AP I Calls I Gusti NGurah Rai Bali The Busiest Airport In 2023

I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport (Photo: dock. Antara)

PT Angkasa Pura I (AP I) recorded I Gusti Ngurah Rai Bali as the airport with the highest number of passenger movements throughout 2023, with a total of 21,454,012 movements.

This number experienced a very significant growth, which was 71 percent compared to the number of passenger movements in 2022 which was 12,523,546 movements.

AP I President Director MMA Indah Preastuty said the recovery rate for the number of passenger movements at I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport in Bali in 2023 compared to the 2019 period reached 89 percent.

The high number of passenger movements at Bali's I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport is a sign that people's interest in traveling is recovering over time. And of course, Bali itself is still a leading tourism destination that is increasingly in demand," he said in an official statement, Tuesday, January 23.

International Route Passenger Movement Higher

Indah said the number of passenger movements at Bali's I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport, which was 21,454,012 movements, consisted of 9,918,573 passenger movements on domestic routes and 11,535,439 movements on international routes.

"One thing that deserves to be highlighted is that Bali's I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport is the only AP1 airport with a higher number of international route passenger movements compared to domestic routes," he said.

Indah said, the number of international route passengers moving in and out of Bali in 2023 also experienced a very impressive growth spike, which was 83 percent.

Furthermore, Indah said that the high number of passenger movements served by Bali's I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport throughout 2023 was also influenced by the high number of reactivations and the opening of new routes carried out by various national and international airlines, namely 69 reactivation and opening of domestic new routes, as well as 69 reactivation and opening of new international routes.

For information, throughout 2023, Bali's I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport serves 57 flight routes, which are divided into 20 domestic routes served by 11 airlines, and 37 international routes served by 37 airlines.