CITIZEN: Jurnal Ilmiah Multidisiplin Indonesia
Vol 2, No. 1, 2022
ISSN: 2807-5994
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STRATEGI PUBLIC RELATIONS BANDAR UDARA
INTERNASIONAL JUANDA DALAM MENJEMBATANI
KELUHAN KONSUMEN DI MASA PANDEMI COVID-19
Firdaus Juliansyah
1
, Yulis Nila Sari
2
, Renada Audri Suhariono
3
, M. Syahrul Munir
4
, Carlos Antonio
Lopulalan
5,
Dyva Claretta
6
, Dian Hutami Rahmawati
7
1,2,3,4,5,6,7
Universitas Pembangunan Nasional “Veteran” Jawa Timur, Indonesia
firdausjuliansyah@outlook.com
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DOI: 10.53866/jimi.v2i1.39
Abstract
The Covid-19 pandemic is currently a significant polemic in various countries; one of the areas affected is
the aviation sector. Juanda International Airport, which is included in this sector, has not been spared the
impact caused by the pandemic. Therefore, people who want to take a flight need to find out the information
and requirements before leaving. There are not infrequently consumers who complain about this through
social media or call centers. This study aims to determine the response and strategy given by Juanda Airport
Public Relations to bridge consumer complaints. The methodology used is descriptive qualitative with taking
informants using the purposive sampling method. As a reference in the research theory, the Organization-
Public Relationship (OPR) consists of four dimensions: control mutuality, trust, satisfaction with a
relationship, and commitment to a relationship. This study was conducted to determine Juanda Airport's
attitude or public relations strategy in bridging consumer complaints during the Covid-19 pandemic. Based
on the results of the study, it was found that the implementation of the activities carried out by public relations
at Juanda Airport was following the OPR theory, and in responding to consumer complaints on social media,
public relations always prioritized a humanist and persuasive approach, to create relationships and
responses between humans, not results from robots.
Keywords : Strategy PR, Consumer Complaints, Pandemic, Relationship Management
Abstrak
Pandemi Covid-19 saat ini menjadi polemik utama di berbagai negara, salah satu bidang yang terdampak
adalah pada sektor penerbangan. Bandar Udara Internasional Juanda yang termasuk kedalam sektor tersebut
tidak luput dari dampak yang diakibatkan oleh pandemi. Oleh karena itu, masyarakat yang ingin melakukan
penerbangan perlu mencari terlebih dahulu informasi dan persyaratan yang diperlukan sebelum berangkat.
Tidak jarang juga terdapat, konsumen yang mengeluh perihal tersebut melalui media sosial maupun call
center. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui respon dan strategi yang diberikan oleh public relations
bandar udara Juanda untuk menjembatani keluhan konsumen. Metodologi yang dipakai adalah, kualitatif
deskriptif dengan teknik pengambilan informan menggunakan metode purposive sampling. Sebagai acuan
dalam penelitian ini, teori yang digunakan adalah Organization-Public Relationship (OPR) terdiri dari empat