An Indonesian pilot listens to an airport officer on the first day of operations of the new Terminal 3 Ultimate at the Soekarno-Hatta airport in Jakarta. Photo: EPA
The Indonesian capital’s airport opened a new terminal after years of operating at far above its passenger capacity.
Domestic flights for national carrier Garuda began operating Tuesday from Soekarno-Hatta airport’s steel and glass $560 million Terminal 3.
Other airlines will gradually shift domestic and international flights to the terminal and the airport company plans to start refurbishing two old terminals later this year.
The airport will be able to handle 62 million passengers a year once the renovated terminals are fully operational again in early 2018. The two old terminals handled about 54 million passengers last year.
Budi Karya Sumadi, the president of the airport company, says “this terminal was built to change the image of the capital Jakarta as the window of our nation.”
A man walks inside the new Terminal 3 Ultimate at Soekarno Hatta airport in Jakarta. Photo: Reuters
A Garuda Indonesia cabin crew member gets screened at a security checkpoint on the first day of operations. Photo: EPA
A Garuda Indonesia airplane parks on the tarmac on the first day of operations of the new Terminal 3 Ultimate at the Soekarno-Hatta airport in Jakarta. PhotoL EPA
An Indonesian airport worker cleans the floor on the first day of operations of the new Terminal 3 Ultimate at the Soekarno-Hatta airport in Jakarta. Photo: EPA
The check-in hall of the new Terminal 3 Ultimate at the Soekarno-Hatta airport in Jakarta. Photo: EPA
Indonesian airport security officers stand in line at the beginning of their shift on the first day of operations. Photo: EPA
Indonesian airport workers prepare stanchion poles on the first day of operations. Photo: EPA
An airport worker cleans the floor on the first day of operations. Photo: EPA
A worker walks beside new trolleys in the new Terminal 3 Ultimate at Soekarno Hatta airport in Jakarta. Photo: Reuters
