Saphire Brand Vision

In time, Saphire will become the exclusive, premium brand for travel minded people in Asia by offering exclusive services which will enhance on-airport travel comfort and speed during the travel process.

The Directorate General of Immigration of Indonesia

The Directorate General of Immigration of Indonesia (DGI) is currently developing the nationwide rollout of the Sistem Informasi Manajemen Keimigrasian (SIMKIM) and interested to implement Saphire, with the EIS.I card facility, based on Automatic Border Passage system as an integral part of SIMKIM (letter DGI of July 31, 2003, MoU 14 July 2004).

The implementation of this latest technology is to answer the complexity challenges of the DGI duties & responsibilities in the future. In which, Publics demand speed, accuracy and sophisticated data, in the function of serving the community, law enforcement and national security.

For more information, we kindly refer to the website www.imigrasi.go.id

PT Angkasa Pura Schiphol - the joint venture

PT (Persero) Angkasa Pura II and Schiphol Group have formalized their co-operation in 1996 through a 50/50 joint venture company : PT Angkasa Pura Schiphol (APS), which was approved by ministerial decree on 8 April 1998.

In 2002, Schiphol Group and PT (Persero) Angkasa Pura II concluded a further agreement to extend APS's scope of business to intensify their strategic co-operation, in particular to develop Soekarno-Hatta International Airport as a world class Airport City…”

The Automatic Border Passage system was specifically mentioned as an essential element of the strategic co-operation.

PT (Persero) Angkasa Pura II

PT (Persero) Angkasa Pura II is a state owned company engaged in airport management and air traffic services in 10 airports at Western region of Indonesia. PT (Persero) Angkasa Pura II provides Aeronautical services as well as, Non – Aeronautical services for the management of those 10 airports.

Such efforts to improve the service quality and convenience for airport users are the main objectives of PT (Persero) Angkasa Pura II. To achieve such main objectives, PT. (Persero) Angkasa Pura II improves the joint strategic cooperation with Schiphol Group through their subsidiary company : PT. Angkasa Pura Schiphol with their product : Saphire.

For more information, we kindly refer to the website www.angkasapura2.co.id

Schiphol Group

Schiphol Group is well known for its AirportCity formula through which integrates (air) transport flows with commercial consumer related facilities and commercial real estate development. This formula increases, at one hand, the traffic and on the other hand the non-aviation revenues Furthermore, passengers have rewarded Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AAS) for many years in a row for its passenger's convenience.

Schiphol Group operates 4 airports in the Netherlands, of which Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AAS) is the fourth largest airport in Europe with 44 million passengers in 2005.

Internationally, Schiphol Group manages JFK Terminal 4 - New York - USA, Brisbane Australia , Aruba Reina Beatrix Airport (Caribbean island) and Stockholm Arlanda Airport through either shareholding or management contracts. Schiphol Group has participation in Airport Cargo Real Estate in Italy and Hong Kong. For more information we kindly refer to the website www.schiphol.nl.

At Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, a similar airport service program called "Privium" has been successfully introduced.