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Soekarno-Hatta's new terminal no longer ‘ultimate’
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Soekarno-Hatta International Airport’s new Terminal 3 commenced operations on June 20. (kompas.com/Roderick Adrian Mozes)
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eacting to mounting public criticism, state-owned airport operator PT Angkasa Pura II has announced that the official name for the new terminal of Soekarno-Hatta International Airport shall be “Terminal 3”, without the addition “Ultimate”.
The company’s corporate secretary Agus Haryadi said clarification was needed to avoid further confusion with regard to the new terminal, which was officiated by then-president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in 2009.
"Therefore, we will currently name our airport’s terminals Terminal 1, 2 and 3. In the future, should we build a new terminal, we will call it Terminal 4,” Haryadi was quoted as saying by the Antara news agency.
Earlier, a member of the House of Representatives’ Commission X that oversees education, youth, sport, tourism, arts and cultural affairs, Mustafa Kamal, had criticized the use of the word “Ultimate” for the new terminal instead of using an Indonesian word. (dmr)
