Rencana Pembangunan Terminal 4 di Bandara Soekarno-Hatta Cengkareng Mulai Disiapkan Target 90 Juta Penumpang Per Tahun

Operator 13 bandara di Indonesia barat, PT Angkasa Pura II, mulai menyiapkan rencana pembangunan Terminal 4 di Bandara Soekarno-Hatta Cengkareng guna mengejar target kapasitas terminal mencapai 90 juta penumpang per tahun.

Kepala Project Management Unit Bandara Soekarno-Hatta PT Angkasa Pura (AP) II Agung Sedayu mengatakan perseroan saat ini tengah melakukan proses perencanaan detail bangunan (detail engineering design/DED) Terminal IV.

“Kami lagi proses DED. Sekarang, waktunya sedang kami coba sinkronkan, jadi belum bisa dipastikan, namun yang pasti segera dibangun. Terminal ini kelanjutan dari Terminal 3 yang sekarang,” katanya Kamis (11/05).

Agung menjelaskan AP II tidak ingin lagi ketinggalan seperti pada tahun-tahun sebelumnya, di mana pertumbuhan penumpang pesawat yang menggunakan Bandara Soekarno-Hatta tidak diimbangi dengan peningkatan kapasitas yang memadai.

Rencananya, kapasitas Terminal 4 akan mencapai 25 juta penumpang per tahun. Seiring dengan revitalisasi Terminal 1 dan Terminal 2, total kapasitas Bandara Soekarno-Hatta bakal mencapai 90 juta penumpang per tahun.


“Kami tidak mau telat lagi seperti yang lalu-lalu. Kami sudah kapasitasnya 60 juta, sementara kapasitas terpasang baru 22 juta. Kami akan antisipasi itu agar tidak terjadi lagi lag capacity. Yang kami bangun hanya memenuhi apa yang sudah ada,” tuturnya.

Untuk diketahui, Bandara Soekarno-Hatta telah melayani 58,12 juta penumpang sepanjang 2016, tumbuh 7% dibandingkan dengan realisasi pada tahun sebelumnya 54,29 juta penumpang.

Sementara itu, Ketua Penerbangan Berjadwal Indonesia National Air Carriers Association (INACA) Bayu Sutanto mengapresiasi upaya AP II yang terus mempercepat pembangunan infrastruktur bandara.

“Kuncinya memang harus membangun lebih banyak supaya tidak stuck. Kalau pertumbuhan penumpang misalnya 10%, kapasitas bandara harus ditingkatkan lebih banyak, misalnya 15%,” ujarnya.

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Bayu menilai percepatan pengembangan infrastruktur memang harus ditempuh pemerintah mengingat kondisi infrastruktur saat ini, khususnya pada transportasi udara yang masih tertinggal dibandingkan dengan laju permintaan.

Sekadar informasi, AP II menargetkan terminal baru di lima bandara yang dikelola perseroan dapat beroperasi pada 2017 guna mendukung pengembangan pariwisata nasional dan ekspansi bisnis perseroan.

Kelima bandara tersebut yakni Husein Sastranegara Bandung, Depati Amir Pangkalpinang, Silangit Tapanuli Utara, Supadio Pontianak, dan Bandara Soekarno-Hatta Cengkareng.

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25 Juta Penumpang Per Tahun Dapat Ditampung Terminal 3 Bandara Soekaro-Hatta

Terminal 3 Bandara Soekarno-Hatta bakal mulai melayani penerbangan Garuda Internasional pada 1 Mei 2017 nanti. PT Angkasa Pura II menyatakan, kapasitas penumpang per tahun yang mampu ditampung oleh Terminal 3 adalah sebanyak 25 juta penumpang.

Direktur Operasi dan Teknik AP II, Djoko Murjatmodjo, mengatakan kapasitas sebanyak 25 juta penumpang itu terbagi untuk 12,5 juta penumpang domestik dan 12,5 juta penumpang internasional.

"Kita layani 25 juta penumpang dengan level of service B, sementara bandara-bandara di dunia umumnya level of services C. Nah Terminal 3 ini level of service B, kalau diturunkan ke C bisa jadi 30 juta," kata Djoko.

