Government Wants to Create Supersonic Speed Plane

INDUSTRY.co.id - Jakarta - Director General of Air Transportation Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub) Agus Santoso said, in the future there will be a pattern of changes in aircraft technology in this case the speed of the plane.

He said that he had the opportunity to attend Aviation Leader Summit which is a series of Singapore Airshow activities in Singapore, to discuss a number of aviation issues. The 2nd annual meeting, besides discussing the airline's financial policy, is also discussed about future aviation technology.

"Future technology on this commercial aircraft will move into supersonic aircraft, now subsonic speed Subsonic speed below 1000 km / h If we take the plane at most speed 900 km / h, the future will speed more than 1,000 km / h or supersonic, "said Agus through his official statement on Tuesday (6/2/2018).

Previously, this technology has been developed in 1990 but in the end had to be stopped. In addition to an accident occurred, fuel consumption is very wasteful is also the cause of the development of supersonic aircraft technology when it is stopped.

In addition, the issue of environmentally friendly aircraft is also still being pursued, that is with a reference to the settings of flight navigation and route-route.

"In relation to the environmentally friendly aircraft, they (ATC officers) to guide it now use their name based on performance based navigation with certain procedures and routes can make the flight more efficient, so it contributes to green aviation," he added.

In the meeting, said Agus, the international community appreciated the achievement of Indonesia International Aviation Safety Audit above the average of 81.15 percent. Far above the average implementation effectiveness of other countries in the world which reached 62 percent.

"It is remarkable that this is so good appreciate from ICAO President, IATA, other state ministers and the director general appreciate Indonesia for this achievement," said Agus.

Added Agus in 2017 world international flights including Indonesia reached a new record, namely zero air transportation passenger jet accident. Related to this Agus said Indonesia got two records at once.

"2017 in the world can record zero air transportation passenger jet accident, including Indonesia, whereas Indonesia is more than that zero air transportation passenger jet accident," he said