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Indonesian commercial airline

Pacific Royale Airways was an Indonesian commercial airline which received its government flight license in November 2011.^[5] It received a formal Air Operator's Certificate (AOC) in May 2012, and made its first flight on June 11, 2012.^[1][3][6] On 6 September 2012, the airline ceased operations on a temporary basis, before having its license revoked on 19 November 2012.^[2]

History

Founding

In January 2011, former Riau Airlines president director, Samudra Sukardi, announced the founding of Pacific Royale Airways as a full-service scheduled carrier, funded by himself and two further investors, Gunarni Soeworodan and Indian businessman Tarun Trikha.^[7][8] Combined, a total of $60 million had been invested in the launch of the airline; this included costs to acquire the 10 aircraft mandated by the Indonesian government for commercial flight operations,