Selain masalah penumpang, Djoko juga mengatakan, Terminal 3 lnternasional menyediakan 17 parking stand untuk pesawat yang dapat mengakomodir hingga 3 pesawat berbadan lebar atau wide body Airbus A380.


"Sebanyak 3 parking stand yang mampu mengakomodir pesawat terbesar yaitu Airbus 380, sehingga bisa dilayani disini untuk menampung transportasi udara skala termodern saat ini," terangnya.

Dirinya juga mengatakan, area keberangkatan Terminal 3 lnternasional dapat dijangkau oleh penumpang pesawat melalui Gate 1 dan Gate 2 untuk kemudian memproses keberangkatan di konter check-in island A dan B.

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"Pada 1 Mei mendatang, bangunan yang akan dioperasikan untuk penerbangan internasional ini baru sebatas main building saja atau bagian tengah bangunan, Gate yang dibuka untuk proses naik pesawat atau boarding baru sebanyak 6 gate yakni Gate 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, dan 10. Kami menilai ini cukup karena baru Garuda Indonesia yang akan mengoperasikan penerbangan internasional," ujarnya.

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Jalan Tol Akses Tanjung Priok Sepanjang 11,4 kilometer Akan Dilintasi 3.600 Truk Kontainer Setiap Hari

Jalan Tol Akses Tanjung Priok sepanjang 11,4 kilometer telah diresmikan pada Sabtu 15 April 2017. Jalan tol ini diprediksi akan dilintasi oleh sekitar 3.600 truk kontainer.

Peresmian dilakukan oleh Presiden Joko Widodo didampingi oleh Menteri Pekerjaan Umum dan Perumahan Rakyat (PUPR) Basuki Hadimuljono dan Menteri Perhubungan Budi Karya Sumadi.

"Dengan adanya tol ini kecepatan keluar masuk pelabuhan kontainer dapat ditingkatkan, artinya kapal- kapal peti kemas tersebut bisa dilayani dengan baik,"ujar Jokowi, di Jakarta, Sabtu, 15 April 2017.

Dengan tol baru ini, arus keluar masuk kontainer dari Pelabuhan Tanjung Priok sebagai pelabuhan utama Indonesia akan lebih cepat sehingga meningkatkan daya saing produk Indonesia.

Pembangunan jalan tol ini pertama kali dimulai pada 2008 lalu dan sempat mengalami permasalahan pengadaan lahan. Selain itu tercatat ketidaksesuaian mutu beton sebanyak 69 pilar sehingga dilakukan pembongkaran dan pergantian.

Adanya kendala itu membuat penyelesaian jalan Tol Akses Tanjung Priok mengalami keterlambatan hingga 5 tahun.

Jalan tol akses Tanjung Priok adalah bagian dari sistem jaringan tol Jabodetabek dan langsung terhubung ke ruas tol lingkar luar Jakarta atau Jakarta Outer Ring Road (JORR) yang memiliki memiliki total panjang 69,77 kilometer.

Proyek ini merupakan bagian dari target pembangunan jalan tol sepanjang 1.000 kilometer hingga 2019 mendatang. Jalan tol ini juga masuk dalam Proyek Strategis Nasional yang tertuang dalam Perpres No. 3 Tahun 2016 di era Kabinet Kerja.

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Jalan Tol Akses Tanjung Priok terdiri dari lima seksi, yaitu Seksi E-1 Rorotan-Cilincing sepanjang 3,4 Km, E-2 Cilincing-Jampea sepanjang 2,74 km, E-2A Cilincing-Simpang Jampea sepanjang 1,92 km, NS Link Yos Sudarso-Simpang Jampea sepanjang 2,24 km, dan NS Direct Ramp sepanjang 1,1 km.

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Lagi, Kapal Kontainer Raksasa CMA-CGM Tancredi Dengan Kapasitas 8.700 TEUs Sandar Di Pelabuhan Tanjung Priok

Selang sepekan pascakedatangan kapal kontainer raksasa CMA-CGM Titus di Pelabuhan Tanjung Priok, hari ini, Minggu (16/4/2017) sebuah kapal kontainer raksasa kembali sandar di pelabuhan yang berada di Teluk Jakarta tersebut.

