BOGOR - The status of Nusantara Capital Airport (IKN), East Kalimantan will be changed from a special airport to a public airport. This step is referred to as part of efforts to open accessibility and increase community mobility towards the core area of the new government.
Secretary of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation of the Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub), Achmad Setiyo Prabowo said the status change was still waiting for official regulations from the central government.
"What will be changed is the status of the airport specifically to the public. But we are waiting for the Presidential Regulation (Perpres)," he said at a media gathering, in Bogor, West Java, Thursday, December 11.
Setiyo explained that the decision to change the status of the airport was based on various strategic considerations. One of the main things is the need for the movement of passengers to and from IKN.
"The considerations are many factors. Of course, the most common is the consideration for the movement of passengers from and to IKN. Also the economic growth around there," he explained.
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With a new status as a public airport, continued Setiyo, the opportunity for airlines to open flights to IKN will be wider. This includes the potential for airport development to become a commercial facility.
"By changing its status to a public airport, hopefully it will also invite investors who will enter there," said Setiyo.
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