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Jakarta May Have New International Airport Shirely Christie & Faisal Maliki Baskoro | January 07, 2011 A Garuda plane about to land at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport. Feri Utamayasa, spokesman for state-owned airport management firm Angkasa Pura II, said Soekarno-Hatta, which sits 35 kilometers northwest of the capital, was now considered too small for the fast-growing number of passengers and flights passing through it. (Antara Photo) The government is considering expanding the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport or building a new one elsewhere as the current facility is thought to be no longer adequate for the traffic it handles, an airport spokesman said on Thursday. Feri Utamayasa, spokesman for state-owned airport management firm Angkasa Pura II, said Soekarno-Hatta, which sits 35 kilometers northwest of the capital, was now considered too small for the fast-growing number of passengers and flights passing through it. Feri said that several locations were being considered for the new international airport, including Cilegon in Banten and Karawang in West Java. Alternately, a plan to increase the capacity of the existing airport is being considered. But both plans come with drawbacks. The expansion threatens to displace residents living near Soekarno-Hatta in Tangerang. Meanwhile, a relocated facility would be much farther from the city center than the current airport, further inconveniencing passengers. Cilegon, an industrial area on the west coast, is located around 80 kilometers from Jakarta while Karawang, known as the nation's rice bowl, is about 70 kilometers east of the city. Both regions have toll road access to Jakarta. Soekarno-Hatta was ranked 22nd in the list of the world's 30 busiest airports in 2009 with 37 million passengers, just behind Singapore's Changi, which served 38 million passengers, Feri said. It handled 43 million passengers in 2010. Herry Bhakti Singayuda, the government's director general of air transportation, was not immediately available to comment. Feri said the government had asked the Japan International Cooperation Agency to conduct a feasibility study exploring both an airport expansion and a new airport. The study is expected to be completed in 2012. "We feel that there is a necessity for the government to build a new airport as the Soekarno-Hatta will not be enough for the next 20 years" said Higuchi Hajime, a JICA representative in charge of developing the master plan. He said that the site for a new airport needed to have easy access to the Greater Jakarta area, and must have the appropriate geographical conditions, as well as air space. "There are several airfields in Jakarta already, but we need to consider the traffic," he said. "It's too early to say whether the new airport will be located in Cilegon or Karawang. If Angkasa Pura II sees the locations as ideal, we will discuss with them about the possibilities there." Hajima said the master plan study started in October, and the firm was still calculating the cost and other technical details, including the design and capacity of a potential new airport. "We're just starting this project but our master plan is designed for [an expanded] Soekarno-Hatta, or a new airport, both of which must be able to handle the growing traffic until 2030," he said, adding that JICA would issue a preliminary finding in the next two weeks. Hajime said JICA's expansion plan for the existing airport involved constructing one or two new runways, renovating and enlarging the existing three terminals and building of a fourth. " Additional runways will impact the surrounding inhabitants. We're thinking maybe we will have to relocate the residents," he said. Soekarno-Hatta, which began operation in 1985, has recently seen several blackouts and telecommunication disruptions, causing airport delays and spurring public anger. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
