Ahmad Yani Airport Semarang Starts Using The GeNose Test Kit, The Price Is IDR 40,000

Illustration. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - Jenderal Ahmad Yani International Airport, Semarang City, has started using a COVID-19 detector based on the breath GeNose C19 to anticipate the spread of the coronavirus.

"GeNose C19 equipment services are already available in the parking area of the 1st floor of the parking building which is implemented by Farmalab as a service provider that partners with us", said General-Manager of PT Angkasa Pura I (Persero) Branch Office of General Ahmad Yani Semarang International Airport Hardi Ariyanto in Semarang, quoted from Antara, Wednesday, April 28.

He explained that the GeNose C19 service is only intended for prospective passengers who already have an airplane ticket that departs on the same day from General Ahmad Yani International Airport and is not intended for the general public.

Prospective passengers are advised not to rely solely on the GeNose C19 service as one of the flight conditions, but can also use the "Rapid Test Antigen" service, which is also available at the airport to avoid queue buildup.

In this regard, prospective passengers planning to use the GeNose C19 service at the airport are expected to pay attention to service operational times, arrival times at the airport, and service procedures.

The GeNose C19 fee at General Ahmad Yani International Airport Semarang is IDR 40,000, while the operational time for GeNose C19 service is 09.00 WIB-17.00 WIB.

His party has provided two units of GeNose C19 machines so that they can accommodate as many as 300 bags per day for inspection.

"We are doing our best to avoid a buildup of GeNose C19 service queues at the airport by deploying several special officers in the field who are a combination of officers from Farmalab, Angkasa Pura Supports and our airport officers", he said.

When a potential build-up of passengers is identified, he continued, the officer will immediately direct prospective passengers who initially want to use the GeNose C19 service to the Antigen Rapid Test service which is available in three locations at Jenderal Ahmad Yani International Airport.

Previously, on April 27, 2021, at 09.00 WIB, a trial of the use of the GeNose C19 detection tool was carried out on 50 employees of PT Angkasa Pura I (Persero) and 50 representatives from the airport community.

This trial was carried out as an evaluation material and an effort to find out what was lacking so that when the implementation of this service could run even better and there was no accumulation of queues.