Welcome to South Sulawesi, that is the sign that you will see when
you arrive in Sultan Hasanuddin Airport. Yes, this is a gate of South
Sulawesi beside the other gate such a bus terminal and Soekarno Hatta
port.
This modern building actually the new
airport after the old airport become too small and become a little bit
panting to serve a thousand passengers who come and go from this
province. The new one it is absolutely bigger than the old one. This new
building it looks so modern and pretentious, thanks to Jusuf Kalla a
former vice president of Indonesia who was born and derived from this
province. Mr. Jusuf Kalla gives a lot of help during the establishment
of this new airport.
Sultan Hasanuddin Airport was inaugurated and began to use in 2008.
Since that, this airport becomes one of the busiest airports in
Indonesia. A few years back, the price of airplane ticket becomes a lot
cheaper than before. This condition makes a lot more people choose to
travel using an airplane and of course this is causing a crowded in the
airport. Specially on a rush hour.
Although looks so modern and pretentious but Sultan Hasanuddin
Airport still have some weakness. The first weakness is the acoustic of
the building. It is very hard to hear what the announcer says because
the voice it’s not bouncing very well.
The other weakness it’s the rest room condition. It is very easy to
find a rest room that is not cleaned very well. The smells it is not
very good and of course there is a bunch of water in the floor. Some of
the closets even not work at all. Not all the rest room are in the bad
condition but unfortunately some of them are.
There is one annoying things that immediately found soon as we step
out from the arrival gate. a minute after we cross the door, some man
will swarmed us and offer their service. They are a taxi driver, car
rental driver and some ojek (a motorcycle that use as a taxi) driver.
Sometimes their seems like don’t take a no from us. Even though we keep
say no, they keep offering their service persistently. Very annoy.
There are several tips to avoid this condition. First, if you are
really need the taxi or rent car then you should take one of them before
stepped out the airport. There is several taxi and rent car service in
the building. This could help you to avoid dealing with the driver out
there who waits for you just like a hungry tiger. There are 3 rings
based on a distance of your destination from the airport. It is vary
between Rp. 30.000,- to Rp. 100.000,-
Secondly, if you think you don’t need to take a taxi or car rent you
can just obey them. There is a bus that can take you out from the
airport to the downtown. You just need to walk to the outer side of the
airport. They won’t let you go easily but sure you can act just like
they’re not appearing. The bus will cost you Rp. 15.000,-. But you must
be careful because the bus only operated between 8 AM to 6 PM.
So that is a little picture about the gate of South Sulawesi. Welcome
to the South Sulawesi, here is the place where you can find a lot of
pleasure and of course a lot of story to tell.
