Angkasa Pura I Includes 207 Thousand Passengers At The Peak Of The Christmas Homecoming Flow, Most To Bali

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PT Angkasa Pura I serves 207,109 passenger movements at the peak of the Christmas holiday homecoming flow which occurred on December 23, 2022. The airport with the highest number of passenger movements in that period was I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport, Bali.

President Director of PT Angkasa Pura I Faik Fahmi said the number of passenger movements at 15 Angkasa Pura I airports on D-2 Christmas was 5.4 percent higher than the daily average number of passenger movements on 19 to 22 December 2022, amounting to 196,532 passenger movements. The company also recorded 1,687 aircraft movements at 15 airports.

Furthermore, Faik said the number of passenger movements at the peak of the 2022 Christmas homecoming flow grew by 57 percent compared to the number of passenger movements at the peak of the 2021 Christmas homecoming flow, which was 132,093 passenger movements.

"This year's growth is certainly very encouraging, along with the increasing interest of the public to return to travel during this big holiday period," he said in an official statement, Sunday, December 25.

Faik admitted that he had anticipated the high flow of passengers' movement, by alerting the Christmas and New Year's Air Transport Monitoring Post or the Nataru Command Post at 15 airports that we managed, from 19 December 2022 to 3 January 2023.

"We have also coordinated with a number of agencies, especially with airlines regarding the readiness of aircraft fleets to accommodate the high interest of citizens to travel and travel. Because it is not only the Christmas and New Year holidays, there are currently school holidays, so it is increasingly triggering high public interest in traveling," said Faik.

Three Airports with Highest Passenger Movement

Faik said there were three airports with the highest number of passenger movements at the peak of the Christmas holiday homecoming flow on December 23, 2022 (H-2 Christmas). The highest movement was at Bali's I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport with a total of 60,055 passenger movements.

Then, followed by Juanda Airport Surabaya with 40,608 passenger movements. Then, Sultan Hasanuddin Airport Makassar with 32,692 passenger movements.

Furthermore, Faik said Bali's I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport experienced a growth in the number of passenger movements at the peak of the 2022 Christmas holiday homecoming flow compared to the peak of the 2021 Christmas holiday homecoming flow, which was 163 percent.

"The high number of passenger movements experienced by Bali's I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport shows the high interest of the public to spend their vacation in Bali," he said.

Faik said Bali's I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport also served the highest number of passenger movements since the first day of operation of the Nataru Command Post on December 19 to 23, 2022, which reached 281,704 passenger movements.

In total, said Faik, 15 Angkasa Pura I airports have served 989,040 passenger movements and 8,221 aircraft movements in the period 19 to 23 December 2022. Compared to the number of passenger and aircraft movements in the same period last year, there was a growth of 50 percent for passenger movements and 30 percent for aircraft movements.

For the realization of extra flights, as of December 23, 2022, the realization of extra flights at 15 airports managed by Angkasa Pura I is 302 flights.

The top three airports with the most extra flight realizations on 19 to 23 December 2022 are Bali's I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport with a realization of 139 extra flights, Jayapura's Sentani Airport with a realization of 45 extra flights, and Makassar Sultan Hasanuddin Airport with a realization of 30 extra flights.

"For the peak return flow for the 2022 Christmas holiday, we predict it will occur on December 26 or D+1 Christmas. For the peak of the 2023 New Year holiday homecoming flow, we predict it will occur on December 30, 2022 or D-2 New Year, while the peak of the 2023 New Year's return flow will occur on January 2, 2023 or D+1 New Year," concluded Faik.