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Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – The West Kalimantan provincial government has decided to ban Batik Air airline from transporting passengers to Pontianak, the capital of West Kalimantan, for the next 10 days starting on Thursday (12/24/2020). The ban was triggered by the findings of a Batik Air passenger who tested positive for Covid-19.
This was relayed by the Governor of West Kalimantan, Sutarmidji, quoted on his personal Facebook account, on Friday (12/25/2020).
“Assalamu’alaikum. In recent days, the Covid-19 Task Force for the province of West Kalimantan has taken swab samples for aircraft passengers. One of the 20 airlines analyzed, there are 5 positive. The indication is that the certificate they brought was a fake, “Bang said. Midji, his nickname.
“We have coordinated with Angkasa Pura, with the KKP Airport, all of them are out of responsibility. Therefore, we have decided that the airline in question should not take passengers to Pontianak for 10 days. If it is from Pontianak, please,” he continued .
The former mayor of Pontianak does not care if the decision generates complaints from the central government, in this case the General Directorate of Civil Aviation of the Ministry of Transport.
“The Director General of Civil Aviation wants to protest and is angry, it means that they are not coordinating well with Angkasa Pura and the KKP,” said Bang Midji.
“I suggest that the Ministry of Transport organize this well, so as not to allow the Ministry of Transport to become the source of the spread of Covid-19. As head of the working group, I will be strict and enter West Kalimantan until 8th of January 2021 with a free letter from Covid-19 via PCR swab test, “he continued. .
