Infrastructure Causes Increase in Logistics and Baggage Cost
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9 February 2019 23:44 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Aviation industry observer Chappy Hakim asserted that the slow development of supporting infrastructure is the main cause of increasing cargo and baggage cost. Chappy said that currently, around 60 to 70 percent of aviation industry infrastructures cannot accommodate the type of airplane used by most airlines.
Chappy said that the available infrastructure can only support Twin Otter and CAS CN-235 type airplanes. On the contrary, most airplanes currently used by airlines are Boeing 737 and Airbus 320.
"As a result, we're caught in the middle, the Boeing 737 are arriving, and we rush to improve the infrastructure which initially cannot accommodate such type of plane," Chappy said during a discussion on Saturday, February 9, 2019.
The aviation industry has received many spotlights since early 2019. Initially, the aviation industry become the major highlight for not reducing ticket price even after the Christmas and New Year holiday peak season had passed.
Afterwards, customers were also surprised when a number of airlines decided to increase the baggage charge, especially for low-cost carrier flights.
Recently, some airlines started to target the logistics industry by issuing a policy on increasing cargo prices. As a result, one of the associations of the logistic businesses threatened to stage a boycott if the policy continues to be applied.
Chappy asserted that in addition to the underdeveloped aviation infrastructure development, Indonesia is also lagging in human resources development. Chappy further added that the slow development of infrastructure and human resources resulted from a lack of aviation industry system. He also said that currently there is no apparent long-term strategy on Indonesian aviation industry.
"So, the progress we had experienced is only increasing number of passengers per year and to add more flight slots without a clear plan and strategy on the country’s aviation industry," Chappy said.
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