Angkasa Pura II: Plane Transfer Scenario From Halim Perdanakusuma Airport To Soekarno-Hatta Very Smoothly

Illustration. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - PT Angkasa Pura II informs that all commercial aircraft operated by scheduled and non-scheduled commercial airlines, a total of 67 aircraft units have been gradually transferred on 22-25 January 2022 to the recipient airport according to the scenario prepared by the Operation Readiness and Airport Transfer team. (ORAT) together with relevant stakeholders including the Ministry of Transportation, Airport Authority Region I, AirNav Indonesia and airlines.

The last commercial aircraft that moved from Halim Perdanakusuma Airport was N881SG - Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) which took off at around 23.36 WIB to Soekarno-Hatta Airport.

"The scenario for the transfer of commercial aircraft from Halim Perdanakusuma Airport to the receiving airport went very smoothly. We thank all parties for the excellent collaboration so that in 4 days, namely January 22-25 2022, all scheduled and unscheduled commercial airline aircraft have moved from Halim Perdanakusuma Airport," said President Director of AP II Muhammad Awaluddin in a statement in Jakarta, quoted from Antara, Wednesday, January 26.

Awaluddin said that the airport that received the most scheduled and unscheduled commercial airline flights from Halim Perdanakusuma Airport was Soekarno-Hatta Airport, namely 7 units of scheduled commercial airline aircraft and 42 units of non-scheduled commercial airline aircraft.

He said, Soekarno-Hatta Airport was optimizing the existing parking stands to accept aircraft transfers from Halim Perdanakusuma Airport.

"Soekarno-Hatta Airport has a parking stand that can park up to 270 aircraft, so the capacity is very ready to accept aircraft transfers from Halim Perdanakusuma Airport," he said.

Furthermore, he said that coordination with airlines had certainly been carried out regarding the placement of aircraft and also the aircraft passenger terminal.

"Through this aircraft transfer, Soekarno-Hatta Airport can support the revitalization of Halim Perdanakusuma Airport while ensuring national flight connectivity is maintained," he said.

Passenger departures for non-scheduled commercial flights at Soekarno-Hatta Airport will be made through the Commercial Important Person (CIP) Lounge located in the Terminal 1 building area.

The CIP Lounge itself is managed by PT Angkasa Pura Solusi with facilities including executive lounge, meeting room, dining room, praying room, co-working desk, airside transfer to aircraft and airside transfer from aircraft.

Meanwhile, as of January 26, 2022, Batik Air and Citilink scheduled commercial flights which were previously operated at Halim Perdanakusuma Airport are now starting to operate at Soekarno-Hatta Airport.

Batik Air operates in Terminal 2E, meanwhile Citilink operates in Terminal 3. Awaluddin added, along with the temporary closure of Halim Perdanakusuma Airport in the context of revitalization, VVIP and VIP flights are now also being carried out at Soekarno-Hatta Airport.

Soekarno-Hatta Airport itself has a VIP Terminal located in the Terminal 3 area, which among other things is functioned to serve flights for state guests.