Boeing Interested In Partnering With RI, Ready To Help Indonesia's Aerospace Industry

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JAKARTA - Aircraft manufacturer from the United States, Boeing is interested in partnering with the government and stakeholders in Indonesia regarding Indonesia Gold's 2045 vision to be ready to help and support the Indonesian aerospace industry.

"We are very interested in partnering with the Indonesian government regarding the vision of Indonesia Gold 2045," said Boeing Indonesia Country Managing Director Zaid Alami in Jakarta, quoted from Antara, Monday, June 10.

He said that currently Boeing is working with not only the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas), but also with a number of government ministries and officials as well as regulators and companies because it is to achieve the vision of Indonesia Gold 2045, what is needed is not only to cooperate with the government but also to cover aspects of supply chains, customers, airports, and partner with universities.

"We need to look at the overall aviation ecosystem, and that's our commitment," he said.

According to Zaid, Boeing is ready to help and support the growth of the aerospace industry in Indonesia holistically.

"We want to ensure that we are ready to help and support the growth of the aerospace industry in Indonesia in a holistic manner, not only with one element, and that is our role in helping Indonesia's 2045 vision," he said.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) projects that Indonesia will become the fourth largest commercial aviation market in the world.

"Boeing wants to make this happen, and to achieve that it cannot depend on one element or aspect alone," said Zaid.

He added that the goal of focusing holistically is to explore and understand opportunities for Boeing to partner, opportunities to collaborate, and help achieve the growth of Indonesia's aviation industry

"So whether it's training, education, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), partnering with our customers on efficiency, regarding capacity building, sustainability, everything is part of our vision and we are very interested in working together and continuing partnerships with Indonesia for the next 75 years," said Zaid.