Postal company to buy F-28 aircraft for airmail
Postal company to buy F-28 aircraft for airmail
JAKARTA (JP): PT Pos Ekspres Prima has signed a contract with
the Fokker company of the Netherlands for the purchase of two F-
28 aircraft for its airmail services, a company executive says.
President of state-owned PT Pos Indonesia, Cahyana
Ahmadjayadi, told reporters that Pos Ekspres Prima, which was
established by Pos Indonesia's pension fund and PT Rajawali
Wirabhakti Utama, would take delivery of one F-28 aircraft this
month and the other one by the middle of next year, he said.
Cahyana said that one F-28 aircraft would cost US$1.5 million.
Most of the funds for buying the aircraft, he said, would come
from Rajawali Wirabhakti, while the pension fund would contribute
Rp 6.75 billion (US$2.9 million).
Cahyana said that after the aircraft were delivered, several
months would be needed to modify the planes and enable them to
operate as cargo carriers. The first plane, which would carry the
logo of Pos Indonesia, will start operation next March.
Cahyana said the cooperation between Rajawali and Pos
Indonesia would be based on a two-year contract.
Pos Ekspres Prima operates in the airmail and air cargo
business. It has headquarters in Jakarta and branches in cities
linking its service networks, including Surabaya, Medan, Batam,
Ujungpandang, Manado and Denpasar.
"There has been a request from Jardine of Singapore to rent
the aircraft for cargo transportation between Ambon and Manado
during the daytime, when the airplanes are not operating,"
Cahyana said.
Commenting on the efforts to restructure Pos Indonesia,
Cahyana said the company had cut the number of its working
regions from 14 to 11.
Working regions in West Kalimantan, North and Central Sulawesi
and Maluku have been integrated into the Kalimantan, Sulawesi and
Maluku-Irian Jaya posts, respectively.
Pos Indonesia, he said, has also established new divisions,
such as the philately, package posting, transportation, property
and technology and information systems divisions.
"The new divisions are embryos of the company's new
subsidiaries, which will be developed as part of our business
strategy," he said. (icn/pwn)