Part 1: Jakarta - Semarang by Nam Air (IN 222), Boeing 737-500
October 4th, 2017
From my lovely home in Depok city at the southern side of Jakarta, I took an express bus to Soekarno-Hatta Airport. The traffic of Jakarta at 11.00 a.m. was still quite terrible, with a long traffic jam on Jakarta's inner toll road. We were stuck in the jam for about 1 hour, but after that the traffic was good, only a queue at Cengkareng toll plaza before entering the airport.
As usual, the bus would enter the Terminal 1 first, before our destination at Terminal 2.
There was an A330 of Lion Air at Terminal 1.
Reaching Terminal 2. A plane of Vietnam Airlines could be seen. I wonder when it will move to the new Terminal 3.
The bus arrived at Terminal 2, and I had to alight here.
Terminal 2F is dedicated for domestic flights. It was previously used exclusively by Garuda, but since its moving to Terminal 3, it's currently used by Sriwijaya Air and AirAsia. Citilink has also planned to move here after the moving of all Skyteam members to Terminal 3.
Flight schedule. Our flight was IN 222 to Semarang.
Sriwijaya Air and Nam Air shared the same check in counters.
I had done the online check in, so I only needed to print the pass. It was very simple, using a paper which reminded me to grocery stores' receipts.
As there were still more than 30 minutes before boarding, I explored check-in counters of other airlines at Terminal 2. Personally I really loved the "Singapore Girls" shown at SQ's counter.
Then I proceed to the boarding gate. As usual, there was a security check before entering it.
Waiting room of Gate F4.
While waiting for boarding, I took some pics outside the window. Unfortunately, I did not see my favorite Gulf and European carriers.
The boarding was scheduled at 1.00 p.m., but we were actually called at 1.30 p.m., 30 minutes behind the schedule.
The plane, Boeing 737-500 with reg code PK-NAL, titled "Kesejahteraan" (prosperity). It was 22 years old (December 1994), having been operated previously by Continental / United Airlines before handed to Sriwijaya Air and Nam Air.
Reaching the plane through an aerobridge.
Need more space? You can choose the business class.
*I took the picture after arrival.
The economy class.
Sights out of the window.
The plane was pushed back at 2.00 p.m. Then the beautiful young cabin crews started the safety instructions.
Some pics before take-off. Cathay, Eva Air, and Oman Air were also seen.
Garuda's 777 with Skyteam livery. It was used for Hajj flights at that time.
We had to wait this Garuda with "retro" livery to land, before the plane could fly.
Leaving the land for a while.
The seatbelt sign was switched off. I then checked all stuff inside the pocket.
Safety card.
Prayer card, containing prayer of 6 official religions in Indonesia.
"Sriwijaya" magazine.
In-flight shopping catalogue.
Around 30 minutes after departure, the cabin crews started to distribute our snacks and drinks.
During the flight, we could still see the land. The pilot told us that we were flying at 25,000 ft above sea level.
Time to land. The Semarang's airport runway was on the seashore.
The airport terminal.
Parked together with Garuda.
The plane stopped perfectly, and it was time to leave the plane.
*Notice the Spanish "servicio" sign.
The final shot of PK-NAL plane which had brought me here.
No aerobridges here, so all passengers walked on the apron to terminal building.
The baggage claim area was very simple.
Arrival zone.
Airport's entrance gate.