Kapal raksasa yang sandar di dermaga Jakarta International Container Terminal (JICT) itu bernama CMA-CGM Tancredi, dengan kapasitas hingga sekitar 8.700 TEUs, lebih besar dibandingkan kapal sebelumnya sebesar 8.500 TEUs.

Manager Corporate Affairs PT Jakarta International Container Terminal (JICT) Indira Lestari mengatakan kapal kontainer raksasa kedua yang datang itu memiliki bobot hingga 92.498 gross tonnage (GT) dan panjang sekitar 334,99 meter.

"Kapal CMA-CGM Tancredi berkapasitas pasti 8.721 TEUs, tambat di JICT kemudian melakukan bongkar muat barang kisaran 2009 TEUs (bongkar 165 TEUs dan muat 1844 TEUs)," ujarnya, Minggu.

Menurutnya kapal tersebut masih merupakan layanan dari perusahaan pelayaran raksasa asal Prancis, Compagnie Maritime d'Affretement - Compagnie Generali Maritime (CMA-CGM).


Prasetyadi, Direktur Operasional dan Sistem Informasi PT Pelindo II / Indonesia Port Corporation (IPC) mengatakan bahwa CMA-CGM memang telah menjanjikan akan melayari Pelabuhan Tanjung Priok selama sepekan sekali.

"Mereka memang menjanjikan akan melayari sepekan sekali, kalau muatan terus bertambah bahkan akan mendatangkan kapal raksasa generasi terakhir yang berkapasitas hingga 14.000 TEUs," ujarnya.

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Service ini akan melayani rute Pelabuhan Tanjung Priok ke West Coast (LA & Oakland) Amerika Serikat. Layanan perdana JAX Services dilakukan pada 9 April 2017 dengan kapal CMA-CGM Titus. (industri.bisnis.com)

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APL Logistics Opens New Container Freight Station in Jakarta

APL Logistics announced the opening of a new container freight station (CFS) at the Tungya Collins Terminal in Cakung, North Jakarta.

The new CFS extends APL Logistics’ footprint in Indonesia where it offers export consolidation and warehousing services. It also complements APL Logistics’ existing facilities across Asia as a sourcing hub for both international and domestic distribution.

Indonesia to invest US$2.47 billion to boost port's to 18 million TEU

INDONESIA Port Corporation (IPC), the largest port operator in Indonesia, is planning to invest US$2.47 billion in the development of Kalibaru Port, an extension to the existing Tanjung Priok Port in North Jakarta, Indonesia, according to UK's Port Technology International.

Upon completion in 2023, Kalibaru Port, or New Priok, will more than triple the annual capacity of Tanjung Priok from five million TEU to 18 million TEU.

Indonesia Port Corporation confirmed earlier this month that it had received approval from Indonesia's Presidential Regulation to begin works on the ambitious project, the port operator said in a statement.

The first phase of the project will include the installation of $1.38 billion worth of container terminal infrastructure and related equipment, while $730 million will be made available to construct the port's new petroleum product terminal. In addition, a further $305 million will be used to build toll roads, a power station and industrial area, with the remaining $50 million earmarked for other services.

IPC also said that further funding in the development of New Priok could come from outside investors and in the form of loans from national and international lenders.

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Container transit in Singapore continued to decrease

The volume containers which transit at the Port of Singapore continued to decrease. In 2009 as many as 60-65 percent of containers from Tanjung Priok, Jakarta has to transit in Singapore, while in 2010 only 20 percent, but now only 18 percent. In 2011, Pelindo II has discharged nearly 6 million units of 20-foot container.

"This accomplishment is due to the better performance of Tanjung Priok, Jakarta, the equipments more complete. The container to East Asia has shipped without transit in Singapore, "said Director of PT Pelindo II, RJ Lino.

Lino said in 2012 Pelindo II is also working to achieve the standard port of the world. "In the ports of the world, after (vessel) berthing, only took 15 minutes for loading and unloading. In Tanjung Priok still need 15-30 minutes, but at the other Indonesia ports it took two hours, "he said.

