Angkasa Pura II Claims Prohibition Of Homecoming Makes The Number Of Passengers At The Airport Decrease By 90 Percent

JAKARTA - AP II President Director Muhammad Awaluddin said the policy to eliminate homecoming has been running optimally as evidenced by the reduction in flight intensity by up to 90 percent.

"The provisions for eliminating homecoming on the first day, May 6, 2021, run optimally at AP II airports. Air traffic at AP II airports, including Soekarno-Hatta Airport, which is the largest airport in Indonesia, has decreased by 90 percent compared to the previous day. the previous day. This indicates that the community did not travel, except in urgent circumstances, "said Muhammad Awaluddin in a press statement, quoted from Antara, Friday, May 7.

He said AP II airports wanted to contribute to preventing the spread of COVID-19 by fully carrying out the provisions for eliminating homecoming. The flights at AP II airports today are able to accommodate the needs of travelers with urgent needs.

He said a number of airlines had confirmed that they would not serve flights at AP II airports on May 6-17, 2021, as an effort to support the government regarding provisions for eliminating homecoming to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

For prospective passengers who already have flight tickets on that date, the airline provides a number of options, as informed by the Lion Air Group, namely: a refund process, a reschedule and rebook change process, and a flight route change process ( reroute).

"AP II airports want to contribute to efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19 by properly implementing the provisions for eliminating homecoming," explained Muhammad Awaluddin.

He added that PT Angkasa Pura II (Persero) since yesterday, Thursday 6 May 2021, officially opened the Air Transportation Control Post during Eid al-Fitr 1442 H at the airports managed by the company.

This post in AP II was opened virtually by the Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi, while at the same time the Minister of Transportation also opened a national level post at the Ministry of Transportation.

May 6-17, 2021 is designated as the period of eliminating homecoming. In that period, according to the COVID-19 Handling Task Force Circular Number 13 of 2021, the prohibition on cross-city / regency / provincial / country travel is exempted for travelers with urgent needs for non-travelers, namely:

- Work / business trips,

- Visit the sick family

- Visit the bereaved of family members

- Pregnant women who are accompanied by 1 family member, and the interests of accompanying childbirth are a maximum of 2 people.

Performers of cross-city / regency / provincial / state trips during the period of eliminating homecoming are required to have a written travel permit provided that:

1. For employees of government agencies / ASN / BUMN employees / BUMD employees, TNI soldiers and members of the National Police: attach a print out of a written permit from an echelon II level official equipped with a wet signature / electronic signature of an echelon II level official;

2. For private employees: attach a print out of a written permit from the company leadership, which is equipped with a wet signature / electronic signature of the company leadership;

3. For informal sector workers: attach a print out of a written permit from the village head / lurah which includes the wet signature / electronic signature of the village head / lurah;

4. For the non-working general public: attach a print out of a written permit from the village / lurah head which is equipped with the wet signature / electronic signature of the village / lurah head;

He said the posts at 19 AP II airports were tasked with, among other things, monitoring and examining these documents or certificates.

"This Monitoring and Inspection Post is a joint command post for all stakeholders, namely the COVID-19 Handling Task Force, Airport Authorities, airlines, AP II, TNI / Polri, Local Government, Quarantine, Immigration, and Customs and Excise, whose duties include checking travel requirements documents. for travelers who are exempted from the prohibition, record the criteria for people on a trip, and fully coordinate to ensure the implementation of health protocols such as physical distancing and so on. "

The posts at AP II airport are also integrated and connected with the national posts at the Ministry of Transportation.

"Access to CCTV and FIDS [Flight Information Display System] at the posts at 19 AP II airports is directly connected to the posts at the Ministry of Transportation, thus strengthening supervision by regulators," he concluded.

Muhammad Awaluddin also emphasized that all AP II directors will take turns every day to carry out their duties as operational leaders of the post, directly supervise airport operations during the prohibition or elimination of going home, ensuring that the provisions for eliminating homecoming are running optimally.