On 7 – 9 October 2018, JAS Airport Services (JAS) served the ground & cargo handling services, as well as the transportation service crew of the humanitarian flights for Palu & Donggala. The humanitarian flights that landed at Sepinggan airport, Balikpapan, South Kalimantan were foreign carriers of our neighboring countries, such as Japan Air Force (JAF), Royal Malaysia Air Force (RMAF), and United States Air Force (USAF).
After the disaster, Sepinggan Airport of Balikpapan, South Kalimantan became the landing base for the humanitarian flights from the countries that sent aids to the earthquake and tsunami’ victims in Palu & Donggala, Central Sulawesi.