The Ministry Of Transportation Reveals The Cause Of Delay's Frequent Flights

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JAKARTA - The Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub) has opened its voice by experiencing many flights that have experienced delays or delays. Starting from Lion Air Group to Garuda Indonesia.

Spokesperson for the Ministry of Transportation Adita Irawati said the delay in aircraft that occurred to various national airlines was due to the limited number of aircraft operating.

Furthermore, Adita said that the limited number of aircraft was the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. At that time, there was a reduction in aircraft and travel restrictions both at home and abroad.

Between demand and supply is not balanced. Passengers have gone up a lot, while the supply of aircraft is limited. And this has an effect on delays from technical and operational aspects," he told reporters, written Wednesday, June 7.

For your information, the number of aircraft operating in Indonesia has decreased from 600 to 450 aircraft. This condition causes aircraft cruise to become low.

Adita said that before the COVID-19 pandemic, problematic aircraft could be replaced with reserve aircraft, but now there are no reserve aircraft because the number is reduced.

Furthermore, Adita said the delays in one flight would be affected by other flight schedules.

"So as a result there is a domino effect and if there are delay problems it will be experienced on other flights. And now this is a tendency like that. Because of the problem, there are technical problems that must be overcome but it takes time and there is no back up and be delayed," he said.

Adita revealed that the plane's delay conditions were due to the imbalance in the number of aircraft and the number of passengers not only occurred in Indonesia, but also experienced by all airlines in the world.

"And this is not only happening in Indonesia, international flights for Hajj are also in such condition. Because this is an international problem. In particular, the supply of spare parts is still scarce and the manufacturer doesn't want it first," he explained.