The action plan involves the evaluation of the airports management and facilities, location, system of air traffic control, among other vital aspects.
"The Soekarno-Hatta airport will be able to handle 72 airplanes per hour by 2014 and 86 airplanes per hour by 2015. Currently, the airport can only handle 64 airplanes per hour," claimed Boediono after a meeting with Transportation Minister E.E. Mangindaan and State-owned Enterprises Minister Dahlan Iskan, Thursday.
Boediono emphasized that the decision to upgrade the Soekarno-Hatta airport was taken following mounting complaints from customers about recurrent flight delays and other ensuing problems as a result of the airport running over capacity.
Meanwhile, former chief-of-staff of Indonesian Air Force Chappy Hakim suggested that the government needs to reduce the number of flights operating in some airports that are running over capacity, including the Soekarno-Hatta airport. The government must ensure that the airports only handle flights as per their designed capacity.
Chappy also recommended that the government needs to add more taxiways and aprons in the airports. He requested the related authorities to upgrade the outdated air traffic control equipment in order to ensure flight safety in Indonesia.
"Human resources are also crucial for ensuring flight safety. Pilots and officials operating the air traffic control must be able to carry out their tasks efficiently," Chappy pointed out.
Reporting by Wuryanti Puspitasari
Translating and Editing by Amie Fenia Arimbi
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