In Just A Month, COVID-19 Has Made Angkasa Pura I Lose Rp. 207 Billion

Angkara Pura I press conference, in Jakarta, Friday 6 March. (Mery Handayani / VOI)

JAKARTA - The corona virus or COVID-19 has not only spread in China but has also reached several other countries, including Indonesia. As a result of this outbreak, the tourism and industry sectors, including airport services, were affected.

PT Angkasa Pura I admitted that it had to bear a loss of income of up to IDR 207 billion from January to February due to COVID-19. President Director of Angkasa Pura I Faik Fahmi said the loss was due to the policy of stopping flights to and from China in line with the spread of COVID-19.

Faik explained that the Rp207 billion loss came from both international and domestic flights, with an average range of around Rp100 billion per month.

"From our calculations January-February, the loss opportunity from stopping several flights, both domestic and international, is around Rp207 billion per two months. We have not calculated the impact of its non-aero businesses, restaurants and hotels," he said, when met at GS8 Building, Gambir, Jakarta. , Friday, March 6.

According to Faik, out of a total loss of Rp207 billion for AP I, especially for flights to and from China, the total loss reached Rp. 48 billion. Because, per day there are about 35 flights with a total of 6,800 passengers from China.

"The impact is of course quite significant. We have calculated the financial impact of our loss of income opportunity from the 35 flights per day that were canceled from China mainland of around Rp. 48 billion. That is only in terms of flights from China," he explained.

Based on data from AP I for January-February 2020, a total of around 12,703 flights had to be canceled from 15 airports. In details, as many as 11,680 domestic flights and the remaining 1,023 international flights.

Faik said this was not included in the projection of postponing the Umrah pilgrimage which would add to the burden of losses for the company. According to him, quite a lot of Umrah pilgrims fly through airports managed by AP I, which is around 90 flights per month.

Furthermore, said Faik, the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak will be greater in the following months. Because there will be many flight cancellations.

"The possible impact of this with the termination of Umrah will be even greater. So this is something that happens and is felt by all aviation business people. That is the impact that is now happening commercially," he said.