Deputy Minister Of SOEs Calls Planned To Merge AP I And II To Optimize Air Networks

Deputy Minister of SOEs II Kartika Wirjoatmodjo. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

Deputy Minister of BUMN II Kartika Wirjoatmodjo said the government's plan to merge PT Angkasa Pura I and PT Angkasa Pura II was carried out to regulate the air network to run optimally.

He added that the merger would not necessarily be carried out through a merger.

"We see that AP I and AP II operate all this time east-west. If we look at the concept of all hubs and speech. We want to integrate, not necessarily mergers, so that the arrangement of hubs and air speech really runs optimally," said Tiko, his nickname in Magelang, Central Java, Monday.

The hub and speech model itself connects airlines from two points and combines passengers to different fingers of their hubs.

The hub and speech transportation network model is a cost-effective solution for large networks as well as easy to manage and provide better scalability.

Tiko explained that currently there are two superhubs, namely Jakarta and Bali as well as several other hubs such as Surabaya, Makassar, and Medan, whose routes have not been comprehensively regulated nationally.

He hopes that with integration, whether in the form of holding or merging, the integration of hubs and speech will be effective.

"With the integration, in the form of holding or merger, later the integration of hubs and speech will be really effective so that later we can collaborate on integration between inbound or foreign traffic and domestic traffic. If it used to be cut between the west and east as if it were two different managements," added Tiko.

Previously, Minister Erick Thohir said there would be more corporate actions in the form of consolidation or mergers to merge SOEs with the same business model.

This is stated in the roadmap or roadmap of the second phase of BUMN for the period 2024-2034.

PT Angkasa Pura I and PT Angkasa Pura II are two SOEs with airport management businesses. AP I manages 15 airports in the central and eastern regions of Indonesia, while AP II manages the majority of 20 airports in the western region of Indonesia.