A POTENTIAL ANALYSIS OF AIR CARGO COMMODITY

Abstract

West Java Province has great potential in produce vegetables, fresh fish, fruits, cutting flowers etc as commodities for air cargo, even though until now only 1,29% has exported. By LQ analysis and simple regression can be forecast for year 2013 for 10% production scenario to export, it need support by 788 aircraft movement (2 aircraft/day) of Boeing 747-400 air cargo carrier and 10.910 (30 aircraft/day) of Boeing 737-700 air cargo carrier, and this demand trend to increase. Base on the air cargo demand consideration, the limmited development of Husen Sastranegara airport and the barrier access to Soekarno-Hatta airport, so the special airport for cargo has to build as soon in order as export gate of West Java and Indonesia.