A Total Of 2.58 Million Passengers Will Crowd Soekarno Hatta Airport At The 2024 Eid Homecoming Moment

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PT Angkasa Pura II has prepared 2.58 million prospective flight passengers to start crowding the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport Terminal (Soetta) Tangerang, Banten during the Lebaran 1445 Hijri/2024 AD homecoming period.

VP of Corporate Communication AP II Cin Asmoro, in Tangerang, Thursday, March 21, said that from the prediction with a total figure of 2.58 million, it had increased by seven percent compared to 2023.

However, his party is currently anticipating a spike when entering the Lebaran homecoming period.

"AP II airports have an operational plan to welcome the 2024 Eid Transport. Security, smoothness, safety and service aspects are our priority to present a Meaningful Homecoming," he said, quoted from Antara.

According to him, apart from Soetta Airport, the increase in the number of passengers at the airport managed by AP II will also experience a significant increase.

As predicted, based on data, it is projected to reach 4.36 million people or an increase of 12 percent compared to the realization during the 2023 Eid Transport period of 3.89 million people.

"The projection for the number of passengers in 2024, has also exceeded nine percent of the 2019 Eid Transport when there was no pandemic, namely 3.99 million people," he also said.

Furthermore, he said, one of the operational plans in anticipating a spike in several airport terminals was the adjustment of operating hours.

"Some airports will be added to their operating hours to accommodate increasing flight demand. We will coordinate with airlines and regulators regarding the addition of these operating hours," he said again.

In addition, AP II also sets service time standards at the passenger touchpoint or passenger interaction point at the airport. For example, at the security check point (SCP) for inspection of luggage and SCP for passenger inspection, a waiting time is less than 7 minutes and the process time is less than 3 minutes.

Meanwhile, all facilities are also prepared such as airside facilities, including runways, garbarata, visual docking guidance systems (VDGS). Then security facilities such as walkthrough metal detectors (WMTD), Body Scanner, X-ray and CCTV.

Then also the Airport Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) facility, namely the main vehicle fleet and supporting vehicles for emergencies.

Soekarno-Hatta Airport is also equipped with a Land Transport Control Center (LTCC) as a land transportation service control center, as well as an Airport Infrastructure Control Center (AICC) to monitor vital infrastructure.

"In all aircraft passenger terminals at airports, Terminal Operation Center (TOC) is also operated as the terminal control center. Especially at Soekarno-Hatta Airport, Airport Operation Control Center (AOCC) is prepared equipped with modern equipment as a platform for collaboration of all stakeholders at airports," he also said.

AP II currently manages 20 airports, namely Soekarno-Hatta Airport (Tangerang), Halim Perdanakusuma (Jakarta), Kualanamu (Medan), Supadio (Pontianak), Minangkabau (Padang), Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II (Palembang), Sultan Syarif Kasim II (Pekanbaru), and Husein Sastranegara (Bandung).

Furthermore, Sultan Iskandarmuda (Banda Aceh), Raja Haji Fisabilillah (Tanjungpinang), Sultan Thaha (Jambi), Depati Amir (Pangkalpinang), Silangit (North Tapanuli), Kertajati (Majalengka), Banyuwangi (Banyuwangi), Tjilik Riwut (Palangka Raya), Radin Inten II (Lampung), HAS Hanandjoeddin (Tanjung Pandan), Fatmawati Soekarno (Bengkulu), and General Besar Sudirman (Purbalingga).