Lino asserted, Pelindo II will help the government accelerate work Inaport site so that standard is reached. "What also becomes the bottleneck is the desire to go up and down the quarantine on all vessels. That's a long time, "he said.

At the end of 2012, said Lino, Pelindo has finished installing vessel traffic information system (VTIS). With the device, vessel traffic can be regulated electronically, with no radio communication.

The bottom line, says Lino, all efforts aimed at revamping ports to reduce costs and optimize the logistics of port infrastructure without having to invest too big.
"In February 2012, a container vessel with a capacity of 5000 TEUs will be bert at Tanjung Priok, Jakarta. Soon, container vessel with a capacity of 6000 TEU will also come. With a large vessel, transiting in Singapore no longer needed, "said Lino.

Shipping industry observers from Sepuluh November Institute of Technology, Saut Gurning said, if the Korea, China, and Japan destination without having to transit in Singapore, logistics costs are more competitive.

"The container vessel which more likely to stop at Tanjung Priok, Jakarta is interesting from economies of scale. More efficient. However, it should be noted, not only the size of vessel that are important, but also requires the availability of routes and frequencies are competitive, "said Saut Gurning.

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Strengthen the domestic market, AirAsia open a new route from Surabaya

The airlines company, Indonesia AirAsia continues to strengthen domestic routes. On February 14, 2012, Indonesia AirAsia will open a new domestic route flights, Surabaya – Bandung and Surabaya – Denpasar.

"In addition to our commitment to develop the domestic routes, the second launch of this route is also our responsibility to encourage tourism and the economy of the archipelago," said Dharmadi, the President Director of AirAsia Indonesia on Monday (12/12).

Surabaya is the second largest city in Indonesia. Capital city of East Java's economy is based on the industrial sector and services trade, as well as the home of creative industries in the number of sectors, including advertising, architecture, crafts, interactive entertainment, publishing and printing.

Meanwhile, Bandung, according Dharmadi, known as the "Emerging Creative City" that offers a diverse product distributions, soap opera production houses, and culinary. The young generation of Bandung which will be full of innovative ideas has pushed the creative industries in the city is growing very rapidly.

Similar to Bandung, Bali also has the attraction of creative industries is unusually large, but rather based on local culture. Besides being a favorite tourist destination in the world, the island is also famous for its performances of traditional performing arts and antiques.

"With the new route Surabaya - Bandung and Surabaya - Denpasar, then Bandung, Bali and Surabaya are connected directly. Domestic connectivity is expected to facilitate and enhance the creative market exchanges among the three cities, "said Dharmadi. Previously, AirAsia already opened Surabaya – Medan route in 2010 and Jakarta to Semarang route.

For information, in the year 2012, AirAsia plans to increase market share in Indonesia from 3% to 10% and the target number of passengers to 6.2 million people. To achieve that, AirAsia has ordered 21 Airbus A-320 until later in 2016. In addition, AirAsia also began aggressively to open domestic routes in Indonesia.

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INDONESIAN Chamber of Commerce seeks delay in strict AIR CARGO screening

THE Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry has called for further six-month postponement of a new cargo inspection process at international airports, saying lack of infrastructure and manpower will cause bottlenecks, reports the Jakarta Globe.

Ahead of the planned commencement of the cargo inspection process next week, Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry chairman Suryo Bambang Sulisto said companies were not ready.

"There are only four cargo inspection agents handling 900 tons of merchandise per day. This will cause bottlenecks in airports, not to mention additional fees," said Mr Sulisto.

The regulation, designed to improve security surveillance at the urging of the International Civil Aviation Organisation, was first implemented in July at Soekarno Hatta International Airport. Packages are to be inspected individually, incurring an additional fee of 10 to 14 times the normal rate of IDR60 (US$0.007) per kilogramme.

When the system was implemented, chaos immediately ensued. A long backlog developed of cargo waiting for inspection, prompting cargo forwarding companies to strike, said the report.

Hundreds of tons of cargo, including newspapers, medicines and even human remains awaiting repatriation were stranded, incurring losses estimated in the billions of rupiah.

