Paying For Hangar Rentals In Malinau Already Paid But Not Occupied, Smart Aviation Reveals There Are Losses

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JAKARTA - PT Smart Cakrawala Aviation or Smart Aviation, which is Susi Air's replacement tenant at the Malinau Hangar, revealed that his party had paid the hangar rental fee to the Malinau Regional Government for a full year.

Jois Christine as Executive Staff for BoD PT Smart Cakrawala Aviation revealed that he has pocketed a contract until December 31, 2022

"What we know is that the contract is per year. We also have this contract only until the end of 2022. If the local government decides next year to give this contract to another operator, then we will comply. But the contract is only one year," he said at a press conference. in Jakarta, February 7th.

Meanwhile, the CEO of PT Smart Cakrawala Aviation, Pongky Majaya, said that his party had suffered material losses, although they had paid the rent but were not occupied, they still provided space for the local government to resolve their problems with the previous tenants.

"We provide the widest possible space for the regional government to complete the regional government's obligations in terms of handing over this hangar to us in an empty and proper condition even though there are material losses," he explained.

However, he was reluctant to specify the nominal loss suffered and asked to directly ask the local government regarding the agreed rental fee.

Pongky guarantees that this problem will not interfere with the airline's operations in serving the people in North Kalimantan.

"We also guarantee that there will be no schedule delays or there will be no disruption to our operations even though we have not been able to carry out maintenance there," he added.

It should be noted that since early January, there have been 3 to 4 times maintenance and had to be carried out at facilities owned by Smart Aviation in Singkawang, West Kalimantan and Papua.

"The loss from the rental side is not much. But the big loss is when we have to mobilize planes from Malinau to the two locations," he concluded.