Lombok Airport Passengers Burst Because Of The Mandalika MotoGP

Lombok International Airport/Photo: Antara

CENTRAL LOMBOK - PT Angkasa Pura I Lombok International Airport, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), recorded a surge in the number of passengers reaching 11,400 people per day as the Pertamina Grand Prix Of Indonesia or MotoGP Mandalika was held on March 18-20 2022. "Passengers at Lombok Airport Now it's starting to increase," said Public Relations of PT Angkasa Pura I Lombok International Airport, Arif Haryanto in Praya, NTB, Saturday, March 19. Spectators of the international standard motorcycle racing event which took place at Pertamina Mandalika International Street Circuit started arriving two days ago. On March 17, 2022, he said, the number of passengers at Lombok Airport reached 8,200 people, consisting of 6,000 arriving passengers and 2,200 departing passengers. Antara. Previously the General Manager of PT Angkasa Pura I Lombok International Airport, Nugroho Jati, said Right, to support the Mandalika MotoGP event, Lombok Airport operates 24 hours, so that his party has prepared a complete infrastructure starting from the terminal runway, parking area and entry and exit areas and parking management management. "On average there is an increase of 100 flights arriving and departing a day. Up 120 percent during this MotoGP event," he said. He said the number of passengers at Lombok Airport before the pandemic was an average of 8,000 passengers per day and during the pandemic the average number of passengers was 3,500 people per day. "Most flights are from Jakarta, Denpasar and Surabaya and several other flights," he said.