Special envoy of the Transportation Ministry for International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Indroyono Soesilo said that Indonesia must become a member of ICAO council in the 2016-2019 election in Canada, on September 2016.
“ICAO is a world agency with 191 states member, Indonesia with its total area is apparently not a member. Of the 191 states, only 36 are members of the council that able to determine the world’s civil aviation policy. We will propose ourselves for the fifth time, we must succeed,” said Indroyono on Monday, February 1, 2016.
Indroyono explained why Indonesia would be a perfect fit to be a member of ICAO council. One of them is due to its domestic passenger’s growth which has risen by 16 percent. “In 2010, there were 52 million domestic passengers and 85 million in 2015. In 2019, it is expected to reach 104.”
The growth of aircraft number in Indonesia is also expected to keep rising up to 2019. Indroyono predicted that in 4 to 5 years ahead, Indonesia would need around 400 new aircraft of the total 1142 aircraft in 2015.
Indroyono also said that Soekarno-Hatta International Airport sits on 12th position of the world’s busiest airport in 2014. “You can say that Soekarno-Hatta is like a terminal, but based on global study, Jakarta is number 12 in the world with a flow of 57 million passengers,” he said.
Indonesian air space, according to Indroyono, is equal to 25 flight information regions in Europe. In addition, Indonesia currently has 237 airports, 27 of which are serving 129 international routes. “In spite of it, we are not a member of ICAO council.”
(http://en.tempo.co/read/news/2016/02/02/056741382/Indonesia-Must-Become-a-Member-of-ICAO-Council)