Pelita Air Service plans to lease A320s

Indonesian carrier Pelita Air Service is planning to add a number of leased A320s and plans to fly scheduled domestic flights with them out of the company's base at Jakarta-Halim. According to a news item on Smart Aviation Asia-Pacific, Pelita is now in the process of adding the type to its AOC as well as adding scheduled services to it.

Pelita was founded in 1963 and currently offers charter, cargo, maintenance, training and airport services. It has a fleet of one ATR42, five ATR72s, two Casa 212s and a single RJ85 which it operates for the Indonesian government. The company also operates the AT802, Bell 412EP, Bell 430, Bo105 and S76.