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    "data": {
        "id": 1071024,
        "msgid": "soekarno-hatta-airport-complaint-1447893297",
        "date": "2001-11-08 00:00:00",
        "title": "Soekarno-Hatta Airport complaint",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Soekarno-Hatta Airport complaint The irony now is that Soekarno-Hatta international airport is only marginally better than East Jakarta's Pulogadung bus terminal. True indeed! The airport, once our pride and joy, is now crowded with street vendors offering all kinds of wares, bogus fiscal and foreign exchange traders, illegal porters frequently extorting money for unasked-for services and unauthorized taxi drivers touting for potential passengers, harassing or frightening them.",
        "content": "<p>Soekarno-Hatta Airport complaint<\/p>\n<p>The irony now is that Soekarno-Hatta international airport is<br>\nonly marginally better than East Jakarta's Pulogadung bus<br>\nterminal.<\/p>\n<p>True indeed! The airport, once our pride and joy, is now<br>\ncrowded with street vendors offering all kinds of wares, bogus<br>\nfiscal and foreign exchange traders, illegal porters frequently<br>\nextorting money for unasked-for services and unauthorized taxi<br>\ndrivers touting for potential passengers, harassing or<br>\nfrightening them.<\/p>\n<p>General services are disappointing too: most baggage trolleys<br>\nare left outside the arrival terminal, while only several porters<br>\nare available to help. Is all this arranged on purpose? Taxis are<br>\nalso hard to get. If you are rich, you can easily order a luxury<br>\none from the counter at the arrival terminal though. This taxi is<br>\na private car and appears to pay no tax.<\/p>\n<p>Damri (state bus company) buses, which monopolize the public<br>\ntransportation to and from this place, often arrive late. They<br>\nare often already full when they arrive and you must be ready to<br>\nstand. Actually they should pass Terminals One A, B and C before<br>\nproceeding to Terminal Two as they have to serve airplane<br>\npassengers.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, Damri bus drivers have recently changed this<br>\nroute. They take some office and warehouse employees first, then<br>\ngo to Terminal Two before entering Terminal One. This is really<br>\ndisadvantageous to passengers with only limited time to spare,<br>\nparticularly those due to take off from Terminal One.<\/p>\n<p>Airplane passengers pay the airport tax but, strangely, some<br>\npublic facilities in the area, like free telephones for local<br>\ncalls, have gradually gone, replaced now by chip telephones, the<br>\nuse of which is not free of charge. Fortunately, the cleaning<br>\nservice men still keep the rest rooms in the airport lobby clean.<\/p>\n<p>If PT Angkasa Pura, the airport management, intends to make<br>\nits services more professional, it should send its staff abroad<br>\nfor a comparative study. Singapore's Changi airport, for example,<br>\nwhich is larger, more luxurious, more hygienic, more comfortable<br>\nand more humane, would be a good place to visit.<\/p>\n<p>SUGENG HARTONO<\/p>\n<p>Jakarta<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/soekarno-hatta-airport-complaint-1447893297",
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