Indonesia’s Jambi airport to undergo expansion in 2021

Angkasa Pura II (AP II) will invest Rp303b ($21.9m) to expand Indonesia’s Jambi Sultan Thaha airport and the works will begin next year. This will increase the airport’s handling capacity from 1.6m to 2.6m passengers annually, says AP II’s president director Muhammad Awaluddin. The runway will also be extended from 2,220m to 2,600m, and the apron expanded to accommodate up to 13 aircraft. AP II says the expansion is necessary as the airport handled 1.8 million passengers in 2018, above the 1.6 capacity it was designed for. Discussions are also underway with the Jambi city government for the airport to handle international flights. “We support plans for Sultan Thaha [airport] to be an international airport. From Jambi, there are potential international services [that can be operated] such as those to Singapore, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, China, as well as to other countries,” says Awaluddin.<br/>