A ground handling company is established with a certain mission to reach like: Flight Safety, On Time Performance, Customer Satisfaction, Reliability. And to realize those, a world class ground handling operator, PT. Gapura Angkasa has just officially released ground breaking of a warehouse for import. Such ground breaking was remarked by Gapura Angkasa President Commissioner, Harjoso Tjatur Priyanto and witnessed management board, guests, as well as Soekarno Hatta Airport Authority - Adi Kandrio, Head of Customs Office - Oza, Senior General Manager of Soekarno Hatta - Soedarjanto, and representatives of foreign airliners, on February 22, 2012. Total permitted area for the warehouse reaches 8,124 m2, with 6,102 m2 for warehouse facilities. Gapura Angkasa says that the warehouse will be ready in three months with total investment reaching Rp 27 billion sourced from internal cash and some from Bank BRI. "This new warehouse is expected to be operation in June. We have given deadline to contractor until June," Erwin Razali, General Manager of Gapura Angkasa Cargo Cengkareng, told Cargo Times. The warehouse location is rightly between warehouses of Unex and RPX. The construction of this new warehouse is a response to the Indonesia's booming cargo growth. With the existing daily volume reaching 300 - 400 ton, the warehouse has been overloaded. Erwin explained that the old import warehouse will be changed into export warehouse. He expects the new warehouse can accommodate all import volume and can handle the problem of overload. Additionally, the new warehouse is expected to help Gapura Angkasa to improve its performance and to provide a better service to customers. "The ground handling business cant stand alone anymore. There must be a good link between passenger and cargo handling, just like cargo warehouse and business lounge. With this new facility, Gapura Angkasa will get higher trust from customer and will continue to lead ground handling business in Indonesia," Erwin said proudly. Gapura Angkasa targets foreign airlines, both passenger airlines and freighters to use this warehouse, including the ones who have not used the Gapura Angkasa warehouse. Gapura Angkasa also targets new airlines that serve routes to or from Jakarta.(eko)