The Flow Of Lebaran 2022 Homecoming At Lombok Airport Increases To 4 Thousand Passengers Per Day

NTB - The movement of passengers at Lombok International Airport, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), ahead of Eid 2022, has begun to increase.

Based on temporary data, until the last week, the average movement of passengers arriving and departing per day reached 4,000 passengers. While the movement of aircraft, both arriving and departing an average of 40 aircraft per day.

"The homecoming flow at Lombok Airport has started. The increase in passengers is only 10 percent ahead of Lebaran next week", said Public Relations of PT Angkasa Pura I at Lombok International Airport, Arif Haryanto in Praya, quoted from Antara, Monday, April 25.

He said the movement of passengers was starting to increase when compared to the previous one, where currently the number of passengers arriving was 2,400 passengers per day and 1,700 passengers departing.

Meanwhile, passenger drivers at the beginning of the month of Ramadan on 11-17 April 2022 averaged 3,700 passengers per day with 1,600 passengers departing and 2,100 arriving. "There is an increase now", he added.

The peak flow of passengers going back and forth at Lombok Airport is predicted to occur on April 29-30 2022, considering that at that time it was already a joint leave holiday, so many people would return to their hometowns either from Lombok or out of Lombok.

"The peak of the Eid homecoming flow is estimated to be April 30", he said.

PT Angkasa Pura I at Lombok Airport has also opened a COVID-19 vaccination service in line with the enactment of the Circular of the Ministry of Transportation of the Republic of Indonesia Number 48 which is effective April 19, 2022.

So that currently airplane passengers over the age of 17 years who have received the third or booster dose of vaccination are not required to show negative results of PCR or antigen tests.

For this reason, his party opened a COVID-19 vaccination service at Lombok Airport. In addition to supporting the acceleration of the vaccination program launched by the government, this service is also intended to provide convenience for prospective airline passengers departing from Lombok Airport in fulfilling one of the travel requirements, namely a COVID-19 vaccination certificate.

"This is to make it easier for passengers who use air transportation services. We have also prepared a control post for the flow of Lebaran homecoming to provide maximum service to the community", he said.