Dear Homecoming Travelers, Citilink Will Add 164 Flights During The 2022 Eid Holiday

JAKARTA - PT Citilink Indonesia plans to add 164 flights to a number of routes during the Idul Fitri holiday or Lebaran 2022. This step is taken due to the high demand for seats from passengers.

Citilink has prepared up to 567.000 seats which will be served using the A320-200 and ATR72-600 fleets. This is a total of 3.214 flights.

"In this peak season, we have added 164 flights for several routes of interest," said Citilink VP Corporate Secretary & CSR Diah Suryanti Indriastuti in the Menteng area, Central Jakarta, Thursday, April 21 yesterday.

Diah said the additional flights were targeting the Denpasar, DI Yogyakarta, Labuan Bajo, Malang, Padang and Bengkulu routes.

"If you look at the occupancy, it continues to move. Currently, it has reached 75 percent," he said.

As for optimizing the availability of these seats through the operation of wide-body aircraft and adding frequencies on several routes with high demand from April 25 to May 10, 2022.

"In the future this week, if you look at the booking pattern, it's already visible, hopefully, the trend will increase," he explained.

Diah said to prepare for the peak season, Citilink carried out safety inspections or ramp checks, both for the aircraft fleet and the crew. There are a total of 33 aircraft operating on Eid transportation this year.

"This is to ensure the peak season runs smoothly," he said.