INDONESIAN MARKET PROVES ATTRACTIVE FOR BAE SYSTEMS REGIONAL JETS

KUALA LUMPUR, April 19 (Bernama) -- Global defence, security and aerospace
company, BAE Systems, announced at the Defence Services Asia Exhibition and
Conference (DSA 2010) here that it continued to enjoy success in the Indonesian
domestic market with its BAe 146/Avro RJ family of regional jetliners.

In a statement, the company said it had placed four of these aircraft into
Indonesia over the past year with the latest being delivered in November 2009 to
PT Aviastar Mandiri, a certified air charter operator, which bought a BAe
146-200.

Raj Singh, Director Sales and Leasing (Asia) for BAE Systems Regional
Aircraft, said there were three variants of the aircraft operating with six
carriers in Indonesia - a total of nine aircraft so far.

Elsewhere in the Asia-Pacific air transport market BAE Systems products are
also proving popular.

The Jetstream 41 turboprop transport flies in its 29-seat airliner role
with Agni Air and Yeti Airlines of Nepal and as a corporate transport with the
Royal Thai Army and Royal Star Aviation of the Philippines.

The Hong Kong Government Flying Service also operates two special mission
Jetstream 41s, it added.

-- BERNAMA