Welcoming The G20 Summit, Erick Thohir Asks For The Bali Ngurah Rai Airport VIP Building To Be Expanded

JAKARTA - Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) Erick Thohir directly inspected the readiness of I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport, in supporting the implementation of the 2022 G20 Summit (KTT) which was held in Bali.

Erick highlighted the importance of service at I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport. According to Erick, services in Indonesia are well known to the world community. Therefore, said Erick, each G20 delegation will have high expectations of the services they will receive.

"Certainly when the delegation came here, the expectations were quite high with Indonesia's services, which are well known throughout the world. We have checked the facilities," he said in a written statement received by VOI, Wednesday, December 29.

According to Erick, similar to other places, Bali's I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport has also received a slight improvement. Erick also asked for the VIP Building to be expanded.

"Just like the other places reviewed today, there needs to be a little improvisation, but not something big. The plan is that there will be an expansion in the VIP Building, which is approximately 2,428 m2 later," he said.

Erick said that the readiness of Bali's I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport was very maximal in welcoming the G20 delegation. According to him, this is also important to welcome the economic revival on the Island of the Gods.

"If we see, the airport is very optimal, Indonesia has good facilities. I think this is important for the revival of the Bali economy itself, and the Indonesian economy more broadly," he said.

During his visit to Bali, Erick also reviewed the readiness of a number of other supporting infrastructure such as the Bali Mandara Toll Road, as well as the Nusa Dua area which will be the main location.

Meanwhile, President Director of Angkasa Pura I Faik Fahmi said that one of the airports under his management, I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport, Bali, is ready to support the grand international event of the G20 High Level Conference (G20 Summit) which will be held in Bali at the end of October 2022. .

"I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport as the main air gateway to the island of Bali, and in this case is the main gate in air transportation for delegates, is in principle ready to support the implementation of the 2022 G20 Summit," he said.