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Jakarta’s
substandard Soekarno-Hatta International Airport is to get a Rp 11.7 trillion
($1.37 billion) overhaul, the Ministry of Transportation said on Tuesday.
Herry
Bhakti Gumay, director general of aviation transportation at ministry, was
quoted by Detik.com as saying the revamp would be entirely funded by
State-owned airport operator Angkasa Pura II.
“Construction
will start in 2012 and in 2014, Soekarno-Hatta will become a world-class
airport,” Herry told the news portal.
Changes
included completing development of Terminal 3 by 2013, renovating terminals one
and two, building a new cargo terminal by 2013.
Other
improvements include an automated transportation system linking the terminals
as well as a shopping mall and a hotel.
Herry
acknowledged that Soekarno-Hatta was now incapable of coping with the number of
passengers, which continue to grow.
“Currently
the airport’s capacity is designed for 22 million passengers [annually] but in
reality, the number of passengers has grown to 44 million,” Herry said.
The plan to
redevelop the airport was first announced by Vice President Boediono in May.
Vice
Presidential Spokesman Boediono’s said it was hoped that the number of
passengers would increase to 62 million people by 2014.
“That will
mean increasing the apron capacity from the current 125 aircraft to 174
aircraft.
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