KAI With Blue Bird, A Company Owned By Conglomerate Purnomo Prawiro, Presents Taxi Ordering Through The KAI Access Application

JAKARTA - PT Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero) or KAI and PT Blue Bird Tbk present a service that allows ordering Blue Bird taxis to be integrated into the KAI Access application, so that people who order train tickets can add Blue Bird taxi services before paying.

President Director of PT KAI Didiek Hartantyo revealed that the launch of the service will provide easier accessibility, integration, and convenience for KAI customers to take advantage of the company's taxis belonging to the conglomerate Purnomo Prawiro.

"So this is an extraordinary collaboration and synergy where Bluebird as the main taxi player and KAI as the main train player collaborate, synergize, in providing value to our customers," said Didiek in "Launching and Virtual Press Conference Features of First Mile and Last Mile Blue Bird on the KAI Access Application", quoted from Antara, Monday 30 August.

Didiek conveyed that the launch was a continuation of the collaboration between KAI and Blue Bird, which included the First Mile, which is a transportation pick-up from the initial location to the departure station. On September 16, 2020, KAI and Bluebird have introduced the Last Mile service or transportation from the arrival station to the destination location.

The wider reach of the collaboration is believed to be able to increase the accessibility, convenience, and convenience of mobility for the public using mass transportation, as well as a tangible manifestation of improving the quality of land transportation services through the digital transformation collaboration of the two companies.

According to him, this collaboration is also the first multi-mode integration of transportation in Indonesia, which includes the integration of services to the payment system.

Didiek hopes that the synergy between KAI and Blue Bird will continue to produce innovations to expand the service features that are already available in the KAI Access application. The goal is to provide comfort, trust, and safety to customers.

"I am confident and optimistic that this pandemic will soon be overcome by the government so that the new normal period will soon arrive, and we will develop transportation services. This is in line with KAI's vision, which is to become the best transportation ecosystem solution for Indonesia. continue to collaborate with other modes of transportation and the most important thing is this Bluebird Taxi service," he said.

Meanwhile, President Director of PT Blue Bird Tbk Sigit Djokosoetono said, the sustainability of this collaboration is a form of strong synergy between BUMN and the private sector to support growth and improve the quality of mass transportation services in Indonesia.

"We believe that this collaboration will be able to provide integrated services that people can rely on in meeting their mobility needs with inter-city and provincial distances," said Sigit.

Sigit added that the continuation of this collaboration also brings the Fixed Price feature which offers a fixed price on every trip with Bluebird.

"We want to share the best travel experience for loyal Blue Bird and KAI users through the Fixed Price feature. Through this feature, KAI Access service users get a peaceful travel experience with us starting from the starting point of departure to the initial destination station and from the final destination station to the end point. travel with fixed rates from Bluebird," he said.

This service can only be done for long distance trains. Ordering First Mile and Last Mile services on the KAI Access Application can be done simultaneously with booking train tickets, or separately from booking train tickets.

In this collaboration, KAI Access users can enjoy the Fixed Price feature from Blue Bird which is able to maximize comfort while traveling. The Fixed Price feature provides users with a fixed price scheme regardless of the uncertain situation on the roads, including traffic jams, thus providing extra peace of mind from the first or last mile journey to the destination.

Currently, the First Mile and Last Mile services can be used for departure and arrival stations, namely Gambir, Pasar Senen, Bandung, Semarang Tawang, Semarang Poncol, Yogyakarta, Surabaya Gubeng and Surabaya Pasar Turi. In the future, the number of serving stations will be added gradually.