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| INACA Board 2013-2016 (Left - Right) Denon Prawiraatmadja-Vice Chairman, Arif Wibowo-Chairman, Herry Bakti (Dirjen Perhubungan Udara), Bayu Sutanto-Vice Chairman |
The Jakarta Post: Newly appointed Indonesian National Air Carriers
Association (INACA) chief Arif Wibowo says the association under his leadership
has vowed to improve the country’s levels of aviation security and safety as
part of the preparations for the ASEAN Open Sky Policy in 2015.
“We will join forces with the government to tackle
these two issues,” Arif said on Saturday.
Arif, who is currently PT Citilink Indonesia’s CEO, has
replaced Indonesia’s flag carrier airline Garuda Indonesia’s president director
Emirsyah Satar as INACA chief for the 2013-2016 tenure.
According to the International Civil Aviation
Organization (ICAO), Indonesia is still in the Catch 2 category for security
and safety while several other Asian countries such as Malaysia, Singapore,
Thailand and Vietnam have secured the higher Catch 1 category.
To date, only Garuda Indonesia has secured the IATA
Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) out of 12 airlines that operate in the country.
As for airports, according to Bayu Sutanto of INACA, there are only five
airports that have been declared international airports by the government and
have met the requirements for the upcoming open sky policy. The airports are Kuala Namu in North Sumatra,
Soekarno-Hatta in Jakarta, Djuanda in Surabaya, Ngurah Rai in Bali and Sultan
Hasanuddin in Makassar.
Meanwhile, Denon Prawiraatmadja Chairman of Unscheduled
Flight INACA give his optimism regarding the market in South East Asia,
especially Indonesia.
“A lot of global business player seek their opportunities
to open their business in South East Asia, especially Indonesia. The demand of
private air chartered also increase. The opportunities comes from tourism,
medical transportation, and business transport” Said Denon. (dic)
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