Homecoming Prohibited, AP II Prepares To Arrange Airport

Garuda aircraft at Soekarno-Hatta Airport (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - PT Angkasa Pura II (Persero) is preparing to support the provisions of the homecoming ban that is valid from May 6 to 17, 2021. The Company conducts arrangements on three aspects, namely airport personnel, airport operational aspects, and flight systems at 20 airports managed.

The provisions of the homecoming ban are listed in the Circular letter of the Task Force on Handling COVID-19 Number 13 of 2021 concerning the Prohibition of Eid al-Fitr homecoming and COVID-19 Control during the Holy Month of Ramadan 1442 Hijri.

Then, Regulation of the Minister of Transportation No. 13 of 2021 concerning Transportation Control During Eid al-Fitr 1442 Hijri Year 2021 to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19.

AP II President Director Muhammad Awaluddin said all AP II airports have been prepared to be able to operate resiliently and quickly adapt (agility operation) supported by the use of technology to follow the dynamic of regulation in the middle of the pandemic.

Related to the ban on homecoming in 2021, it organizes airport staff on duty. Arrangements include service and operational personnel. According to Awaluddin, personnel arrangements can be easily done by viewing various operational information live in the iPerform application intended specifically for the company's internals.

iPerform application has several features for AP II employees, including smart airport dashboard, airport overview, airport movement, official memo for each employee, garbarata monitoring (Passenger Boarding Bridge), swing gate monitoring, and aircraft parking stand monitoring, baggage monitoring, tenant monitoring, and revenue report.

"With iPerform, AP II can definitively organize personnel based on operational data", he said in a written statement received by VOI, Saturday, April 10.

Besides, said Awaluddin, it also conducts the arrangement of the operating system. Soekarno-Hatta Airport which is the largest and busiest airport in Indonesia currently operates an Airport Operation Control Center (AOCC) building equipped with a variety of modern equipment as a forum for collaboration among aviation stakeholders.

Awaluddin said the existence of AOCC is very important to organize the overall airport operational system before, during, and after the regulation of the homecoming ban from May 6 to 17, 2021.

Stakeholders involved in the AOCC are AP II, airlines, ground handling, Airport Authority, Customs and Excise, Immigration, Quarantine, AirNav Indonesia.

"Through AOCC, airport stakeholders can be flexible in making operational arrangements so that Soekarno-Hatta Airport can quickly adapt amid the dynamic conditions in this pandemic", he said.

AP II also performs flight system setup. Awaluddin said, his party and stakeholders will organize the flight system at Soekarno-Hatta Airport through the implementation of Airport Collaborative Decision Making (A-CDM) so that the movement of aircraft at the airport can be optimal.

A-CDM can, among other things, improve flight predictability and optimize operations. All stakeholders such as AP II (airport operator), airlines, AirNav Indonesia, and ground handling will be able to share all information and data related to flight operations to plan well.

"The arrangement through A-CDM focuses on flight operations that are excluded in the 2021 homecoming ban. Every flight operation must remain efficient and effective under any conditions, whether traffic is heavy or not", he explained.

Through the arrangement on these three aspects, Awaluddin said all airports managed by AP II as many as 20 airports remain optimal in performing operational functions during the homecoming ban period of May 6 to 17, 2021.

"Thus, by being able to maintain Indonesian air connectivity and serve flights that are excluded from the homecoming ban", he said.

By Regulation of the Minister of Transportation No. 13 of 2021, the use of air transportation is excluded when the homecoming ban is imposed, namely the flight operations of high-ranking institutions and state guests; embassies, consulates general, and foreign consulates as well as representatives of international organizations.

Then, special repatriation flight operations; law enforcement, order, and emergency services operations; cargo transport operations; as well as other pioneering operational air transport operations with the permission of the Director-General of Civil Aviation Ministry of Transportation.