Hundreds of workers staged a one-day rally to protest the regulation that stipulated that only three companies - Duta Angkasa Prima Kargo, Gita Afian Trans and Fajar Anugerah Sejahtera - would be responsible for security screening of cargo shipments.

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INDONESIA AirAsia international flight move to Terminal 3

Planning of Indonesia AirAsia (IAA) to bring together domestic and international flights in Terminal 3 of Soekarno Hatta Airport closer to reality. In the near term, PT Angkasa Pura (AP) II will provide a license to use the terminal 3 for the entire flight operation of IAA.

"Beginning next September we have been granted permission to IndonesiaAirAsia to operate in the terminal 3. Later planned to co-exist with other airlines such as Wings Air and Mandala Airlines that still wanted to fly," said Managing Director of AP II, Tri S Sunoko in Jakarta.

Director of operations and Techniques AP II, Salahuddin Rafi said, IAA international flight operations transfers made ​​to reduce the burden of international flights at the terminal 2 which is quite high. "International flight of Indonesia AirAsia is not much. But at least to reduce the existing burden, and could facilitate the IAA itself," said Rafi.

According to him, the capacity of Terminal 3 have been yet used to the maximum is 4 million passengers. In 2010 only 1.9 million passengers traveled by. Now estimated to be reduced, because Mandala Airlines no longer in operation. "Therefore, we provide international flights of Indonesia AirAsia to terminal 3, to be maximum," he said.

Next year, he explained, it is estimated there will be many more airlines are using the terminal 3 of Soekarno Hatta Airport, due to capacity will increase to 25 million passengers per year.

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AirAsia plans to INCREASE flights frequency to SINGAPORE

The airline company, PT Indonesia AirAsia plans to increase frequency of flights from Jakarta and Denpasar to Singapore. Adding of one-time flight to Jakarta to Singapore route that became six times a day. As for the route Denpasar - Singapore flights increased by one so that it becomes four times the flight.

"The addition of this flight frequencies will effective on 20 April," said President Director of Indonesia AirAsia, Dharmadi.

The addition of frequency to Singapore, according to Dharmadi, because of the many customer requests to go to Singapore. "Singapore became one of our customer's favorite route, as well known as a shopping paradise and city tour," he said.

Related to that, Director of Marketing and Distribution AirAsia Widijastoro Nugroho said, AirAsia will offer special prices to travel to Singapore.

The special prices that offer by AirAsia is start from IDR 149,000 for the Jakarta-Singapore route and start from IDR 199,000 for the Denpasar - Singapore route. "This will be valid from 23 to 27 March 2011 with scheduled flights from 20 April - 10 November 2011,"said Widijastoro.

The LARGEST and BUSIEST port in Indonesia,Tanjung Priok is OVERLOAD

The capacity of Port of Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, is considered no longer adequate to accommodate the amount of goods entering.

"As a result, there is accumulation of goods and this resulted in losses to hundreds of millions of dollars per day," said Vice Chairman of Indonesian Chamber of Commerce (Kadin) Transportation sector, Syafrizal.

Syafrizal said the number of incoming flows of goods, particularly containers each day increases. If calculated per year, the increase reached 13% to 15%. Medium capacity of accommodating of the largest and busiest port in Indonesia, now no longer sufficient entry of goods.

According Syafrizal, ideally the load of each container must not be equal to the area. Stacking goods overloaded by more than 100%. Supposedly, the accumulation of goods is only 70% or at most 80%. But now the number has more, even up to 140, said Sayfizal.

As a result, the accumulation of goods out of control. Even container crane was difficult to work and often suffered damage because of excessive usage.

"We must also shift the accumulation of these containers of goods to another place. It means there was a shift takes place and it costs more," he said.

According Syafrizal, to shift one container, then the costs that range from IDR 1 million to IDR 2 million. While the containers are moved each day totaling more than 300 units. Syafrizal said the accumulation of goods will increasingly be seen at the time of holidays or other big day. For that it hoped the government to reform infrastructure.

At least it took five years to fix Tanjung Priok port infrastructure and a maximum of about 10 years. But, now it needs is extremely urgent. So should be done immediately, he said.

