Passengers At Lombok Airport Reach 7 Thousand Per Day Ahead Of The Mandalika MotoGP

The name sign for Lombok International Airport, West Nusa Tenggara 9NTB). BETWEEN/Akhyar Rosidi

LOMBOK - PT Angkasa Pura I Lombok International Airport, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) stated that passenger movements at local airports reached 6 thousand to 7 thousand per day, both arriving and departing ahead of the MotoGP event at the Mandalika Circuit. "The average movement of passengers at Lombok Airport ahead of the Mandalika MotoGP is 6 thousand to 7 thousand per day," said Public Relations of PT Angkasa Pura I Lombok Arif Hariyanto Airport, in Praya, quoted from Antara, Tuesday, October 10. The increase in the number of passenger movements at Lombok Airport is not yet significant, but usually the increase in passengers at the Mandalika MotoGP event increases by D-1 in the race event on October 13-15, 2023. "Usually the increase in passengers occurs in the H-1 race and D+1 or October 16, 2023," he also said. He said Lombok International Airport adjusted the airport's operational service time to 24 hours during the MotoGP event at the Mandalika Circuit. "Starting from 13 to 16 October 2023, Lombok Airport will adjust the airport's operational time to 24 hours, from currently only 14 hours," he said again. He also said that regarding additional flights or extra flights at Lombok Airport during the 2023 MotoGP period, to date there have been 44 additional domestic flights proposed by four airlines. "In the period 10 to 17 October 2023, Garuda Indonesia proposed 26 additional flights, Citilink 8 flights, Super Air Jet 4 flights, and Air Asia with 6 flights," he also said. All logistics from Dorna Sports and logistics of the Mandalika MotoGP riders have arrived at the Mandalika Circuit, after previously being taken via Lombok Airport and the Sea lane of Lembar Harbor.

In addition, a number of MotoGP, Moto2, and Moto3 riders have also arrived via Lombok Airport, and they will conduct racing exercises on Friday, October 13 at the Mandalika Circuit.