Up 17 Percent, AirNav Serves 1.8 Million Flight Traffics In 2023

Plane illustration (Photo: dock. Antara)

JAKARTA The Public Company of the Aviation Navigation Service Administration (Perum LPPNPI) or AirNav Indonesia reported that it had served flight tracing of more than 1.8 million flights as of December 2023. This number increased 17 percent compared to last year.

"Alhamdullilah, thanks to the synergy and collaboration with all aviation stakeholders, AirNav Indonesia can make it through 2023 well, flight traffic has gradually returned to normal, On-Time Performance (OTP) is increasing, flight regularity and safety can be maintained properly," said the President Director of Polara B. Pramesti during a press conference, in Sentul, Bogor, Thursday, December 28.

Furthermore, Polana said that in 2023, AirNav served more than 5,000 flights per day, of which 80 percent were domestic flights, 12 percent were international flights, and the remaining 8 percent were cross-air flights (not landing in Indonesia).

"The number of traffic is approaching normal conditions before the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020," said Polana.

Polana also conveyed that AirNav Indonesia's operational services were very well realized. This is shown by the level of timeliness (On-Time Performance) for aircraft departures and arrivals reaching 99.8 percent exceeding the 2023 target of 95 percent.

On the side of flight safety performance, AirNav also managed to reduce the number of flight safety events below 1 percent, where the environmental and weather factors dominated 67 percent.

Polana said the level of readiness and performance of communication, navigation, surveillance and automation facilities could also be maintained above 99 percent so that it could support operational activities properly.

"The increase in the number of flights, as well as various other positive aspects that have been pursued in a corporate manner, has a significant impact on the company's health scale, where by the end of 2023 AirNav will score 95.5 or classified as 'AAA'," he explained.

AirNav, continued Polana, is also committed to continuing to provide the best for users of flight navigation services, with various innovations in terms of applications and procedures that can improve flight safety, regularity and efficiency in Indonesia.

Polana said with innovations such as the User Prefered Route (UPR) program or the Air Toll Road and the Performance Based Navigation (PBN) program, allowing airlines to choose the most efficient flight routes and save fuel, this also has a positive impact on reducing carbon gas emissions.

"The UPR program or Air Toll Road even received appreciation from the international aviation world, where in October 2023, AirNav was asked to participate in developing the UPR program for international routes, and signing MoU cooperation with 8 aviation navigation operators in Asia Pacific countries such as Singapore, Thailand, Phillipines, Japan, China, Australia, New Zealand and the United States," he said.

Polana said AirNav also received appreciation from the government and international regarding safe and smooth flight traffic services during international events such as the ASEAN Summit in Labuan Bajo and Jakarta, F1H2O Powerboat at North Sumatra Blate, and Moto GP at Mandalika Lombok.

"We have made various efforts, such as additional personnel and operating hours, emergency situation training, flight slot arrangements, air space reservations, support facilities readiness, preparation of parking stands at supporting airports, issuance of NOTAM and ASHTAM, and others, to support the success of these various events, to deliver delegates safely, while maintaining regular flight regularity, so as to make Indonesia proud in the international arena," said Polana.