Rini hoped the Soekarno-Hatta Airport, particularly the Terminal 3 Ultimate, can achieve five star ranking from Sky Track, which will help promote Indonesia as a world tourism destination.
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Minister of State-Owned Enterprises, Rini Soemarno, said the Terminal 3 Ultimate at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport should compete with the Changi airport, Singapore.

"I am proud to see the progress of construction at Terminal 3. All work is proceeding as per target and the results are good. Thus, my understanding is that Soekarno-Hatta airport will deliver even better service than the Changi Airport of Singapore," Rini said here on Wednesday.

The minister also witnessed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the lending facility at Rp2.1 trillion from three state-owned banks, namely, Bank BNI, Bank Mandiri and Bank BRI.

Rini said the earlier Terminal 3 will be connected to the Terminal 3 Ultimate that is equipped with better and modern facilities.

She hoped that the Soekarno-Hatta Airport, particularly the Terminal 3 Ultimate, can achieve five star ranking from Sky Track, which will help promote Indonesia as a world tourism destination.

Additionally, the Director of Angkasa Pura II Budi Karya Sumadi said the construction of Terminal 3 Ultimate has entered the last phase.

"We hope that the first phase of Terminal 3 Ultimate will become operational in May 2016. We can use some areas in the terminal before the Lebaran Day," Sumadi said.

The Angkasa Pura II will revitalize Terminal 1 and Terminal 2, including the expansion of east cross taxi way that will enable the wide body airplanes, such as Boeing 777, to land and take off.

Sumadi said the first phase of Terminal 3 Ultimate will be utilized by Garuda Indonesia airways and the Sky Team members.

The Terminal 3 Ultimate is now spread over 333,101 square meters, and can accommodate 25 million passengers a year.

The authority plans to accomplish the construction of Terminal 3 Ultimate by 2019 with an additional runway of 3,000 meters x 60 meters.(*)

Editor: Heru Purwanto
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