Jakarta (VNA) - Indonesian Coordinating Ministerfor Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan has stressed theneed for post-pandemic aviation recovery efforts, during a recent dialogue onaviation in Jakarta.
Aviation is one of the important sectors for boosting the global economy, hewas quoted by local media as saying the online dialogue on “Financial Measuresfor Aviation Recovery”.
He highlighted four main priorities that must be considered to recover theaviation industry, namely accelerating the recovery of air connectivity thatis safe and efficient for tourism and trade; scripting a recovery that paysattention to a sustainable future and environmental conservation; pushing forcooperation among countries, financial institutions, and the internationalprivate sector; and taking advantage of digitalisation and technologicalinnovations.
Meanwhile, President of the International Civil Aviation Organisation SalvatoreSciacchitano lauded the Indonesian government's commitment to recovering theaviation industry.
Indonesia's role to raise aviation issue becomes the centre of attention duringIndonesia's G20 Presidency, he held, adding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the aviation industry has been veryextraordinary.
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, an estimated 4.5 billion people traveled by planeeach year. However, the number fell by 60% during the pandemic, he pointed out,underscoring the Indonesian Government’s support to airlines and efforts tospeed up the sector’s recovery.
He further welcomed the signing of a more comprehensive air connectivityagreement between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and theEuropean Union (EU), which is expected to accelerate aviation recovery in thetwo regions and in the world.
The official stressed that liberalisation in the aviation world will open upopportunities and competition./.
Aviation is one of the important sectors for boosting the global economy, hewas quoted by local media as saying the online dialogue on “Financial Measuresfor Aviation Recovery”.
He highlighted four main priorities that must be considered to recover theaviation industry, namely accelerating the recovery of air connectivity thatis safe and efficient for tourism and trade; scripting a recovery that paysattention to a sustainable future and environmental conservation; pushing forcooperation among countries, financial institutions, and the internationalprivate sector; and taking advantage of digitalisation and technologicalinnovations.
Meanwhile, President of the International Civil Aviation Organisation SalvatoreSciacchitano lauded the Indonesian government's commitment to recovering theaviation industry.
Indonesia's role to raise aviation issue becomes the centre of attention duringIndonesia's G20 Presidency, he held, adding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the aviation industry has been veryextraordinary.
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, an estimated 4.5 billion people traveled by planeeach year. However, the number fell by 60% during the pandemic, he pointed out,underscoring the Indonesian Government’s support to airlines and efforts tospeed up the sector’s recovery.
He further welcomed the signing of a more comprehensive air connectivityagreement between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and theEuropean Union (EU), which is expected to accelerate aviation recovery in thetwo regions and in the world.
The official stressed that liberalisation in the aviation world will open upopportunities and competition./.
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