Angkasa Pura

RT-PCR Drive Thru Service at Terminal 3 Soekarno-Hatta Airport Issues Test Results in 3 Hours Range, Especially for Passengers Flying on the Same Day

Jakarta - In an effort to support aircraft passengers in fulfilling the requirements for the RT-PCR test, PT Angkasa Pura II (Persero) encourages the results of the RT-PCR test conducted at the Airport Health Center at Soekarno-Hatta Airport to be known more quickly.

Based on the coordination of stakeholders, it was determined that the results of tests carried out starting October 24, 2021 at the RT-PCR drive thru Airport Health Center service at Terminal 3 can be known within 3 hours or much faster than the usual 1x24 hours.

"Especially for prospective airplane passengers who carry out tests at the RT-PCR drive thru Airport Health Center service at Terminal 3, and show flight tickets on the same day as the test, they can find out the results of the RT-PCR test within 3 hours after the sample was taken. ," said SM of Branch Communication & Legal Badar Soekarno-Hatta M. Holik Muardi.

M. Holik Muardi added, "For RT-PCR tests carried out at other points of the Airport Health Center, such as walk-in service and pre-order service at Terminal 3, as well as walk-in service, pre-order service, and drive thru service at Terminal 2. , the results can still be known 1x24 hours.”

There is no difference in the price of the RT-PCR test between known results in the range of 3 hours and 1x24 hours. The RT-PCR rate at the Airport Health Center at Soekarno-Hatta Airport is set at IDR 495,000 in accordance with the Circular of the Director General of Health Services number HK.02.02/I/2845/2021 concerning the Highest Rate Limit for Reserve Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) Examination.

"AP II and stakeholders optimize existing resources at Soekarno-Hatta Airport regarding facilities, equipment and equipment for the RT-PCR test. After intensive coordination, the Airport Health Center drive-thru RT-PCR test service in Terminal 3 was specifically assigned to provide test results within 3 hours. This is a stakeholder effort so that health protocols are always fulfilled by every prospective passenger," said M. Holik Muardi

As is known, starting October 24, 2021, Soekarno-Hatta Airport will implement the provisions in the Circular Letter of the Minister of Transportation Number 88/2021 concerning Guidelines for the Implementation of Domestic Travel by Air Transportation During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

In accordance with the SE, airplane passengers departing from Soekarno-Hatta Airport are required to show a letter of at least the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and a certificate of negative RT-PCR test results whose samples were taken a maximum of 2x24 hours before departure.