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Garuda Indonesia add four planes to Malaysia

Garuda Indonesia will ensures to prepare an additional 1,000 seats for the flight route from Jakarta to Kuala Lumpur (return) on December 26, 2010. Additional seats are intended to ease the country fans who will watch the AFF Cup final 2010 between Indonesia and Malaysia at Bukit Jalil Stadium, Malaysia.

"This is one of our support," said Executive Vice President of Corporate Communications, Garuda Indonesia, I Poetra Tri Sakti.  Therefore, Garuda Indonesia has prepared Boeing B747-400 to bring supporters of the Garuda National Team from Jakarta to Kuala Lumpur.

He explained that the Boeing 747-400 aircraft with a capacity of 42 executive class and 386 economy class will be flown from Jakarta at 10:00 pm and arrive in Kuala Lumpur at 13.00 local time. After the match, the aircraft will be flown back from Kuala Lumpur at 23:00 hours local time and arrive in Jakarta at 24.00 pm. "So this is a traveling one-day trip from Jakarta-Kuala Lumpur-Jakarta by using the same aircraft, the Boeing B747-400," he said.

In addition, a subsidiary of Garuda Indonesia, Citilink, also prepared two additional aircraft from Surabaya to bring supporters from Surabaya to Kuala Lumpur. As of Jakarta, low cost carrier is also planning to dispatch a plane to Kuala Lumpur as an extra flight.

"Additional flights are additional flights on the two regular flights (every day) between the two cities using a Boeing B737-800 with a capacity of 150 seats, each of which departed at 0845 pm and 17:10 pm," he said.

Not only that, added Tri, they is also preparing bus transportation from the airport to the Bukit Jalil stadium (return) and coordinate with the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for the convenience of purchasing tickets football games for passengers.

"Garuda Indonesia offering a special price airline tickets one-day trip starting from USD 156 nett," he said. Garuda Indonesia will also continue to see market growth and anticipated demand for the fans immediately if it is still necessary additional flight.

Local committee in Kuala Lumpur to prepare about 15,000 tickets for supporters of Indonesia to witness the final round match between teams of Indonesia and Malaysia teams at Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, which has a seating capacity of around 80,000.

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Garuda Indonesia needs special terminal

The airline company which has the second largest number of passengers in Indonesia, Garuda Indonesia, needs a special terminal at the terminal of Soekarno-Hatta (Soetta), Jakarta. The terminal is to anticipate the development of the airline business is expected to increase almost doubled in 2014 later.

In the year 2009, the total number of passengers carried by Garuda Indonesia more than 10 million people.

According to President Director of Garuda Indonesia, Emirsah Sattar, currently Garuda Indonesia already operates 74 aircrafts and by 2014 its fleet will increase to 116 units. Garuda Indonesia also has selected Jakarta as a base of operations. "We need a dedicated terminal for us," said the Emir in Jakarta. Nevertheless he was evasive that Garuda Indonesia is also required to participate to build its own terminal at the Soekarno Hatta airport. "Too much for it," said Emir.

For time being, Garuda Indonesia has formed a team to advise the Board of Directors. Angkasa Pura II as the organizer of Soekarno-Hatta airport.

As is known, PT. Angkasa Pura II will create a grand new design for the Soekarno Hatta airport. Grand design is expected to be completed later this year and will be implemented next year. Indonesia Minister of State Owned Entreprises, Mustafa Abubakar also have to allow private parties to participate in developing and managing Soekarno Hatta airport. Some news said, Schipol airport management (Netherland), Changi airport management (Singapore) and the airline Air Asia Group is interested in developing the biggest airports in Indonesia.

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Mandala Airlines ads on Changi Airport

To improve the awareness, one of Indonesian airlines, Mandala Airlines has chosen the airport advertising company Eye to assist promote their brand at the Singapore Changi Airport.

This ad is scheduled to begin broadcasting from 30 August 2010 until the end of November 2010. According to the Eye they also are negotiating the possibility of long-term advertising contracts with Mandala Airlines. This advertisings are designed to aim passengers during high season and was publicised about Mandala Airlines direct flights to Jakarta and Balikpapan.

