15 AP-I Airports See Incomes Plummet

The State-Owned Airport Authority managing Bali’s Ngurah Rai International Airport – Angkasa Pura I (AP-I) recorded handling 19.3 million tourists in the first half of 2020 figure that declined 49% from the 37.8 million travelers in the same six-month period in 2019.

In terms of income, the lower passenger traffic levels saw AP-I turnover of Rp. 2.37 trillion or 43.2% less January-during June 2020 than the Rp. 4.19 trillion income in the same period in 2019.

PT Angkasa Pura I manages the following 19 airports in central and eastern Indonesia

1.  Ngurah Rai International AirportDenpasarBali

2.  Juanda International AirportSurabayaEast Java

3.  Sultan Hasanuddin International AirportMakassarSouth Sulawesi

4.  Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman International AirportBalikpapanEast Kalimantan

5.  Frans Kaisiepo International AirportBiakPapua

6.  Sam Ratulangi International AirportManadoNorth Sulawesi

7.  Syamsudin Noor International AirportBanjarbaruSouth Kalimantan

8.  Achmad Yani International AirportSemarangCentral Java

9.  Adisucipto International AirportYogyakartaSpecial Region of Yogyakarta

10. Adisumarmo International AirportSolo/SurakartaCentral Java

11. Lombok International AirportMataramWest Nusa Tenggara

12. Pattimura International AirportAmbonMaluku

13. El Tari International AirportKupangEast Nusa Tenggara

14. Yogyakarta International AirportKulon ProgoYogyakarta

15. Sentani International AirportJayapuraPapua

Quoted by the State News Agency Antara, the CEO of AP-I, Faik Fahmi, said, “Concerning the reduced income AP-I has undertaken ‘cost leadership’ or cost reductions amounting to 50% of budgeted amounts for this year.”

Looking ahead to the second half of 2020, Fahmi will continue to undertake further cost reductions. Savings in expenses are slated to be made from a program to use more “green energy,” by seeking income in sectors of the economy not connected to aviation, making more effective use of capital resources, the sale of non-performing assets such as motor vehicles, and the renegotiation of payments owed to vendors.

Discussing future business prospects for AP-I, Fahmi said: “The Covid-19 pandemic has greatly strained the aviation industry and the economy in general due to restrictions on the movement of people and goods. In keeping with the Government’s adoption of ‘new normal’ policies, we remain optimistic that there will be an increase in traffic in the second half of 2020.”

Faik also commented on the drastic decrease in air traffic in the first semester of 2020 that achieved only 233,344 movements, a reduction of 31% compared to 2019 when there were 337,350 flight movements at the 15 airports managed by AP-I.

Meanwhile, cargo traffic in H1 2020 declined slightly to 204.5 million kilograms from the 216.3 million kilograms moved during Semester I 2019.

Faik Fahmi stated that AP-I is committed to implementing in a disciplined and consistent way all health protocols to prevent the spread of COVID-19. This commitment, he underlined, is needed to restore the public’s confidence to travel by air.