Karawang Airport Ready for Kick-Off in 2014_October 11, 2014_The Jakarta Post
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3/12/2014 Karawang Airport ready for kick-off in 2014 | The Jakarta Post http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/10/11/karawang-airport-ready-kick-2014.html 1/3 News Views Life Election Watch Outlook The government says the administrative process, including the West Java spatial plan review, of the much-anticipated Karawang International Airport, has entered its final stage, making the project available for a sounding out of investors next year. Transportation Ministry air transportation director general Herry Bakti S. Gumay said the final administration document was currently at the Office of the Coordinating Economic Minister. “The administrative process of Karawang Airport has been at the Office of the Coordinating Economic Minister for the past few months and we are hoping to finalize every detail of this process by the end of this year because we need more capacity to handle air traffic,” Herry said on Thursday on the sidelines of the annual National Transportation Research Competition. The new airport is being built to help support the country’s main gateway of Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Cengkareng, Banten, west of Jakarta, which has been operating at overcapacity. According to recent data from the Transportation Ministry, the number of passengers passing through Soekarno-Hatta reached 57.7 million last year, up from 52 million the previous year. The airport was designed to accommodate up to 22 million passengers each year. “We cannot wait any longer because the growth of the aviation industry is twice as large as the economy. We need more infrastructure. We expect to begin market sounding to investors in the first or second quarter of 2014 so that we can construct it immediately,” he said. The construction of Karawang Airport was previously planned to begin this year, but as it had yet to be included in West Java’s spatial plan, it was delayed. According to Herry, Indonesia plans to develop the new airport in several phases until it reaches its ultimate capacity of 70 million passengers, as it should be able to anticipate surging traffic in the future. To reach its capacity, the airport will need four runways and two jumbo terminals. Karawang is part of the central government’s Masterplan for the Acceleration and Expansion of Indonesian Economic Development (MP3EI) program and will be constructed under a public-private partnership (PPP) format. The government has allotted Rp 32 trillion (US$2.78 billion) for 14 airport construction and expansion projects in the archipelago through the MP3EI program until 2025. In addition, Herry said the government was now preparing the airport location permit (IPL) — that regulated airport configurations — of Kulonprogo International Airport in Yogyakarta. State-owned airport firm PT Angkasa Pura I, also known as Angkasa Pura Airports, the operator of Kulonprogo Airport, has recently submitted Karawang Airport ready for kick-off in 2014 Nurfika Osman, The Jakarta Post | Business | Fri, October 11 2013, 11:32 AM Editor's Choice Business National Archipelago Jakarta World Sports Videos Search
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The government says the administrative process, including the WestJava spatial plan review, of the much-anticipated Karawang InternationalAirport, has entered its final stage, making the project available for asounding out of investors next year.
Transportation Ministry air transportation director general Herry Bakti S.Gumay said the final administration document was currently at the Officeof the Coordinating Economic Minister.
“The administrative process of Karawang Airport has been at the Officeof the Coordinating Economic Minister for the past few months and weare hoping to finalize every detail of this process by the end of this yearbecause we need more capacity to handle air traffic,” Herry said onThursday on the sidelines of the annual National TransportationResearch Competition.
The new airport is being built to help support the country’s main gatewayof Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Cengkareng, Banten, west ofJakarta, which has been operating at overcapacity.
According to recent data from the Transportation Ministry, the number ofpassengers passing through Soekarno-Hatta reached 57.7 million lastyear, up from 52 million the previous year. The airport was designed toaccommodate up to 22 million passengers each year.
“We cannot wait any longer because the growth of the aviation industryis twice as large as the economy. We need more infrastructure. Weexpect to begin market sounding to investors in the first or secondquarter of 2014 so that we can construct it immediately,” he said.
The construction of Karawang Airport was previously planned to beginthis year, but as it had yet to be included in West Java’s spatial plan, itwas delayed.
According to Herry, Indonesia plans to develop the new airport in severalphases until it reaches its ultimate capacity of 70 million passengers, asit should be able to anticipate surging traffic in the future.
To reach its capacity, the airport will need four runways and two jumboterminals.
Karawang is part of the central government’s Masterplan for theAcceleration and Expansion of Indonesian Economic Development(MP3EI) program and will be constructed under a public-privatepartnership (PPP) format.
The government has allotted Rp 32 trillion (US$2.78 billion) for 14 airportconstruction and expansion projects in the archipelago through theMP3EI program until 2025.
In addition, Herry said the government was now preparing the airportlocation permit (IPL) — that regulated airport configurations — ofKulonprogo International Airport in Yogyakarta.
State-owned airport firm PT Angkasa Pura I, also known as AngkasaPura Airports, the operator of Kulonprogo Airport, has recently submitted
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IPLs are one of the requirements that Angkasa Pura Airports and itspartner — India’s GVK Power and Infrastructure - should fulfill beforeconducting land acquisitions.
Yogyakarta has long required an additional airport as the existingAdisutjipto International Airport cannot accommodate passenger trafficthat grows by 15 percent each year.
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Yes, its time to start building the new airport outside of Yogya. Why? because all of the availableland anywhere near the proposed airport has already been sold to the "insiders who knew this wasgoing to happen. Waiting now for the entire coastal area near the airport to be turned into another"Kuta beach".
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