Indonesia traffic rises 5.6%; saturation point warnings

Indonesia’s Central Statistics Agency (BPS) has reported that total air transport traffic increased 5.6% year-on-year to 72.6 million passengers for the full year to December 31, 2014. Domestic passenger figures increased by 5.8% to 59 million, while international growth was 5.4% to 13.7 million in the 12-month period. Indonesia National Air Carriers Association (INACA) chairman for the scheduled airline division Bayu Sutanto has warned however that Indonesia’s airline industry is reaching its saturation point because an increase in seat capacity has not been supported by an increase in airport capacity and improvements in infrastructure. He said that a lack of