InJourney Airports Ready To Face Christmas And New Year Holiday Traffic

Photo: Doc. Antara

JAKARTA - PT Angkasa Pura Indonesia (InJourney Airports) as the main manager of 37 airports in the country ensures operational readiness to deal with increased passenger traffic during the 2024 Christmas and 2025 New Year holidays.

Director of Operations of PT Angkasa Pura Indonesia, Wendo Asrul Rose said that in supporting the Christmas and New Year period services, it was prepared in terms of human resources (HR) and all necessary equipment had been carried out.

"All 37 airports that we manage are 'stand by' operations for 24 hours, and if we look here, our operating hours have 24-hour airports, there are also 19 hours. However, it is possible that we have an airport whose operating hours have been extended," said Rose, quoted from Antara, Wednesday, December 18.

In addition, he continued, InJourney Airports will operate a number of integrated security and service posts for Christmas and New Year holiday passengers starting from 18 December 2024 to 5 January 2025.

"All facilities related to the safety of this service security are all operating in accordance with the provisions, then friends also ensure that the entire service process is in accordance with the SOP that has been set," he said.

He said the operation plan in terms of HR readiness, his party deployed 15,939 personnel from both internal and external at the 37 airports it manages.

According to him, the number of personnel deployed increased when compared to the security and service conditions during the previous Christmas and New Year periods.

"Our total personnel will be deployed by 15,939 people to be quite large, because some handle 37 airports throughout Indonesia," he said.

In addition, all service and operational facilities are also ensured to be ready to serve increased flight traffic. The airports that will continue to operate 24 hours are Soekarno-Hatta Airport, Tangerang, I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport, Denpasar, Bali.

"We have also conveyed all flight operators and all stakeholders and for all airports that we manage," he said.

In this case, AP Indonesia has also prepared various aspects, including safety, security and service facilities which have become the main focus, including the thickening of operational personnel.

From the air side, optimization of flight time slots is carried out to ensure that aircraft flow at the airport runs smoothly during the peak period. The readiness of air side facilities such as the aircraft/parking stand parking area, Aviobridge, & Runway continues to be monitored and improved in order to maintain the smooth movement of aircraft.

Then, on the landside or curbside side, it is ensured that it is ready from various supporting facilities, including the smooth flow of passengers in arrival and departure areas, changes in the face of the terminal with beuatification, maintenance of public facilities, and improvement of services at terminals to ensure the convenience of all airport service users.

"In accordance with the request from fellow flight operators and then the picket schedule monitoring post and the context of the person, so at each airport this monitoring post has been prepared, a picket schedule has also been prepared, both from the internal side of Angkasa Pura and friends who are involved in the service," he said.