Bali's Ngurah Rai Airport Recorded 9.7 Million Passengers For 6 Months

Atmosphere at I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport, Badung, Bali, Friday (7/72023). BETWEEN/HO-International Airport I Gusti Ngurah Rai

BADUNG - I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport, Bali, recorded 9,743,788 passengers, served for six months from January to June 2023.

General Manager of I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport Handy Heryudhitiawan said the passengers consisted of 5,195,806 international passengers and 4,547,982 domestic passengers.

Over the past six months, the highest movement occurred in June, with 1,926,546 passengers and 11,618 aircraft movements both domestically and internationally.

"This number is the highest post-pandemic. There is an increase in the number of passengers by nine percent compared to May," said Handy as quoted by ANTARA, Friday, July 7.

The increase in the number of passengers throughout June, according to him, was influenced by several factors, such as on international routes influenced by the movement of Emirates Airbus A380 airlines operating since June 1.

"With a capacity of up to 615 passengers, the occupancy rate or load factor of Airbus A380 flights reaches 95 percent," he said.

In addition, from the domestic side, the increase in passengers in June was also influenced by school holidays and collective leave.

During June, it was recorded that Ngurah Rai Airport served 909,341 domestic passengers, with details of 463,549 arriving passengers and 445,792 departing passengers.

Then, there were 1,017,205 international passengers, with details of 511,447 arriving passengers and 505,758 departing passengers.

"In addition, we also recorded 6,464 domestic aircraft movements and 5,154 international aircraft movements," added Handy.

For domestic purposes throughout June, Jakarta became the busiest route with 459,887 passengers, followed by Surabaya with 119,186 passengers and Bandung with 51,092 passengers.

Meanwhile, for international routes, Singapore leads by serving 229,884 passengers, followed by Kuala Lumpur 136,503 passengers, and Melbourne 83,041 passengers.

Of all the passengers served, Australian foreigners are still the citizens who come the most through the entrance to Ngurah Rai Airport, followed by India and China in June.

"With the number of passengers growing positively because it is easy to travel air after the pandemic, we project service to 20 million passengers in 2023," said Handy.