JAKARTA - Angkasa Pura Airports attend a hearing with the Committee II Regional Representative Council of the Republic of Indonesia (DPD RI) which was held on Wednesday afternoon at the Office DPD Parliament Complex Senayan Jakarta (4/02). Hearing is about the supervision over the implementation of DPD RI Law 1 of 2009 on Aviation.
The hearing was chaired by the Chairman of Committee II, Parlindungan Purba and attended by President Director of Angkasa Pura Airports Tommy Soetomo, Operation Director of Angkasa Pura Airports Yushan Sayuti, the Board of Directors Angkasa Pura II Daan Achmad, and Head of the Legal Department of the Air Force.
In his speech, Parlindungan Purba describes the functions and duties as well as the scope of Committee II DPD and the intent and purpose of the hearing is. "This meeting wanted to know the extent to which implementation of Law No. 1 of 2009 and the progress of projects being carried out by Angkasa Pura," he said.
Described by the President Director of Angkasa Pura Airports, Tommy Soetomo, that with the enactment of Law No. 1 Year 2009 then authority Angkasa Pura Airports only on the function of airport concessions. "As a Business Entity Airport (BUBU), Angkasa Pura Airports only perform the function of" exploitation and does not have the authority to regulate, control, and supervise," said Tommy Soetomo.
Associated with the enactment of the Act, Tommy revealed that the airport be a major concern for Angkasa Pura Airports. For the development of the airport became the focus of work in order to overcome the problem of lack of capacity and also at the same time increase the level of service. "In 2014 it was noted that passenger traffic at airports managed by Angkasa Pura Airports has reached 73.6 million pax and will continue to grow each year. In 2014, we also inaugurated the Juanda Airport Terminal 2, International Airport of Sepinggan Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman , and the International Airport of Ngurah Rai Bali," he added.
On the occasion Tommy Soetomo explained that there are projects that the airport will be completed the development of Ahmad Yani International Airport, Terminal 3 Juanda International Airport in Surabaya, Banjarmasin development Syamsudin Noor Airport, the construction of a new airport in Kulon Progo Yogyakarta Airport and the Airport City development Makassar. "However, these projects must not be separated from the constraints, such as land issues. Fortunately, we are still and will continue to have a passion and enthusiasm to complete the project," he added. [PDRS]
