Pertamina Sells Avtur To 47 Countries, Thailand And Japan Get The Largest Portion

Illustration. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - Limited Liability Company Pertamina Patra Niaga continues to expand sales of aviation products, one of which is aviation fuel (Avtur), by reaching 47 countries in the market.

The Corporate Secretary, Irto Ginting, said that his party had served the aviation fuel needs in 128 locations in the world spread across 47 countries through strategic partnership schemes since 2014.

"The strategic partnership that we run is the Contracting Company Delivering Company model or known as Conco Delco", he said, quoted from Antara, Wednesday, October 13.

Irto explained that the strategic partnership is a best practice scheme in the aviation industry so that the total distribution of the highest Avtur reached more than 700,000 kiloliters in 2019.

Pertamina's strategic partnership for Avtur distribution is not only centered in the Southeast Asian region but also in Europe and the Middle East. In 2020, the highest distribution volume was in Thailand, which reached 20 percent of the total distribution of Avtur abroad.

The second position is followed by Japan which reaches more than 14 percent, while for Europe and the Middle East it is also quite high, especially in the Netherlands and Saudi Arabia with the percentage of distribution in these two countries almost reaching 8 percent of the total international distribution.

Meanwhile, from the airline side, it was noted that Pertamina's Conco Delco services did not only focus on domestic airlines serving international flight routes. Last year, Philippine and Japanese airlines occupied the top positions of the five airlines with the highest volume of aviation fuel distribution.

"This proves that our Avtur service footprint has been recognized and can compete with various companies in the aviation industry", said Irto.

Pertamina experienced a significant decline in the distribution of aviation fuel during the COVID-19 pandemic due to declining demand and the limited number of flights. Since the pandemic, the company has used this situation to evaluate and improve the quality and effectiveness of aviation fuel services abroad.

One of the steps taken by the company, said Irto, is to align its business with Pertamina International Marketing & Distribution as a trading arm abroad. The company will make strategic adjustments in expanding the aviation fuel business in the future.

The next step is to strengthen the digitization system as an effort to strengthen the mechanism that supports aviation fuel distribution services.

"We hope that in the future the aviation business will improve, and we can continue to expand Pertamina's international aviation business network", concluded Irto.