Transjakarta Enters Soetta Airport, What About Damri?

JAKARTA - The general company (Perum) of Djakarta Transportation (PPD) has officially joined the Damri Corporation. As a result of this merger, news circulated that the Transjakarta bus service with PPD as one of its operators would be expanded and entered the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (Soetta) area.

Initially, it was stated that Transjakarta would only serve workers in the Soetta Airport area such as Angkasa Pura employees. Then it developed where the general public could enjoy Transjakarta services at Soetta Airport.

For your information, PPD is one of the bus operators that runs Transjakarta routes.

Responding to this, the President Director (Director) of Damri Setia N Milatia Moemin admitted that he had no problem with the plan to enter Transjakarta into the Soetta Airport area. He also said that Transjakarta was not a rival to Damri's business.

The reason is, Setia said because Perum PPD, whose 90 percent business operates Transjakarta services, has been merged or merged with Damri. The merger of Perum PPD with Damri is based on Government Regulation (PP) Number 30 of 2023.

"No (becoming a competitor to Damri). It's one. Now it's one," he told reporters, Tuesday, June 20.

Furthermore, Setia also believes that this plan will not interfere with the Damri market as one of the public transportation that serves the community to the Soetta Airport area.

Setia believes that even later the customers who make their own choices will use what transportation to Soetta Airport.

"No, that's the market mechanism. The market mechanism will take effect later. Right, the choice is in the customer. Right? Finally, the customer itself will decide," he explained.

Moreover, continued Setia, Damri's market share with Transjakarta is different. He said, Damri has a market share outside the city while Transjakarta is in the city.

"Transjakarta is a different share. So transjakarta will usually be used by AP employees who go that way, and so on. But usually Damri customers are people out of town segments where people outside the city are not commuter bases, not daily trips," he said.

Regarding the entry of Transjakarta into the Soetta Airport area, there has been no official decision. Setia also said that there would definitely be coordination with related parties regarding this plan.

"There must be coordination. We will discuss it further later on that," he said.