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New Jakarta Airport: growth returns, but the site is still undecided

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Jakarta is one of many major cities and regions, along with Manila, Sydney, Istanbul, Mexico City, Beijing, Ho Chi Minh City, Mumbai, Bogotá, Phnom Penh, Jeju, and central Bangladesh among others where second or replacement airports are either under construction or on the drawing board.

Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (JSHIA) was the world's 17th busiest airport in 2017, with (according to the Indonesian Ministry of Transportation) 60.25 million passengers (+8.1%). The airport rose by five places up the rankings, which was the joint biggest rise in the top 30 airports.

The recent upturn in passenger traffic has added to the urgency of identifying the best site for the new Jakarta airport but a variety of factors have to be taken into account, and a previously selected - then discarded - site may again find favour.

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