Indonesia has the 5th largest airport operator in the world after the birth of PT Angkasa Pura Indonesia or InJourney Airports. InJourney Airports is a merger of PT Angkasa Pura I or AP I and PT Angkasa Pura II or AP II. President Director of PT Angkasa Pura Indonesia Faik Fahmi said that this step was a major breakthrough in the aviation and airport industry sector in Indonesia and would be a solution to solve problems in the aviation industry in Indonesia.
“Through this merger, InJourney Airports now manages 37 airports spread across the western, central, and eastern regions of Indonesia, and makes InJourney Airports the 5th largest airport management company in the world with more than 170 million passengers per year,” he told CNBC Indonesia, quoted Thursday (10/9/2024).
The formation of InJourney Airports, which is also a form of transformation in the airport management sector, aims to optimize the national airport system, increase the potential of the economic and tourism sectors, and logistics in Indonesia. He explained that in preparing for the integration of this airport operator, his party had completed the alignment and harmonization of regulations and standard operating procedures (SOP) through the omnibus regulation strategy, IT system governance, finance, and airport operations, thus creating an efficient and synergistic aviation ecosystem.
This optimism is supported by 3 pillars and 1 enabler, namely Premises (prime quality airport infrastructure and facilities), Process (close collaboration between InJourney Airports and the aviation ecosystem), People (HR in the service sector that is of high quality and meets global standards), and supported by the implementation of various technological innovations and digitalization as Enablers.
This merger is based on the basis that Indonesia has the main potential to become an aviation and tourism market. There are a number of factors that have the potential to make Indonesia a major market for aviation and tourism, including Indonesia’s condition as the largest archipelagic country in the world with the largest population in Southeast Asia and a growing consumer class, strategic geographical position, diverse natural and cultural beauty, and abundant natural resources. These factors affect the number of tourism contributions, domestic and international passengers, foreign tourists, and air freight cargo that exist and are managed in Indonesia. This step is also in line with the government’s vision to improve domestic connectivity and accessibility, which is expected to support overall economic growth and increase the competitiveness of the tourism sector in Indonesia.
“There are a number of factors that have the potential to make Indonesia a major market for aviation and tourism, including Indonesia’s condition as the largest archipelagic country in the world with the largest population in Southeast Asia and a growing consumer class, strategic geographical position, diverse natural and cultural beauty, and abundant natural resources,” wrote management. These factors affect the number of tourism contributions, domestic and international passengers, foreign tourists, and air freight cargo that exist and are managed in Indonesia.
This airport integration will also make PT Angkasa Pura Indonesia, previously known as PT Angkasa Pura II, the recipient company of the merger as the 5th largest airport manager in the world with 36 airports throughout Indonesia which are estimated to serve 550 million-700 million passengers by 2045. The management said that airport integration also has the potential to increase domestic and international air connectivity supported by an integrated planning system including coordination in opening new flight routes.
October 14, 2024, CNBC Indonesia
(https://www.cnbcindonesia.com/market/20241014190834-17-579588/indonesia-punya-operator-bandara-terbesar-nomor-lima-di-dunia)