SBY Terbang Perdana dengan Pesawat Kepresidenan
Indonesian President Takes Maiden Flight Aboard New Presidential Aircraft
Reporter : Rizki Saleh
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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Jakarta (B2B) - Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono terbang perdana menggunakan pesawat kepresidenan baru, Senin siang.
"Satu hal saja yang saya sampaikan, selama 10 tahun jadi presiden saya bersyukur di enam bulan terakhir bisa naik pesawat presiden dan itu bisa menghemat anggaran kita," katanya menjawab pertanyaan wartawan di Istana Merdeka, Jakarta.
Presiden menggunakan pesawat Boeing Business Jet 2 itu untuk melakukan kunjungan kerja ke Provinsi Bali.
Presiden Yudhoyono akan berangkat menuju Bali dari Bandara Halim Perdanakusuma seusai menerima Putra Mahkota Brunei Darussalam Haji Al Muhtadee Bilah di Istana Merdeka.
Pengadaan pesawat kepresidenan yang menghabiskan dana sekitar Rp847 miliar itu tiba di Jakarta pada 10 April.
Sebelum ada pesawat kepresidenan, Presiden melakukan kunjungan kerja ke berbagai negara menggunakan pesawat sewa Maskapai Garuda.
Jakarta (B2B) - Indonesian President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono took a maiden flight aboard the new presidential aircraft, the Boeing Business Jet 2, on his visit to Bali, on Monday.
"I cannot yet answer about how it feels to fly aboard the new aircraft. But, I am grateful that I can fly onboard the presidential aircraft during the last six months of my term. It can also help to save the state budget," Yudhoyono claimed here on Monday.
The Indonesian President took the flight to Bali from the Halim Perdanakusuma Airport after meeting Brunei Darussalam Crown Prince Haji Al Muhtadee Bilah in the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta.
The presidential aircraft, which was manufactured by the Boeing Company in the United States and received by the government on April 10, 2014, belongs to the state.
Before the arrival of the aircraft, several ex-presidents before Yudhoyono used a rental air plane from Garuda Indonesia Airways.
The Boeing Company took five years to build the aircraft. It is 38 meters long with a wingspan of 35.79 meters and is 12.5 meters in height. Boeing has installed the CFM 56-7 engine in its wings.
The maximum capacity of the aircraft is 67 passengers. The government bought the aircraft for Rp847 billion.
