PT DI Tawarkan Pesawat C212 ke Myanmar

 C212 Pernerbal

Jakarta • PT Dirgantara Indonesia berencana menawarkan pesawat Casa 212 (C-212) ke Myanmar dalam kunjungan 15 BUMN ke negara itu awal bulan April. "Jumlahnya belum ditentukan (karena) masih ada kendala," kata Direktur Utama PT DI Budi Santoso dalam pesan singkat singkat kepada Tempo, Sabtu, 30 Maret 2013. "Nanti yang akan menawarkan ke Myanmar itu dari Direktur Marketing kami."

Kendala yang dimaksud adalah masalah komponen. "(Di sana) masih ada masalah embargo untuk komponen Amerika seperti engine dan avionic," katanya. Meski begitu PT DI tetap akan berusaha menawarkan pesawatnya. "Saya dengar Amerika juga menawarkan produk mereka."

Airbus Military Transfers C212 Production to Indonesia

The last C212 to be produced by Airbus Military at Seville was delivered to the Vietnam Marine Police in late December. (Foto Airbus Military)

Production of the Airbus Military C212 light transport is being transferred to Indonesia. The company signed a “strategic collaboration agreement” with PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) in mid-2011. The last aircraft to be assembled in Spain–a C212-400 version–was delivered to the Vietnam Marine Police in late December.

The C212 “provided the basis for the development of CASA into the world-class company that it is today in the form of Airbus Military,” said Domingo Urena-Raso, CEO of Airbus Military. A total of 477 C212s have been produced over a 42-year period for 92 operators. They have been used in a “variety of roles ranging from transport to rain-making, ultra-sophisticated surveillance to search and rescue,” according to the manufacturer. But production at Seville slowed to just four aircraft in the last two years. Urena-Raso said in 2010 that Airbus Military could no longer afford to produce the C212 in Europe.