National airline industry
is optimistic that airline industry in Indonesia will remain prospective. Air
transport which is increasingly accessible by many people has made airline
industry prospect brighter. It is proven that in the 1st quarter
which is the low season, there is a quite substantial General of Indonesian
National Air Carrier Association (INACA), Tengku Burhanuddin, in Jakarta
(Friday, 7/27/2012) said that this condition shows that airline industry
prospect is still positive. Therefore, according to him, target of airline
passenger growth is between 15% and 20% for 2013 is very realistic.
Tengku said that sharp increase in airline passengers can
be seen from data of PT Angkasa Pura (AP) II. From 12 airports under the
management of the company, in January-February 2012, it is recorded that there
are 12.47 million passengers or increases 18.41% from the same period of last
year at 10.53 millions. He explained that the factor that accelerates growth of
airline industry is maintained purchasing power of the society and price of
airline ticket which is increasingly reasonable. Increase in the number of
passengers is also affected by Indonesia’s economic growth which is
continuously increasing.
He was optimistic that potency of Indonesia’s airline
industry is very promising. But, in line with that, he also reminded that
competition in airline sector in Indonesia will be increasingly tight.
According to him, competition is a positive thing in airline industry as it
indicated increase of market segment. He added that last year, number of
airline passengers reaches 60 millions. In the next 3-4 years, he predicted
that number of airline passengers in Indonesia will reach 120 millions.
National airline operators must be able to absorb growth in the number of
passengers, he said.
According to him, to absorb growth of number of
passengers, national airline operators must anticipate it by increasing number
of aircrafts. He said that increase in the number of aircrafts. He said that
increase in the number of aircrafts affects market segment that can be absorbed
by the airline operators concerned. In addition to adding the number of
aircrafts, airline operators also require a large number of pilots. He
predicted that Indonesia will need thousands of pilots and technicians in line
with rapid growth of airline industry in Indonesia.
He explained that with the rapid growth in air transport
industry in Indonesia and the implementation of ASEAN Open Sky 2015 policy and
Single Aviation Market policy in ASEAN by 2020. Indonesia will need at least
4,000 pilots, 7,500 technicians, and 1,000 air traffic controllers. He
mentioned that growth in the number of new aircrafts is around 8% per year.
Moreover, total Indonesian population has reached 240 million people. It is a
potential market for airline industry.
But, he admitted that national airline industry has not
been supplied by sufficient number of pilots and technicians. He said that
aviation schools in Indonesia have not been able to meet the growing demand.
Indonesia only has 13 aviation schools or mush lower than United States which
has 1,076 aviation schools and European Union which has 369 aviation schools.
The Indonesian government, airline operators, and other air carrier
associations should cooperate to meet demand for pilots, he said.
He explained that pilot demand has so far been fulfilled
by the Indonesian Aviation School (STPI) owned by the Ministry of
Communications and 13 private pilot schools in Indonesia. If one school
produces averagely 40 pilots a year, all of them only produce around 500
pilots. From the number, there is a shortage or deficit of around 200-300
pilots a year. Moreover, Indonesia still has remote areas and border areas in its
eastern part which needs pioneer flight routes.
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