Batavia Air, Uang Deposit Tiket Terancam tidak Dikembalikan
Deposit Funds for Ticket Batavia Air, threatened not Refunded
Reporter : Gatot Priyantono
Editor : Taswin Bahar
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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Jakarta (B2B) - Asosiasi Perusahaan Penjual Tiket Penerbangan Indonesia (Astindo) menyesalkan kemungkinan tidak kembalinya dana deposit tiket Batavia Air. Lembaga ini mendesak Kementerian Perhubungan untuk segera merevisi aturan tentang rekening penampung.
Wakil Sekretaris Jenderal Astindo, Pauline Suharno mengatakan berdasarkan hasil rapat antara kreditur dan kurator Batavia Air, terungkap bahwa maskapai itu asetnya lebih kecil ketimbang utangnya, sehingga agen perjalanan yang hanya kreditur konkuren tampaknya tidak kebagian uang pengganti dana deposit.
“Kalau kondisinya lebih besar utang ketimbang aset, artinya kami, para agen perjalanan yang menjual tiket Batavia, tak akan mendapatkan uang deposit tiket kami kembali,” para anggota kami banyak yang menjerit, tetapi kami tak akan melakukan aksi anarkis, karena tak ada gunanya,” kata Pauline ketika dihubungi Selasa (19/2).
Menurutnya, posisi dana deposit tiket Batavia Air tampaknya akan sama dengan Adam Air yang tidak dikembalikan. “Ketika Adam Air kolaps, kita rugi Rp24 miliar. Batavia Air kerugiannya sekitar Rp20 miliar,” katanya.
Pauline mengatakan, Astindo mendesak Kementerian Perhubungan untuk merevisi aturan mengenai rekening penampung karena sangat merugikan pihaknya karena dalam aturan tersebut hanya dibolehkan membuat escrow account (rekening penampung) dan tidak diwajibkan.
“Kami mendesak regulator belajar dari kejadian pailit maskapai seperti Batavia dan Adam Air. Jangan sampai, karena bangkrut atau pailit, agen perjalanan tak bisa menarik dana deposit tiket dari rekening perusahaan yang bangkrut,” ucap Pauline.
Pauline juga menyatakan selain mendesak Kemenhub merevisi aturan soal escrow account ini, diharapkan pemerintah juga mengupayakan adanya lembaga penjamin simpanan (LPS) seperti di perbankan.
Direktur Angkutan Udara, Direktorat Jenderal Perhubungan Udara, Kementerian Perhubungan, Djoko Murjatmodjo sebelumnya mengatakan, pihaknya berencana merevisi Peraturan Menteri Perhubungan Nomor KM 25 Tahun 2008, terkait penyerahan uang jaminan dari agen penjualan tiket kepada maskapai melalui escrow account.
Jakarta (B2B) - Association of Air Ticket Sales Indonesia (Astindo) lamented the possibility of not returning deposit funds Batavia Air ticket. This agency urged the Ministry of Transportation to immediately revise the rules on collecting accounts.
Deputy Secretary-General Astindo, Pauline Suharno said, according to the results of the meeting between the creditor and the curator of Batavia Air, it was revealed that the company assets are less than the debt, so the agent who just do not seem to miss unsecured creditors compensation fund deposit.
"If the condition is more debt than assets, which means that we, the travel agents who sell tickets Batavia, will not get our deposit back tickets. Our members screamed a lot, but we will not do anarchist action, because it's no good, "Pauline said when contacted on Tuesday (19/2).
According to him, the position of Batavia Air ticket deposit funds seem to be the same as the Adam Air is not refundable. "When Adam Air collapsed, we lost Rp24 billion. Batavia Air losses around Rp20 billion," she said.
Pauline said, Astindo urged the Ministry of Transportation to revise the rules on collecting accounts because it is very harmful because the rules are only allowed to make an escrow account.
"We urge regulators learn from bankrupt airlines such as Batavia and Adam Air. Do not let because the bankrupt or insolvent, the travel agent can not withdraw funds from the account deposit ticket bankrupt company, "said Pauline.
Pauline also urged the Ministry of Transportation states besides revising rules about escrow accounts, the government is expected to seek a deposit insurance agency (LPS) such as in the banking.
Director of Air Transport, Directorate General of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Transport, Djoko Murjatmodjo previously said it plans to revise the Regulation of the Minister of Transportation No. KM 25 of 2008, related to the delivery of bail agents to airline ticket sales through the escrow account.
