InJourney Airports Targets 15 Percent Passenger Increase In 2024

Director of Operations of PT Angkasa Pura I, Wahyudi. (Photo: Doc. ANTARA)

JAKARTA - PT Angkasa Pura Indonesia or InJourney Airports targets an increase in passenger traffic this year. Each operator targets an increase of around 13 to 15 percent.

For your information, InJourney Airports is a subholding of SOEs in the airport management sector consisting of PT Angkasa Pura I (AP I) and PT Angkasa Pura II (AP II).

Director of Operations of PT Angkasa Pura I, Wahyudi, said that his party is targeting to record passenger movements of 78 million people by 2024. This number increased by 15 percent compared to passenger traffic in the 2023 period.

"This increase will continue from 2023 to 2024," Wahyudi said at the Ministry of Transportation, Jakarta on Thursday, March 7.

Furthermore, Wahyu said, there are several airports that will support the achievement of this target. First, Bali's I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport.

The airport, he said, would be the largest contributor to passenger movements at airports managed by AP I with a projection of 21.46 million people.

Then, Juanda Airport Surabaya with 14.01 million passenger movements, and Sultan Hasanuddin Airport Makassar with 10.52 million passengers.

Furthermore, Wahyudi said that his party is also ready to accommodate the growth in the number of airplane passengers this year.

"In terms of capacity, we are no longer in trouble. From the efforts that have been made, our overall airport capacity is 135 million pax," he said.

AP II Pasang Target Tumbuh 13 Percent

Meanwhile, VP of Corporate Communications of PT Angkasa Pura II, Cin Asmoro said that his party set a target number of passengers of 91.08 million people at the 20 airports it manages. This number grew 13 percent compared to the realization of passenger movements in 2023.

According to Cin, the momentum of Eid and Christmas and New Year will be a positive sentiment to boost the addition of passengers.

"Our target in 2024 is to have a recovery rate of 100.3 percent compared to the pre-pandemic period in 2019," said Cin.

Cin said Soekarno Hatta Airport will still be a contributor to the largest passenger movement for AP II. But unfortunately, Cin did not specify the target number of passengers in 2024.