Erick Thohir Plans To Combine Angkasa Pura I And II

BUMN Minister Erick Thohir (Photo: Mery Handayani / VOI)

JAKARTA - State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) Minister Erick Thohir plans to merge airport management companies, namely PT Angkasa Pura I and PT Angkasa Pura II. This plan is part of the Ministry of BUMN's steps in restructuring state enterprises.

Erick explained that this plan would soon be implemented. Moreover, the ministry has received the green light from President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) in the form of a Presidential Decree (Keppres).

"Alhamdulillah, yesterday we had a meeting with the relevant ministers, namely, the Minister of Transportation (Budi Karya Sumadi) and the Minister of Finance (Sri Mulyani). We will combine the name Angkasa Pura into one," he said in a working meeting with Commission VI of the DPR. virtually, Tuesday, June 9.

Not only that, Erick said, later BUMN would also combine it with air logistics. Thus, it does not only provide services for airports but also for logistics.

"There it is also combined with existing air logistics. This connection is part of efficiency," he said.

According to Erick, combining airport services and air logistics is nothing new in the international world. Because, several countries have done this first.

"We see that many Middle Eastern countries such as Emirates, Qatar also synergize more than air logistics and services than their airports," he explained.

PT Angkasa Pura I and PT Angkasa Pura II are included in the Facilities and Infrastructure Cluster, which includes Angkasa Pura, Pelindo, KAI, Garuda Indonesia and Damri. This cluster will be held by the deputy minister II.

Erick explained that the ministry had obtained the authority from the President to merge and liquidate BUMN companies. This authority is contained in Presidential Decree (Keppres) Number 40 / M of 2020 concerning the Establishment of the BUMN Restructuring Acceleration Team.

"Alhamdulillah, the President has issued a Presidential Decree. This is limited to the extent that we can merge or liquidate it but it does not mean selling the assets. This is of course our part to make SOEs healthy and of course improve internal conditions and ultimately improve performance," he said.

With this authority, Erick said, his party had reduced the number of BUMN companies from 142 to 107 at this time. The target is that in the next few years the number of BUMNs will continue to decrease to 70 companies.

"This number has dropped significantly and of course we will continue to reduce it. If possible, it will reach 70-80. This is of course stage one, the next we are trying to do," he said.