The Directorate General of Air Transportation at the Transportation Ministry released on Tuesday the results of its audit of the nation’s airports, with Bali’s Ngurah Rai International Airport topping the list as the country’s best according to an article in the Jakarta Post.
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The Directorate General of Land Transportation will implement a stricter, quality-based approach when selecting shuttle service providers to link Soekarno-Hatta International Airport with nearby cities.
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After long lagging behind in the e-ticketing stakes, 82 percent of airline passengers in Indonesia now access websites or telephone carriers to have their tickets issued electronically, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
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Ainur pedaled his bike quickly, enjoying the smooth ride on the asphalted road with the wind at his back. “It’s like riding on an airplane,” he said. The road Ainur and his friends use as their playground almost every afternoon is the runway of the Banyuwangi Airport, located in Blimbingsari village, Ronggojampi district, Banyuwangi regency in East Java.
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The Indonesian government is planning to use the air traffic control (ATC) services of other countries such as the Philippines and India to compliment its own controllers in Jakarta and Makassar to ensure the safety of all international flights in Indonesian airspace.
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Domestic airports in Indonesia require a bit of patience, understanding and to a certain extent lee-way with the services offered. Nah, let’s face it, it is pretty well not up to scratch!. When you travel a lot internally in the archipelago as I do then the lack of service does tend to frustrate and annoy you, in fact, can drive you to the edge of insanity and back. I was reading a letter sent in to the Jakarta Post the other day and I must say that I wholeheartedly agree with the author of the letter:
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The number of air passengers of Indonesia`s eastern provinces may increase significantly and has prompted Lion Air to tap the potential market by operating Boeing 737-900ER aircraft, a spokesman said. The number of air passengers the eastern provinces of Indonesia may increase by more than 25 percent a year, while those in the western parts of the country had been growing by 6.8 percent to 7 percent a year, he said.
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The Transportation Ministry on Monday initiated a three-day audit of Polonia airport in Medan, North Sumatra to evaluate the airport’s security, safety and services. Polonia airport is one of five major Indonesian airports being audited by the ministry, which is under pressure after a string of aviation disasters. Juanda airport in Surabaya, East Java, is also currently being audited. Three other airports — in Bali, Jakarta and Makassar in South Sulawesi — have already been evaluated by audit teams.
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Interesting letter in yesterday’s Jakarta Post regarding the lack of facilities for those people in our society who are physically impaired. I dislike the word ‘disabled’!. After I read the letter, I mentally walked around the airport picturing in my mind the situation there, and yes, there are no facilities. Here’s the letter:
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I used to get really annoyed in my younger years when a plane that I was going to board gets delayed. Over the years I have mellowed. I can recall on one occasion at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport I was waiting for a flight to Yogyakarta and the flight was delayed by 11 hours. But you have to feel sorry for the hundreds of would-be Mandala airlines passengers who were stranded for hours at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport on Saturday.
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