Angkasa Pura I Targets To Serve 3.6 Million Passengers During Christmas And New Year Holidays

President Director of Angkasa Pura I Faik Fahmi. (Photo: Doc. ANTARA)

JAKARTA PT Angkasa Pura I or AP I targets to serve up to 3,638,243 passengers at 15 airports during the 2023 Christmas and 2024 New Year holidays.

This number increased by 25 percent compared to the number of passenger movements last year.

As for aircraft movements, AP I projects to serve 29,674 movements or grow by 17 percent compared to the number of aircraft movements in the previous Christmas and New Year's Command Post which reached 25,207 aircraft movements.

AP I President Director Faik Fahmi said the operation of the 2023 Christmas and New Year 2024 Air Transport Monitoring Posts at 15 airports managed by AP I had started yesterday.

This post is operated to ensure that air transportation is safe, comfortable, smooth, and safe during this peak season.

The Christmas and New Year posts operate from 19 December 2023 to 3 January 2024. This means that for 16 days passenger movements will be monitored, considering that there will be an increase in movement.

"We predict that there will be a significant increase in the flow of passenger and aircraft movements compared to last year's Nataru holiday, so that qualified operational, service and infrastructure support is needed," he said in an official statement, Wednesday, December 20.

Faik said the high projected number of passenger and aircraft movements was also supported by the large number of extra flight submissions at AP I airports.

"As of December 20, AP I noted that it had received at least 1,432 extra flight submissions from 11 national airlines and 1 international airline," he said.

Faik conveyed that the prediction of the peak of passenger density during the Christmas and New Year periods this time, where the peak of the Christmas 2023 homecoming flow will occur on Friday, December 22 (H-3 Christmas) with a projection of 259,840 passenger movements, as well as the peak of backflow on Tuesday, December 26 (H+1 Christmas) with a projection of 217,393 passenger movements.

"Meanwhile, the peak of the 2024 New Year holiday homecoming flow is predicted to occur on Friday, December 29, 2023 (H-3 New Year) with a projection of 223,724 passenger movements, as well as the peak of backflow on Monday, January 1, 2024 with a projection of 228,173 passenger movements," he said.

Regarding the busy route, Faik predicts that this will happen on the Soekarno-Hatta Airport (CGK) - I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport, Bali (DPS). The route will be the busiest domestic route.

Then followed by the Soekarno-Hatta Airport (CGK)-Bandara Sultan Hasanuddin Makassar (UPG), and Soekarno-Hatta Airport (CGK) - Juanda Airport Surabaya (SUB).

As for international routes, continued Faik, the I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport Bali (DPS) - Changi Singapore Airport (SIN) route is predicted to be the busiest route, followed by the Bali I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport (DPS) - Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Airport (KUL) route.

"To ensure the smooth operation of flights and service services of service users during this peak season period, AP I has prepared a number of steps, including by coordinating with relevant stakeholders, adjusting airport operating hours, and preparing mitigation measures and anticipating emergencies," he said.

Including, continued Faik, alerting approximately 4,680 internal and external personnel to ensure operational and service standards are maintained.

Furthermore, Faik Fahmi said, there are three AP I airports that will also operate 24 hours during the Christmas and New Year's Command Posts. The three are I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport Bali, Sultan Hasanuddin Airport Makassar, and Sam Ratulangi Airport Manado.

"In addition, 12 other AP I airports will alert operations for 24 hours to accommodate potential additional flight requests from airlines," he said.