Indonesia has taken delivery of its second and final Airbus A400M military transport aircraft, registered A-4002, completing a two-aircraft order placed in 2021 by then-Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto at the Dubai Airshow.
The aircraft landed at Halim Perdanakusuma Air Base in Jakarta on March 28, 2026. Indonesia’s Defense Ministry confirmed on March 25 that delivery was imminent, with Brigadier General Rico Ricardo Sirait, chief of the Defense Information Bureau, stating the plane was en route from Seville, Spain.
Unlike the first aircraft, A-4001, which flew from Seville via Dubai and Medan on November 3, 2025, A-4002 took a circuitous route due to escalating Middle East conflict and Gulf airspace closures. It departed Seville on March 22, 2026, crossing the Atlantic to St. John’s, Canada, then the Pacific with stops in Japan, Merauke in Papua, and Tarakan before Jakarta. A transit in Whitehorse, Canada, exposed the aircraft to rare winter conditions for Indonesian military assets.
A-4002 features hose-and-drogue aerial refueling pods, enabling tanker operations absent in the first unit. Both join Squadron 31 at Halim Perdanakusuma, the air force’s strategic airlift squadron. The A400M carries up to 37 tonnes over 2,400 nautical miles, ideal for Indonesia’s 17,000-island archipelago, and operates from short, unpaved runways. Evaluations continue for Airbus’s modular firefighting kit, allowing 20,000-liter water drops.
At the same 2021 Dubai Airshow, Indonesia signed a letter of intent for four more A400Ms. President Prabowo Subianto has signaled potential near-term negotiations, though no formal order exists.