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Kedaulatan Hukum Wilayah Udara Indonesia Pasca Persetujuan Penyesuaian Batas Antara Flight Information Region Jakarta Dan Flight Information Region Singapura Ditinjau Dari Hukum Internasional
ABSTRACT
As one of the largest archipelagic countries in the world, Indonesia possesses vast and strategically significant airspace that encompasses some of the busiest trade and aviation routes in the Asia-Pacific region. The management of this airspace constitutes a critical component in safeguarding national sovereignty and security. However, to this day, parts of Indonesia’s strategic airspace particularly over the Riau Islands and Natuna remain under the control of Singapore through the delegated management of the Flight Information Region (FIR). The agreement on the realignment of FIR boundaries between Jakarta and Singapore in 2022 has sparked considerable debate. On one hand, this agreement is hailed as a diplomatic achievement that expands the Jakarta FIR. On the other hand, the arrangement continues to delegate the management of air navigation services up to an altitude of 37,000 feet to Singapore in sectors A and B. This raises a critical question regarding the extent to which Indonesia’s air sovereignty can be fully exercised in accordance with Article 1 of the 1944 Chicago Convention, which affirms a state’s complete and exclusive sovereignty over the airspace above its territory. Furthermore, the agreement appears to contradict Article 458 of Law Number 1 of 2009 on Aviation, which mandates the full takeover of the FIR by Indonesia no later than 15 years after the law’s enactment.
This research employs normative legal research methods, incorporating legal literature review and interviews. The study focuses on primary, secondary, and tertiary legal sources. The collected data is processed and analyzed descriptively by sorting and categorizing the information in order to draw conclusions.
Based on the findings, three main conclusions can be drawn. First, the 2022 FIR realignment between Jakarta and Singapore does not significantly alter Indonesia’s legal sovereignty over the airspace of the Riau Islands and Natuna, despite the horizontal expansion of Indonesia’s FIR territory. Second, the management of FIR over Timor Leste and Christmas Island is not comparable to the FIR context in the Riau Islands and Natuna, which are far more strategic; in this regard, Indonesia could adopt Cambodia’s precedent of successfully reclaiming its FIR from Thailand. Third, Indonesia must urgently reassess, develop a new roadmap, revise, and terminate the FIR agreement by adhering to the principle of full sovereignty and recognizing the FIR over the Riau Islands and Natuna as a critical border and strategic area that necessitates absolute and full sovereign control.
Keywords: FIR-Air Sovereignty-Riau Islands and Natuna-Agreement
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