"Ads are displayed by Eye is Mandala Airlines as an airline that is consistent with the target audience. And in our opinion, is there a better way to promote the profile of the airlines to the tourist other than by advertising at the airport?" said Junice Liew, head of marketing, Eye Singapore. "The Mandala Airlines has selected the Eye as one excellent example for a strong marketing strategy and combined with strategic product placement to reach the right audience sets in their environment and travel industry”.

Adrian Hamilton-Manns, CEO of Mandala Airlines, added: "Partnering with Eye allows us to tell everyone that there is a new airline from Indonesia that offers low fares and great value. We do this by advertising in the airport. Since the ad publicised, then we examined a significant growth in demand through our website”.

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Mandala Airlines threatened degraded

Ministry of Transportation requested PT Mandala Airlines to immediately increase the number of its aircraft until the end of 2011. If not, the airline is threatened liquidated or degraded into charter airline in early 2012.

Director General of Civil Aviation Herry Bakti S Gumay reminded Act No. 1 / 2009 about Aviation, requires that all scheduled airline company has to operate a minimum of ten aircraft began in 2012. Five of the aircraft must be owned status, and other five aircraft may rent.

According to Herry many of Mandala Airlines planes has returned to the lessor  as the company policy. "The aircraft rental rates once considered too expensive, so Mandala Airlines looks for a new lessor. Currently Mandala only operate five units planes and all its are rental," said Herry. The five aircraft operated by Mandala Airlines are Airbus A320s and A319s. Herry added that if Mandala Airlines can not buy five planes more until the end of 2011, they must merge with another airline or turned into charter airline.

On June 21, Mandala Airlines has launched Online Fly’n Shop and  Diono Nurjadin – President Director of Mandala Airlines-  mention until the end of this year they will operate ten aircrafts. Currently Mandala Airlines has order 25 of Airbus A320s which will arrival based on the company needs. "Indeed for time being all of our aircraft are lease. But until the end of 2011, we will comply with a minimum of five owned aircraft and five chartered planes," said Diono.

Mandala Airlines has open many new international routes. For instance, on June 25, the airline serving the route from Jakarta to Singapore and Balikpapan to Singapore using Airbus A320 aircraft with a capacity of 180 seats. Followed by opening a route from Jakarta to Hong Kong on July 19, 2010 and from Jakarta to Macau in July 21, 2010 using an Airbus A319 with 144 seats capacity.

This year the target of Mandala Airlines can transport of 4 million passengers. Rose by 500,000 passengers compared to the realization of 3.5 million passengers last year.

4 of 12 Indonesia airports excess capacity

Aviation industry and the number of passenger planes in Indonesia continues to grow significantly even beyond the capacity of existing airports. According to PT Angkasa Pura II (Persero) or AP II, four of the twelve airports under its management have excess capacity. According to Director of AP II Tri S Sunoko the four airports which excess the capacity are Soekarno-Hatta Cengkareng - Jakarta, Polonia - Medan, Sultan Thana - Syafiuddin Jambi and Minangkabau Airport - Padang.

Polonia Airport in Medan, North Sumatera with a capacity of 900 000 passengers, are now serving 4.9 million passengers per year. Then Sultan Thana which has a capacity of 700 000 passengers have 900,000 passengers per year. While the Minangkabau Airport has served 2.8 million passengers per year, while its capacity is only 1.2 million passengers. "While the Soekarno-Hatta airport has a capacity of 22 million passengers have been serving 37 million passengers in 2009. That's why we will continue to increase the capacity by build a new airport terminal," said Tri.

The airport development projects and the construction of the new airport is ready to be done is Polonia Airport, which will be replaced with Kualanamu Airport. In the next two years, the airport is ready for use.

Last year, Lion Air has the domestic passengers at most 13.3 million (30.7%), Garuda Indonesia, as many as 8.39 million (19.28%), followed by Batavia Air around 6.10 million (14.02%) . While for the international route, most dominant is Garuda Indoensia Airlines with transporting 2.21 million (44.74%), followed by Indonesia AirAsia 1.98 million (40.09%), and the third position Lion Air around 383 584 passengers (7.74%).

