Soekarno Hatta International Airport in Jakarta

If you want to come to Jakarta in Indonesia by flight, you will have to land at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, which literally serves as the gateway to the city. Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta is located in Tangerang Regency of Banten another harbor town 20 kilometers west of Jakarta. Earlier, there were two airports - Kemayoran Airport in Central Jakarta for domestic flights and Halim Perdanakusuma in East Jakarta for international carriers. However, once Soekarno-Hatta International Airport came to function since 1985 and eased transportation in Jakarta, Kemayoran Airport ceased its operation. It derived its name from the former president of Indonesia, Soekarno, and the first vice-president, Mohammad Hatta.

Locally known as Cengkareng, the second terminal of this airport was inaugurated in 1992. Spread across 18 square kilometers, the process of privatizing Bandara Soekarno-Hatta Cengkareng initiated in 2002.

Features of Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta

  -   There are two parallel runways in Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta
  -   You can avail of most of the domestic flights in Terminal 1 and international and domestic flights in Terminal 2, each of which is separated into 3 concourses.
  -   You will find local architecture blended into the design of the airport.
  -   There are tropical gardens in between the lounges.
  -   You will find 150 check-in counters and 42 gates in Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta
  -   The modernization plan of this airport proposes to offer 5 passenger terminals, one Hajj special terminal and 4 runways.
  -   By 2009, Soekarno-Hatta International Airport will be linked to Manggarai Station
  -   There are four lounges of first and business category in the Transit Lounge in the departure area.

Airlines Coming to and Fro to Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta

  -   Indonesia Air Asia
  -   Dirgantara Air Service
  -   Lion Air (domestic routes)
  -   Wings Air (Denpasar, Fak Fak, Luwuk, Manado, Mataram, Medan, Palembang, Pekanbaru, Sorong, Ternate, Yogyakarta)
  -   Batavia Air (Balikpapan, Banjarmasin, Denpasar/Bali, Jambi, Kupang, Manado, Medan, Padang, Palembang, Pangkalpinang, Pekanbaru, Pontianak, Semarang, Surabaya, Tarakan, Yogyakarta)
  -   Kartika Airlines (Balikpapan, Batam, Surabaya)
  -   Sriwijaya Air (domestic routes)
  -   Citilink (Bandung, Balikpapan, Denpasar, Kendari, Makassar, Pontianak, Surabaya, Tarakan)
  -   Mandala Airlines (domestic routes)
  -   Jatayu Airlines (Balikapan, Batam, Medan, Pekanbaru)
  -   Adam Air (Penang, Singapore)
  -   AirAsia (Kuala Lumpur)
  -   Air China (Beijing, Xiamen)
  -   Air India (Mumbai, Singapore)
  -   Asiana Airlines (Seoul-Incheon)
  -   Cathay Pacific (Hong Kong)
  -   China Airlines (Hong Kong, Taipei-Taiwan Taoyuan)
  -   China Southern Airlines (Guangzhou)
  -   Emirates (Colombo, Dubai, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore)
  -   EVA Air (Taipei-Taiwan Taoyuan)
  -   Gulf Air (Muscat)
  -   Japan Airlines (Tokyo-Narita)
  -   Philippine Airlines (Manila, Singapore)
  -   Saudi Arabian Airlines (Jeddah, Kuala Lumpur, Riyadh)
  -   Singapore Airlines (Singapore)
  -   Thai Airways International (Bangkok)
  -   Batavia Air (Guangzhou, Kuching)