Don't Want Jet Lag, Susi Maneuvers To Avoid Accusations That Her Plane Is In Arrears In Parking: We Pay For Everything

JAKARTA – Susi Pudjiastuti, the owner of PT ASI Pudjiastuti Aviation which operates the Susi Air flight, still seems unable to let go of her disappointment over the incident of 'eviction' her aircraft fleet from the hangar of Colonel RA Bessing Malinau Airport some time ago.

Most recently, the former Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries refuted information which stated that the company he led was negligent in carrying out its obligations to local authorities.

"That Susi Air hasn't paid the hangar rent is not true at all," he said in response to a news article on his personal Twitter account verified by the blue tick @susipudjiastuti on Sunday, February 6.

According to Susi, what the Malinau Regional Government (Pemda) claims is groundless. In fact, he threw the opportunity for related parties to provide denial if his words did not match reality.

"Is it true what the local government said? Can you provide the data we haven't paid for? Because we have paid all obligations," he said.

As previously reported, this week the Indonesian public was shocked by the efforts of a number of people in civilian uniforms to push the plane out of the hangar at Colonel RA Bessing Malinau Airport.

It was later discovered that the plane belonged to Susi Pudjiastuti through Susi Air. It is suspected that the action that went viral in cyberspace was the result of the local authorities' reluctance to extend the aircraft parking space lease to the pioneering airline.