Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – Recently, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) gave directions regarding the construction of too many international airports. It is planned that in the future there will be reorganized again, and there will be a super hub airport in Bali.
“The president’s direction is clear. I see that airline Our hubs are too many, 30 international platforms, why should 30 airports? “said Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan in a webinar organized by the Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub), Friday (14/8/20).
It turned out that Jokowi’s directive was only realized by the ministers after reviewing its effectiveness. Luhut openly admitted that he had never thought about this.
“Previously, including the Minister of Transportation, I thought the same way. But after there is a study we will see, are not too many. In fact, if we make most of them later to enjoy other people, now we want to make (the airport) smaller,” he said.
That way, there will only be a few international airports that will become hubs. This means that tourists who are going to Indonesia are focused on stopping at certain airports, before continuing their journey to other areas using the next flight.
“To be the center. If people want to come through Jakarta, Medan, Yogyakarta, Surabaya, Bali. Then later Makassar or Manado, that’s all we want to see so that with that concentration we are much more powerful. But this study we are making us hope next month. finished, “he said.
In the same event, Director General of Air Transportation of the Ministry of Transportation, Novie Riyanto, expressed the same thing. His party will rearrange the role of the airport as a hub.
“We will rearrange flight routes, we will rearrange international airports in order to change the major strategy. Where, according to the President’s direction, we do not need too many international airports, this will automatically change which one is the primary hub, which is the sub-hub. , we will try to describe this later, “he said.
Bali Will Become a Super Hub
Novie Riyanto added, although this plan is still in the study stage, his party has begun to have a picture. He and a number of stakeholders designed the most appropriate aviation traffic design.
“Including BUMN, airline friends, with all thinkers in us, so that we will have a mature concept with a super hub. Here we will have a picture of the super hub Bali. Now Bali will become a super hub for tourism,” he said.
Later, Bali will be connected to 5 major regions, namely Australia, Africa, Europe, Asia in the north, as well as South America. The capacity of Ngurah Rai International Airport will also be increased.
“So, as we all know, we will enlarge Bali, not half-hearted, which currently has a capacity of only 35-37 million passengers per year, in the future we will expand it to reach 50 million passengers,” he added.
Apart from supporting the tourism function, this superhub will also have a role in the logistics sector.
“We know that with a lot of tourism there will also be a lot of logistics coming there, both handicraft commodities and so on, this will all be for us support. Therefore, according to the President’s direction, we will study in detail how to catch up with our interests today and in the future until 2040. “
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