Long Weekend Holiday, Angkasa Pura I Serves Nearly 1 Million Passengers

President Director of Angkasa Pura I Faik Fahmi. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA The long holiday to commemorate the Birthday of Pancasila and Vesak Day yesterday had a positive impact on the movement of passengers and planes at all airports under the management of PT Angkasa Pura I or AP I.

President Director of Angkasa Pura I Faik Fahmi said, there were 985,254 passenger movements and 8,075 aircraft movements served by 15 AP I airports during the long weekend period or long holidays from May 31 to June 4, 2023.

"We are grateful that yesterday's long holiday contributed quite high air transportation traffic at 15 Angkasa Pura I airports. We have served almost 1 million passengers during that five-day period. The average daily growth has also increased during that period," he said in an official statement, Monday, June 5.

During the five-day period, the average daily number of passengers reached 197,051 movements, or 4 percent higher than the daily average for the previous five-day period (May 26-30) which reached 188,997 passenger movements.

"In the last long weekend, we also recorded one important and historic event, namely the inaugural landing of the largest commercial aircraft in the world Airbus A380-800 at Bali's I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport. This super jumbo jet belonging to Emirates airline, which serves regular commercial flights on the Dubai-Bali-Dubai route, is projected to further increase passenger traffic on international routes in Bali," said Faik.

Faik said I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport served the highest traffic between 15 Angkasa Pura I airports with a total of 323,948 passenger movements.

In detail, 158,907 passengers on domestic routes and 165,041 passengers on international routes.

Meanwhile, Juanda Airport Surabaya ranks second with 166,358 passengers on domestic routes and 26,964 passengers on international routes.

"Meanwhile, Sultan Hasanuddin Airport Makassar is in third place with a total of 138,057 passenger movements, with details of 134,573 passengers on domestic routes and 1,032 passengers on international routes," he explained.