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INDONESIA’S State-Owned Enterprises Minister Erick Thohir revealed that later only certain airports in Indonesia will be open to foreign airline aircraft or implement the Open Sky system.
“With the COVID-19 pandemic condition itself, Thank God, we have spoken with the Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi and he supports how later airports in Indonesia cannot all become airports that implement a joint policy of opening airspace in Indonesia, including for foreign airlines or Open. Sky,” said Minister Erick Thohir at a Working Meeting with Commission VI of the Indonesian House of Representatives in Jakarta, Thursday (3/6).
According to Erick Thohir, what Open Sky means is that Indonesian airports are opened so that foreign aircraft or airlines can land in Indonesian territory. The government must again be realistic, especially with the COVID-19 condition, it is also impossible for all points or airports to be open to foreign airlines.
“This is an opportunity for us to synchronize with other ministries, if some points or airports are opened for Open Sky, then from that airport Garuda Indonesia can spread to 20 cities in Indonesia,” Erick Thohir stated.
Thus, according to Erick Thohir, from an airport that is opened to foreign flights, from that airport if passengers want to continue flights to cities in Indonesia, they use Garuda Indonesia or national private airlines that will only serve domestic flight routes.
“This is what we are doing and we must see that some other countries such as the United States and China are also doing the same thing. We want to go to the United States and only a few airports are opened for foreign flights, not all cities. Likewise in China, it’s like that, ” the State-Owned Enterprises Minister concluded. [antaranews/photo special]
