Indonesia's N-219 Aircraft Will Operate In Congo

Photo: Doc. Antara

JAKARTA - The N-219 aircraft produced by PT Dirgantara Indonesia (Persero) will operate in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as the results of trade and investment cooperation driven through the 2024 High-Level Forum on Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships (HLF MSP).

"One concrete manifestation of the 2024 MSP HLF event, this morning the sale and purchase of 5 units of PTDI N-219 aircraft that will later be operated by companies based in Congo," said Deputy for Political, Legal and Security Affairs of the Ministry of National Development Planning/Bappenas Bogat Widyatmoko during a press conference on the 2024 MSP HLF in Badung, Bali, quoted from Antara, Tuesday, September 3.

The N-219 aircraft is designed to land at small airports with difficult runway conditions, including landing in the water.

For this reason, this aircraft can be a transportation that increases connectivity in archipelagic countries.

Deputy for Economic Affairs of the Ministry of National Development Planning/Bappenas Amalia Adininggar Widyasanti added that this aircraft also has a domestic component level (TKDN) of 40 percent.

"So, this is a product made by Indonesian children that we want to encourage to continue to develop," said Amalia.

The sale and purchase contract value of N-219 aircraft reached US$66.2 million for five aircraft.

Amalia said the commercialization of N-219 aircraft would continue and be expanded in the future.

"We will continue to try to commercialize aircraft made by our nation's children, and then not only domestically for connectivity purposes, but also in the South," said Amalia.

This morning, Indonesia through the Ministry of National Development Planning/Bappenas strengthened bilateral cooperation with the Solomon Islands and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The strengthening of bilateral cooperation was carried out by the Minister of National Development Planning/Head of Bappenas Suharso Monoarfa with representatives of the Solomon Islands and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Solomon Islands was represented by the Minister of National Planning and Development Coordination Rexon Annex Ramofafia and Minister of Education and Human Resources Development Tozen Leokana.

The Democratic Republic of Congo was represented by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Planning and Coordination of Guylain Development Assistance Nyembo Mbwizya.