Maintaining Airworthiness

Hit hard by the COVID-19, Indonesia's airline industry will have to deal with the implications for much longer.

- Elisa Valenta

Before the COVID-19, Indonesia's aviation industry was already under pressure last year as passengers' growth slowed due to increased tickets price. The pandemic brought the industry to survival mode as people's confidence to fly and travel plummets. Although there has been a slight improvement in the past couple of months in terms of number of passengers, a full return to normal is something that wouldn't happen soon. Forbes Indonesia sits with the newly elected chairman of Indonesia National Air Carriers Association (INACA) Denon Prawiraatmadja, to hear his perspective on the industry's outlook as well as how the new omnibus law affects airline business. Here is the edited excerpt of the interview:

Forbes Indonesia (FI): Can you describe the impact of the large-scale social restriction (PSBB) on the airline industry? Has there been any improvement?