Early 2014 , Halim Airport opened for Commercial aviation

 
 
JAKARTA , - Discourse making Halim Airport , East Jakarta , as a buffer Soekarno - Hatta is already very crowded , soon realized .

If nothing gets in the way , in January 2014 , Halim Airport will be officially opened to commercial flights .

Transportation Minister EE Mangindaan said Halim Airport opened for commercial flights is the solution to overcome the tight flight Soekarno - Hatta Airport in Tangerang . Although the current government continues to develop Teriminal 3 of Soekarno - Hatta is also to be completed by next year , Halim Airport is still needed as a buffer .

"In the future , the government will move to a particular cost objective Halim Airport . So , chances Halim Airport will be opened to commercial aircraft in early January 2014 , " said Mangindaan , Monday ( 11/18/2013 ) .

With the opening of a commercial flight at Halim Airport , busy flight at Soekarno - Hatta Airport is expected to be reduced .

When Halim opened for commercial purposes , the number of commercial flights in the early stages will include three flights per hour . But it is expected , the number of flights it can continue to grow until it reaches five or six regular airplane flights every hour .

Now there are a number of airlines that are interested maspakai related opening of the flight from Halim . These include Garuda Indonesia , Citilink , Mandala , Batik Air , Lion Air and Air Asia .

Nevertheless, the Ministry of Transportation will first discuss the plan with a number of parties . In particular , it is done to conduct a review of a number of the airline's offer of interest before deciding the next step .