Danantara Boss Regarding The Indonesian Pelita-Garuda Merger: To Be More Efficient

CEO of Danantara Rosan Roeslani (Photo: dock VOI)

JAKARTA - CEO of Danantara Indonesia, Rosan Roeslani opened his voice regarding the plan to merge Pelita Air to PT Garuda Indonesia (Persero) Tbk. He said the plan was still being studied and there had been no decision.

"Everything is still being studied," he told reporters at the Presidential Palace Complex, Jakarta, Tuesday, September 16.

Furthermore, Rosan said that the plan to merge the two airlines operationally could be more efficient. In fact, he said productivity could also increase with this merger.

"The point is to be more efficient, increase productivity more, and also optimize existing assets, both in terms of flight hours and aircraft parts, and others. All of them are being evaluated again," he said.

Previously, Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) Erick Thohir opened his voice regarding the plan to merge Pelita Air airline to PT Garuda Indonesia (Persero) Tbk. He said the study related to the plan was in Danantara Indonesia.

Furthermore, Erick said that his party, in this case the Ministry of SOEs, only provided a purpose.

"We from the Ministry of SOEs will follow the policy (policy) that will be carried out by Danantara. If we are just approval (approval) at the end. So the study process is in Danantara," Erick said when met at the DPR RI, Jakarta, Monday, September 15.

Even so, Erick said the Ministry of SOEs in principle supports the steps that Danantara will take. However, Erick emphasized that the entire analysis process to benchmarking is entirely available in Danantara.

"In principle, we support what Danantara will do, but the process ends with us. But the important thing is, the process rather than the study, benchmarking is not all with us anymore," he said.