Raja Salman Boyong Bagasi 506 Ton, Kunjungi Indonesia 9 Hari
Saudi King Takes 506 Tons of Luggage for Nine-day Trip to Indonesia
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
RAJA SALMAN dari Arab Saudi membawa bagasi berbobot 506 ton untuk sembilan hari perjalanan ke Indonesia.
Barang-barang yang dibawa Raja Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud juga mencakup dua limusin Mercedes-Benz S600 dan dua lift.
Dia akan mengunjungi Indonesia hari ini disertai rombongan besar berjumlah 620 orang dan 800 delegasi, termasuk sejumlah menteri dan 25 pangeran.
PT Jasa Angkasa Semesta (JAS) digandeng oleh operator kargo terbesar dari Arab Saudi, dengan mengerahkan 572 orang untuk menangani proyek besar tersebut.
Presiden Direktur JAS Adji Gunawan mengatakan kepada Antara bahwa bagasi berbobot 63 ton akan diturunkan di Bandara Internasional Halim Perdanakusuma di Jakarta Timur dan selebihnya akan dikirim ke Bandara Ngurah Rai International di Denpasar, Bali, menurut The Jakarta Post.
"Kami telah resmi ditunjuk untuk menangani semua kargo raja beserta rombongan," katanya.
Lawatan kenegaraan ini akan menjadi pertama kalinya dalam 46 tahun terakhir seorang raja Arab Saudi mengunjungi Indonesia - negara dengan populasi Muslim terbesar di dunia.
Raja Salman terbiasa melakukan perjalanan ke luar negeri dalam kemewahan.
Hal itu terjadi pada September 2015, ia memesan seluruh Four Seasons Hotel di Georgetown untuk menginap selama tiga malam di AS, memaksa tamu yang telah memesan hotel dengan 222 kamar bersedia dipindahkan ke hotel mewah di dekatnya.
Sejumlah mobil mewah, hotel dilapis emas, dan bahkan karpet merah dibentangkan di tempat parkir.
Dan hotel, untuk kamar suite yang dibandrol lebih US$2.000 per (Rp27 jutaan) per malam, ditambah dengan sentuhan baru yang sesuai dengan selera raja.
Saksi mata mengatakan kepada Politico mereka melihat furnitur berlapis emas didorong ke hotel minggu saat itu, dengan karpet merah yang dibentangkan di lorong dan bahkan di aspal jalan di areal parkir hotel.
'Semuanya emas," kata seorang pengunjung laman Politico. "Cermin emas, meja emas dan bahkan rak topi berlapis emas."
Sebulan sebelumnya, ia mengajak 1.000 orang untuk berlibur di Riviera Perancis, dan kawasan pantai selama dia berada di situ seperti dilansir MailOnline.
A SAUDI king is taking 506 tons of luggage with him for a nine-day trip to Indonesia.
Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud's huge haul includes two Mercedes-Benz s600 limousines and a pair of elevators.
He is set to visit Indonesia tomorrow to join an enormous entourage of 620 people as well as 800 delegates, including ministers and 25 princes.
Jasa Angkasa Semesta (JAS) has been tasked with the huge operation of lugging the cargo from Saudi Arabia, and has dedicated 572 members of staff to handle it.
The airfreight company's president director Adji Gunawan told Antara news agency that 63 tons would be unloaded at the Halim Perdanakusuma airport in East Jakarta and the rest would be sent to Ngurah Rai International Airport in Denpasar, Bali, according to The Jakarta Post.
'We have been officially appointed to handle all cargo belonging to the king’s entourage aircraft,' he said.
It will be the first time in 46 years a Saudi king has visited Indonesia - the world's largest Muslim population.
King Salman is used to traveling in luxury.
Back in September 2015, he booked the entire Four Seasons in Georgetown for his three-night stay in the US, forcing guests who had booked to stay in the 222-room hotel during his visit to be moved to nearby luxury hotels.
A fleet of luxury cars, a hotel covered in gold, and even red carpets were laid down in the parking lot.
And the hotel, where suites run for more than $2,000 a night, added some new touches to suit the king's tastes.
Eyewitnesses told Politico they've seen gilded furniture wheeled into the hotel this week, with red carpets being laid down in the hallway and even on the asphalt of the hotel's parking garage.
'Everything is gold,' one regular told the website. 'Gold mirrors, gold end tables, gold lamps, even gold hat racks.'
A month earlier, he took 1,000 people for a vacation on the French Riviera, closing down an entire beach.
