Maskapai Batik Air layani rute Timika mulai Oktober 2017 | Batik Airlines serves Timika route from October 2017

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Timika (Antara Papua) - Dinas Perhubungan, Komunikasi dan Informatika Kabupaten Mimika, Provinsi Papua, memastikan maskapai penerbangan Batik Air dari Lion Air Grup akan melayani rute penerbangan ke Bandara Mozes Kilangin Timika, mulai Oktober 2017.
Kepala Dishubkominfo Mimika John Rettob di Timika, Jumat, mengatakan penerbangan Batik Air ke Bandara Timika semula direncanakan pada September, namun harus diundur lantaran pengurusan slot time dan lainnya.
"Memang ada sedikit kendala di Timika karena adanya pengalihan sistem pengelolaan bandara udara ke Unit Pelaksana Bandar Udara (UPBU) dan sistem navigasinya sekarang sudah dikelola oleh Air Navigation Indonesia. Itu yang membuat ada keterlambatan rencana masuknya Batik Air di Bandara Timika," jelas John.
John meminta masyarakat pengguna jasa penerbangan di Timika dan sekitarnya untuk bersabar.
"Yang pasti, untuk penerbangan Batik Air ke Timika pasti akan dilakukan dalam bulan Oktober ini," jelasnya.
Sehubungan dengan itu, Dishubkominfo Mimika bersama UPBU Mozes Kilangin Timika, PT AVCO dan Airnav telah menyepakati perjanjian kerja sama operasional.
Melalui perjanjian kerja sama operasional itu, semua pihak akan menggunakan sistem terminal yang sama, apron yang sama baik di sisi utara maupun sisi selatan Bandara Timika.
"Kerja sama (LOCA) ini akan ditandatangani dalam waktu satu dua hari ke depan dan akan berlaku efektif mulai 2 Oktober 2017," ujar John.
Dishubkominfo Mimika dan pihak-pihak terkait lainnya juga telah membahas serta mengecek ketersediaan tujuh slot time setiap hari yang diminta oleh pihak Lion Air Grup (tiga slot time untuk penerbangan Batik Air dan empat slot time untuk penerbangan Wings Air).
Namun dengan kesiapan yang ada, slot time yang akan diberikan kepada grup penerbangan Lion Air tersebut hanya bisa empat kali sehari yakni untuk pesawat Batik Air dan Wings Air masing-masing diberikan dua slot time.
"Setelah tanggal 2 Oktober, slot time untuk Batik Air dan Wings Air sudah diizinkan. Ini akan dibawa ke Jakarta untuk mendapatkan izin dari Direktorat Angkutan Udara pada Direktorat Jenderal Perhubungan Udara. Dengan dasar itulah nantinya izin rute akan diberikan kepada dua maskapai itu," jelasnya.
Maskapai Batik Air rencananya akan membuka rute penerbangan Jakarta langsung Timika pergi pulang setiap hari, rute Jakarta-Timika-Jayapura PP setiap hari dan rute Makassar-Timika PP setiap hari.
Adapun maskapai Wings Air rencananya akan membuka rute penerbangan Nabire-Timika-Tual PP, Wamena-Timika-Tual PP dan Ambon-Fakfak-Kaimana-Timika PP.
Jika tidak ada hal mengganjal, kedua maskapai penerbangan grup Lion Air itu nantinya akan beroperasi di Bandara Mozes Kilangin sisi selatan yang dibangun pemerintah (terminal sisi utara dibangun oleh PT Freeport).
Terminal VIP di sisi selatan Bandara Timika kini bisa menampung 700 orang penumpang pada jam yang sama dan apronnya mampu menampung empat pesawat berbadan lebar pada jam yang sama.
Adapun terminal di sisi utara Bandara Timika kini kapasitasnya sudah penuh untuk melayani penumpang pesawat Garuda Indonesia, Sriwijaya Air, Nam Air dan Airfast Indonesia yang khusus melayani penerbangan karyawan PT Freeport Indonesia dan perusahaan subkontraktornya.

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Timika (Antara Papua) - The Department of Transportation, Communications and Informatics of Mimika Regency, Papua Province, confirmed Batik Air airline from Lion Air Group will serve the route to Mozes Kilangin Airport Timika, starting October 2017.
Head of Dishubkominfo Mimika John Rettob in Timika, Friday, said Batik Air flight to Timika Airport was originally planned in September, but should be delayed due to slot time management and others.
"There are few constraints in Timika due to the transfer of airport management system to the Airport Implementation Unit (UPBU) and the navigation system is now managed by Air Navigation Indonesia.That is why there is a delay in the plan to enter Batik Air at Timika Airport," said John.
John asked the public of service users in Timika and surrounding areas to be patient.
"To be sure, for Batik Air flight to Timika will definitely be done in this October," he explained.
In connection with that, Mimika Dishubkominfo with UPBU Mozes Kilangin Timika, PT AVCO and Airnav have agreed on operational cooperation agreement.
Through the operational cooperation agreement, all parties will use the same terminal system, the same apron on both the north side and the south side of Timika Airport.
"This cooperation (LOCA) will be signed within the next one or two days and will be effective from 2nd October 2017," said John.
Dishubkominfo Mimika and other related parties have also discussed and checked the availability of seven slot time per day requested by the Lion Air Group (three slot time for Batik Air flight and four slot time for Wings Air flight).
But with the available readiness, the time slot will be given to the Lion Air flight group can only be four times a day ie for Batik Air and Wings Air plane each given two time slots.
"After October 2, the slot time for Batik Air and Wings Air is permitted, which will be brought to Jakarta to obtain permission from the Directorate of Air Transport at the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, which will be given to the two airlines," he explained. .
Air Batik Airlines is scheduled to open a direct flight route from Jakarta to Timika every day, daily Jakarta-Timika-Jayapura PP route and daily Makassar-Timika PP route.
The Wings Air airline plans to open the Nabire-Timika-Tual PP flight route, Wamena-Timika-Tual PP and Ambon-Fakfak-Kaimana-Timika PP.
If nothing goes wrong, the two Lion Air group airlines will be operated at Mozes Kilangin Airport on the south side built by the government (north side terminal built by PT Freeport).
The VIP terminal on the south side of Timika Airport can now accommodate 700 passengers at the same hour and the apron can accommodate four wide-body planes at the same time.
The terminal on the north side of Timika Airport is now fully loaded to serve passengers of Garuda Indonesia, Sriwijaya Air, Nam Air and Airfast Indonesia aircrafts that specialize in flight services of PT Freeport Indonesia employees and its subcontractors.