JAKARTA - An Indonesian Ministry of Defense CN-295 military transport will be making a tour around six Asian countries to promote the capabilities and efficiency of the transport aircraft that PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) and Airbus Military are producing jointly. The aircraft will make visits to the Philippines, Brunei Darussalam, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar and Malaysia between May 22 and May 31.
The C-295, denominated CN-295 in Indonesian service, is a medium-sized multirole airlifter for both civic and military use. The Indonesia Air Force currently has two CN-295s in operation out of the nine units ordered from PTDI. By 2015, all of the nine units will be in service in Indonesia, with deliveries to the Indonesian Ministry of Defense taking place from the delivery center and a final assembly line that Airbus Military and PTDI are setting up in Bandung, Indonesia, as a direct result of PTDI's and Airbus Military's Strategic Partnership signed in 2011.
In total, over 120 C-295s have been ordered worldwide from Airbus Military, and currently almost 100 are in operation with countries such as Algeria, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Finland, Ghana, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
