo

Stored Aircraft;

PK-BPT B727 ToP Air
PK-YTD/L B737 Batavia
PK-MGM FK28 Merpati
PK-RPI B737 Republic
PK-LMG MD80
PK-WIG MD80
PK-JGY B737 Jatayu
PK-RIN B737
PK-LIG B737 Lion
PK-BPW B737 Top Air
PK-MKS FK28 Merpati
PK-JGN B727 Jatayu
PK-LMU MD80
PK-IJH B737 Bouraq
PK-GSC B747 (Garuda)
N94104 B747 (KLM)
N795SA B747 (Air Bridge clrs)
ST-AQL B747
D6-QZA B74L
PK-RIJ B737
PK-IJK B737 Bouraq
PK-IHH HS748
HS-AKU B737 Phuket
HA-VAU B747 (Saudi clrs)
PK-MGH FK28
PK-KME B737
PK-NAI FK28
PK-CIR FA20
PK-IHT HS748
PK-LIA B737
PK-RIQ B737
PK-LMN MD80
PK-LMJ MD80
HS-VKU B737
PK-HNK FK28
PK-GNN DC9
HS-VAV B747 Phuket
PK-YTG/T B737 Batavia
HS-UTC B747 Orient Thai

There's quiet a bit more than that too, thats only what we could read, total of 12 747's seen, although Kabo Air 5N-PDP
was in the line it departed, there are several 737/md80's here stored/on maintence, plus 2 Garuda DC10's.

Jakarta 07/11;

Only new stuff logged;

Garuda-
B737 = PK-GWM/GGU/GZK
B747 = HS-UTS

Merpati-
B737 = PK-MDK

Batavia-
B737 = PK-YVW/X/K/U
A320 = PK-YVD

Lion Air-
B737 = PK-LII/S
       PK-LFL/K
MD90 = PK-LIL
 
Indonesia AirAsia-
B737 = PK-AWX/P

Mandala-
B737 = PK-RIH

Sriwajaya-
B737 = PK-CJO

JA8074 B747 JAL
A7-AEH A330 Qatar
9V-SYA/SYC/SYL B777 Singapore
HZ-AKP B777 Saudi
A6-EBD B777 Emirates
B-HLN/HLF A330 Cathay
7O-ADP A330 Yemen
HS-ABG A320 Thai AirAsia
PK-JTT BL206
PK-KAD B737 Kartika
B-5075 B738 Shenzhen
PH-BFH B747 KLM
HZ-AIP B747 Saudi
VH-OGA B767 Qantas

Very enjoyable couple of days, nice to see 737/200 and MD80's in abundance. Flew to Singapore on Lufthansa B747 D-ABVO LH 779.

I would imagine some of the stored stuff has gone and maybe others arrived instead. I have no info on Halim so can't help with that sorry. Cheers

Kev Stokes