43 Apron Aircraft Delegation Of The G20 Summit Spread Across A Number Of Airports

Illustration of aircraft parking/ Photo: Bitor Ekin Putra

JAKARTA - General Manager of I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport Handy Heryudhitiawan said the apron or aircraft parking lot for the head of state/delegation of the G20 Summit will be distributed to a number of supporting airports due to limited apron capacity at Bali Airport.

"To park the plane, because the plane park in Bali is limited. We divide several planes (parking) at other airports as G20 supporting airports," Handy said quoting Antara, Sunday, November 12.

He explained that the G20 guests consisted of heads of state / delegations from 20 member countries, plus 9 invited countries and 10 invitees who would receive VVIP treatment.

Of these, he said, there would be several heads of state or delegates carrying more than one or even three planes.

He conveyed that the capacity of the apron at Bali's I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport was limited to only being able to accommodate a maximum of 62 aircraft.

Of the number of aprons, his party prepared 43 aprons for the head of state or the G20 delegation, while the remaining 19 aprons for commercial flights were still ongoing during the G20 Summit.

Several aircraft of the head of state or delegation will be deployed to park at other airports that have been designated as G20 supporting airports.

"We have prepared 43 (aircraft parking lots) for the G20 parking at Ngurah Rai. The remaining 19 we use for commercial regular flights that are still ongoing during the G20 Summit. Several delegates must be distributed (parking) to supporting airports because the airport capacity in Bali is not enough," said Handy.

He did not mention specifically the names of the airports that support the G20 for security reasons. However, several places designated as supporting airports are in Lombok, Surabaya, Makassar, Banjarmasin, Balikpapan, Solo, Semarang, Kulon Progo, Jakarta, and Cengkareng.

There are also airports in Banyuwangi that are close to Bali, for small private planes. Because a delegation came using a private plane," he also said.

Technically, he said, all aircraft carrying heads of state and delegates as well as G20 invited guests will land at I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport starting Sunday today. After the head of state of the G20 is down, several planes will return to fly to the airports that have been appointed as providers of the apron.

The appointment of which aircraft to park at the supporting airport has been decided together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Transportation, Airnav Indonesia and Angkasa Pura II.

"We have communicated this with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to these countries and they can understand and accept it," he concluded.