He was the Chairman of SilkAir, a fully owned subsidiary of SIA when SilkAir Flight 185 crashed on 19 December 1997 en route from Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta International Airport to Singapore Changi Airport.
But not for long, finally it is out of Partindo disappointed because the Soekarno and joined the New PNI-led Hatta.
A new main airport for Greater Jakarta and haevily populated surrounds is planned for bids in 2014, located within the regency, to provide relief to severely congested Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, the nation's largest gateway, as well as overloaded Bandung Airport.
The boarding pavilions demonstrate local Indonesian vernacular architecture, particularly the roof took Javanese stepped-roof pendopo/joglo style pavilion.
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These unique characteristics earned the airport the 1995 Aga Khan Award for Architecture.
Indonesian actor Ario Bayu portrayed Sukarno in the 2013 movie Soekarno: Indonesia Merdeka directed by Hanung Bramantyo, about the his life from birth until Indonesian independence from Japanese occupation.