Erick Thohir Talks About the Aviation SOE Merger Strategy

Erick Thohir Talks About the Aviation SOE Merger Strategy

The planned merger of many state-owned aircraft enterprises is being discussed once more by. Erick Thohir. Minister of State-Owned Enterprises. It is his goal to finish the merger study this year.

On Thursday, January 2, 2025. Erick met with several CEOs of state-owned aircraft enterprises to discuss the idea. The CEOs of PT Garuda Indonesia (Persero) Tbk, PT Citilink Indonesia. And PT Pelita Air Service were among the executives in attendance. Officials from PT AirNav Indonesia and PT Angkasa Pura were also in attendance.

According to Erick. He acknowledged that they talked about the combination of Garuda Indonesia. Pelita Air, and Citilink when reporters questioned him about the idea.

Erick anticipates that the merger research will be finished in six months. “This is a component of the six-month roadmap. What brought me together today?

Furthermore, Erick stated that if a merger occurs, it will only involve other airlines. The airline PT Garuda Indonesia and PT Aviasi Pariwisata Indonesia (Injourney). Which oversees PT Angkasa Pura, have previously planned to merge.

According to Erick, the idea of combining the airline and the airport firm was not one of the options that were examined. Flights should stay apart between airports, but not between flights.

Several years ago, plans to combine a number of state-owned aircraft enterprises surfaced. Irfan Setiaputra.

Erick Thohir Talks About Particularly with regard to the matter of a merger between the Garuda Indonesia Group and Pelita Air.As published by Antara on August 22, 2023.

Which will certainly be founded on a prudent outlook business analysis.” Irfan clarified at the time that Garuda Indonesia was still investigating a number of commercial synergy options and that the idea was still in its early phases.