Sriwijaya Air allocated 1260 seats to Australia

PT Sriwijaya Air was to be allocated 1260 seats for the opening of new routes to Australia. According to the Corporate Communication Manager of Sriwijaya Air, Ruth Hanna Simatupang, they already expressed interest to open a route from Jakarta to Perth since last year.

"We want to serve the route once a day by using Boeing 737-800 NG with maximum capacity of 180 seats. Our request was already submitted to the Indonesia Ministry of Transportation," said Hanna. She hopes the government can provide assurance of providing reserved seats at the end of this year, so that new routes could be served next year. "For a new route we are still engaged in preparing, while waiting for the Boeing 737-800 NG which will come next year," she added.

As is known, the Government of Indonesia and Australia agreed on an additional 4000 seats per week that can be utilized by the airlines of each country. Besides Sriwijaya Air, the other airline company PT Garuda Indonesia is also need as much as 1110 seats. Emirsyah Satar – President Director of Garuda Indonesia – said they want to add 666 seats to the route from Jakarta to Sydney from the frequency of four times a week to daily flights and 444 seats for Jakarta to Melbourne from three times a week to five times a week. For the record, Garuda Indonesia was already serving two routes using Airbus A330-200 with a capacity of 222 seats.

Indonesia AirAsia will close 2 flight routes

The decision of PT Indonesia AirAsia (IAA) to  close the flight route from Jakarta to Medan and Jakarta to Surabaya certainly will not affect the capacity of flights to both these destinations. Both routes have the densest traffic flow with a number of airlines that compete in it.

"Competition was tight and ‘crowded’ for those routes. So if Indonesia AirAsia have other options it would be a company policy. But the flight capacity of those routes will not be disturbed, "said Tengku Burhanudin, Secretary General of the Indonesia National Air Carriers Association (INACA).

INACA annual data released in 2009 showed that Medan and Surabaya are the two most populous of the six airports in Indonesia. Last year, Juanda International Airport, Surabaya recorded a 8,436,000 flights, while the Polonia Airport, Medan recorded 3,840,000 flights. That’s why, this solid flight creates a high competition between airlines. Tengku Burhanuddin asserted, AirAsia's decision to close two routes is the company's strategy, not because these routes are empty of passengers.

Closure of these routes will commence as of October 1, 2010. AirAsia will only leave 20% of domestic flight route from all flights routes at the end of this year. "For time being, our international-domestic route comparison 75% -25%, and  it will be 80% -20%," said Corporate Communications Manager of Indonesia AirAsia, Audrey Petriny.

New Routes of Garuda Indonesia Airlines

PT Garuda Indonesia will conduct maiden flight from Jakarta to Tokyo from August 31, 2010. Vice President of Communications Garuda Indonesia, Pujobroto explained the new route will be served one time flight every day. "Garuda Indonesia to open flights to Tokyo to meet the needs of customers, especially for business travelers," Pujobroto said in a press release, Monday (9 / 8).

Garuda Indonesia Airlines will use Airbus A330-200 to transport its passengers to Japan. The aircraft has a capacity of 222 seats with a passenger configuration of 36 executive class and 186 of economy class. The aircraft was equipped with a new interior where Executive Class is equipped with fully reclining flat bed seats. The aircraft is also equipped with LCD touch screen at all classes, and entertainment system with Audio & Video On Demand (AVOD) in the form of movies, music, and games that can be enjoyed during the flight.

President Director of Garuda Indonesia, Emirsyah Satar ensure that the Japanese market represents a potential market for Garuda Indonesia. Because Garuda Indonesia Airlines itself has been flying several other cities in Japan for more than 48 years. Such as the Denpasar-Nagoya route three times a week, Denpasar-Osaka five times a week, Denpasar-Tokyo every day.

"This flight gives the Immigration Service on-board, where the passengers can make arrangement to conduct immigration documents such as issuing visas on arrival at the aircraft," he explained. As for schedule, the Jakarta-Tokyo flight GA 884 will depart from Jakarta at 23:50 pm and arrive in Tokyo at 09.00 local time. Then go back to Jakarta by GA 885 at 12.00 local time and arrive in Jakarta at 17:45 pm.