Erick Thohir Appoints Wendo Asrul Plt Director Of Angkasa Pura II, Replace Muhammad Awaluddin

JAKARTA - Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) Erick Thohir appointed Wendo Asrul as Acting President Director (Plt) of Angkasa Pura (AP) II. Erick previously removed Muhammad Awaluddin as the previous President Director.

The Ministry of SOEs and PT Aviasi Wisata Indonesia (Persero) or InJourney Holding have determined the Director of Operations of PT Angkasa Pura II Wendo Asrul Rose as Acting President Director of Angkasa Pura II as of November 17, 2023.

This decision Kun is contained in a copy of the Decree of the Minister of State-Owned Enterprises number: SK-311/MBU/2023 and the President Director of the Company (Persero) PT Aviasi Wisata Indonesia as Shareholders of PT Angkasa Pura II, number: KEP.INJ.01/23/11/2023/A.0083.

"Wendo Asrul Rose replaces Muhammad Awaluddin who has served as President Director of AP II for 2016-2023," said SVP of Corporate Secretary Deni Krisnowibowo in a written statement, quoted on Saturday, November 18.

Muhammad Awaluddin also expressed his gratitude to the Ministry of SOEs and InJourney for the opportunity given to serve in AP II for about seven years.

"Thank you also to all AP II employees for their support. I pray that AP II will be more advanced to provide the best service for the community and strengthen national flight connectivity," he said.

The following is a list of the latest compositions of AP II directors:

- Acting President Director: Wendo Asrul Rose

- Director of Operations: Wendo Asrul Rose

- Director of Finance and Risk Management: Hilda Savitri

- Commercial and Service Director: Mohammad Rizal Pahlevi

- Human Capital Director: Teaching Setiadi

- Technical Director: Agus Wialdi

For your information, the Ministry of SOEs is currently working on a plan to merge airport management companies PT Angkasa Pura I (Persero) and PT Angkasa Pura II (Persero).

Related to this, Deputy Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) Kartika Wirjoatmodjo revealed that later a company will be formed as a holding company to combine the management of airports owned by the two companies.

"Well, we want a strategic holding company above it to combine it. So, later on, we will have an interaction process to build a complete air transportation ecosystem," he told reporters at the Sarinah Building, Jakarta, Tuesday, October 3.

The man who is familiarly called Tiko said this merger was an effort to integrate air services. Because, he said, so far the airport management has been separate between the west and east.

In addition, Tiko said, his party is also considering the separation or spin off of the airport business entity (BUBU) specifically for Soekarno-Hatta Airport and Bali's I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport.

The Soekarno-Hatta Airport itself is currently under the management of AP II. Meanwhile, I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport is under the management of AP I.

"For example, like Jakarta and Bali, maybe we will spin off to be an operating company (OPCO) separately with our own BUBU," he said.

Even so, Tiko admitted that he could not confirm whether a new company would be formed to manage the two airports.