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Adam Air (incorporated as PT. Adam SkyConnection Airlines) was a privately owned airline based in West Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia.〔"(Cover )." Adam Air. Retrieved on 22 June 2009.〕 It operated scheduled domestic services to over 20 cities and international services to Penang and Singapore. Its main base was Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta. Although sometimes referred to as a low-cost carrier, it marketed itself as an airline straddled between low-cost and traditional carriers, offering both on-board meal service and low fares, similar to the model adopted by Singapore-based Valuair. Prior to the crash of Flight 574, it was the fastest growing low-cost carrier in Indonesia.〔(Falling skies for Indonesian aviation ) - Asia Times - Obtained on January 27, 2007.〕 ==History== Adam Air was founded in 2002 by Agung Laksono, an Indonesian businessman and the Speaker of Indonesia's House of Representatives, and Sandra Ang. Sandra Ang is from an Indonesian-Chinese family which owned the airline.〔Greenlees, Donald. "Indonesian airline had a string of safety issues - Asia - Pacific - International Herald Tribune." ''The New York Times''. Tuesday January 30, 2007. (1 ). Retrieved on March 16, 2013.〕 Sandra Ang's 26-year-old son who was then named Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the airline.〔Greenlees, Donald. "Indonesian airline had a string of safety issues - Asia - Pacific - International Herald Tribune." ''The New York Times''. Tuesday January 30, 2007. (2 ). Retrieved on March 16, 2013.〕 After studying in the United States, Suherman suggested that his family form an airline.〔Greenlees, Donald. "Indonesian airline had a string of safety issues - Asia - Pacific - International Herald Tribune." ''The New York Times''. Tuesday January 30, 2007. (3 ). Retrieved on March 16, 2013.〕 The airline was established in 2002 and began operations on 19 December 2003 with 2 Boeing 737 aircraft leased from GE Commercial Aviation Services.〔 Adam Air had been involved in talks with multiple private investors, including discussions about the sale of a 20% stake to Qantas, a takeover bid from private equity fund Texas Pacific Group, and a planned initial public offering in Singapore. However, foreign investment interest evaporated with the crash of Flight 574.〔 Indonesian investment firm PT Bhakti Investama Tbk was interested in acquiring Adam Air. The company already owned a stake in PT Indonesia Air Transport Tbk, a subsidiary of Pt Media Nusantara Citra Tbk, the southeast Asia's largest and most integrated media group, and president Hary Djaja says that "Given our experience with IAT, which has an excellent safety record, we're certain that we will be able to create positive synergies and improve the way Adam Air is run.".〔(Indonesian firm to acquire troubled Adam Air ) - english.eastday.com Compiled by ''Shanghai Daily'' - March 20, 2007 - Obtained March 22, 2007.〕 Adam Air ultimately sold a fifty percent stake of itself to PT Bhakti Investama.〔(Indonesia's Adam Air to buy 40 new jetplanes ) - ''People's Daily Online'' - April 13, 2007 - Obtained May 5, 2007.〕 Aviation consultant Gerry Soejatman stated that Adam Air was successful because of its "fresh image", referring to the bright colors of the airline's livery and uniforms. On August 22, 2006, Soejatman posted on Airliners.net, accusing the airline of poorly maintaining its aircraft, saying that any Adam Air aircraft is at risk of becoming "a smoking hole in the ground."〔 Following the crash of Adam Air Flight 292 in Batam, PT Bhakti Investama and business consortium Bright Star Perkasa, which together own 50 percent share in Adam Air, planned to bail their investments and sell their shares back to the carrier's founders. Bhakti Investama's investor relations official Henry Suparman did not cite any specific safety incident in the airline but said that Bhakti had not seen any significant progress in the airline's handling of safety issues in the past year.〔(Bhakti consortium pulls out of Adam Air over safety issues ) - Antara News - Obtained March 17, 2008.〕 Their fleet consisted entirely of Boeing 737's with 4 Boeing 737-200's, 3 737-300's (one written off), and 7 737-400's (one written off). One 735, 5 734s, 3 733s, and 2 732s were sold prior to the airline's grounding/shutdown. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Adam Air」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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