Anticipating The Peak Of Lebaran Backflow Predicted Starting Tomorrow, AP II Adds Fleet And Human Resources At Soetta Airport

Illustration. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - PT Angkasa Pura II (AP II) will add fleet and human resources (HR) at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (Soetta). This step was taken by AP II to anticipate the increase in backflow for Eid 2022 or Eid al-Fitr 1443 Hijri and related to the operation of Terminal 1B Soetta, which is currently still closed due to the pandemic conditions in the last two years.

"Usually we prepare for (additional) personnel. We are prepared if, for example, we lack human resources, we are BKO, we ask for a rest to come back. If it is urgent," said the Coordinator of the Idul Fitri Command Post Terminal 1, Soetta Gusnar Yoga, quoted by Antara, Thursday, May 5.

The Assistant Chief of Public Security for Terminal 1 of Soetta Airport said that his party will also add a transportation fleet to facilitate the surge in passengers returning to Eid.

"We will add more fleets such as shuttle buses and taxis to deal with the surge in passengers," he said.

AP II itself is preparing Terminal 1B of Soekarno-Hatta Airport to operate in the event of a significant increase in backflow passengers for Eid 2022 which is likely to occur this weekend.

"It's better to break down (passenger density), so it's not too crowded and not too crowded," said Gusnar.

The peak of Lebaran homecoming at Soetta Airport occurred on D-3 Lebaran, namely Friday, April 29, where there were 1,052 flights, an increase of 428.64 percent from the same period the previous year (year on year/yoy) of 199 flights.

When viewed from the number of passengers, on D-3 Lebaran, the highest was recorded at 141,347 or an increase of 1,849.61 percent (yoy) from 7,250 passengers.

Meanwhile, on the first day of Eid in 2022, the number of passengers at Soetta Airport was recorded at 92,975, up 755.97 percent (yoy) from 10,862.

The number of flights on that day also jumped 213.17 percent (yoy) from 243 to 761 flights in 2022.

For the second day of Eid, the number of airplane passengers was recorded to be fewer than the previous day, namely 55,662 passengers, but an increase of 644.44 percent (yoy) from 7,477 passengers.

Likewise with the number of flights, which reached 420 or up 122.22 percent (yoy) from 189 flights.

Meanwhile, the reverse flow is predicted to start on Friday May 6 tomorrow until Sunday May 8.