Airline Business Skyrockets Again, Angkasa Pura Records 15,901 Tons Of Cargo Shipments During Ramadan

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JAKARTA - PT Angkasa Pura (AP) I reported that the activities of transporting goods or cargo during Ramadan and Eid this year reached 15,901 tons at 15 airports managed.

Angkasa Pura I President Director Faik Fahmi said that this number increased compared to the cargo book at the same momentum in 2021 at 13,389 tons and 2019 at 12,200 tons in 2019.

"Cargo traffic at the 15 airports that we managed during the Lebaran transportation period continued to show a positive trend in recent years," he said in an official statement quoted on Sunday, May 15.

According to Fahmi, this high volume of cargo cannot be separated from changes in people's consumption patterns during the pandemic from usually shopping directly or offline to shopping online through e-commerce.

"There are at least three Angkasa Pura I airports that serve the largest volume of cargo during the Lebaran transportation period, namely Sentani Jayapura Airport which serves 4,194 tons of cargo, an increase of up to 55 percent compared to the previous year which served 2,713 tons of cargo," he said.

Followed by Sultan Hasanuddin Airport Makassar which served 3,188 tons of cargo, an increase of 14 percent compared to the previous year which served 2,791 tons of cargo.

Then, Juanda Airport in Surabaya, which serves 2,398 tons of cargo, an increase of 27 percent compared to the previous year which served 1,890 tons of cargo.

For information, cargo traffic at 15 Angkasa Pura I airports in the first quarter of 2022 (January - March) increased 5.8 percent to 113,939 tons of cargo from 107,686 tons of cargo in the first quarter of 2021.

"Angkasa Pura I is projecting to be able to serve up to 451,024 tons of cargo by the end of 2022, an increase of 4 percent compared to 2021 which served up to 433,904 tons of cargo," concluded Fahmi.