AP I Serves 1.59 Million Passengers During D-7 To D+2 Lebaran

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION VIA ANTARA

JAKARTA - PT Angkasa Pura I has served 1,590,139 passengers on D-7 to D+2 Eid or in the period from April 25 to May 5, an increase of 1,955 percent compared to the same period in the previous year which served 66,042 passengers at 15 airports operated by PT Angkasa Pura I. managed.

"On average, passenger movements during the D-7 to D+2 period of Eid at the 15 airports we manage reached 145,000 passengers per day or only reached 63 percent when compared to normal times before the COVID-19 pandemic, which served an average of 229 passengers per day. thousand passengers per day," said AP I President Director Faik Fahmi in his statement quoted by Antara, Friday, May 6.

Faik Fahmi said, in flight traffic, AP I has served 14,351 aircraft movements and an increase of 650 percent when compared to the same period in the previous year which served 2,331 aircraft movements.

Likewise, cargo movement increased by 62 percent by serving 11,023,034 kg of cargo which in the same period in the previous year served 8,063,691 kg of cargo.

During this period, AP I was recorded to have received 863 extra flights from various national airlines with flight realization reaching 70 percent or 601 extra flights.

"This proves that the demand and interest in traveling for passengers to go home for Eid in 2022 using air transportation is quite high, so the airline has decided to add flight slots that did not exist before," he said.

There are two AP I airports with operating hours reaching 24 hours during this Eid homecoming period, namely Sultan Hasanuddin Airport in Makassar and I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport in Bali.

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There were also three AP I airports that served the highest passenger and aircraft movements in this period, namely Juanda Airport Surabaya which served 344,471 passengers and 2,635 aircraft movements, I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport in Bali which served 323,277 passengers and 2,354 aircraft movements, and Makassar Sultan Hasanuddin Airport which serving 308,617 passengers and 2,520 aircraft movements.

"We have prepared steps through engineering the flow of inspection flows and checking facilities periodically to face the upcoming peak of backflow to ensure airport operations run safely, comfortably and conducively," he said.