Lebaran 2022 Return, Ambon Pattimura Airport Serves 3,286 Passengers

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AMBON - Ambon's Pattimura Airport has experienced an increase in the number of flights, both arrivals or arrivals of aircraft or departures, aliases departing on D+6 Lebaran or Sunday 8 May. The number of flights recorded was 20 times.

"However, the number of flights on Sunday is still lower than Saturday, May 7, which was 25 flights for arriving and departing aircraft," said PT Angkasa Pura I Legal Compliance and Stakeholder Relations Manager Pattimura Airport Branch, Aditya Narendra in Ambon, quoted by Antara, Monday 9 May.

According to him, the number of return passengers on D+6 was 3,286 people, consisting of 1,661 arriving passengers and 1,625 departing passengers.

Meanwhile, the return flow of passengers at Pattimura International Airport, on Saturday 7 May, or D+5 was 3,258 people.

"This number consists of 1,626 arriving passengers and another 1,632 departing from the airport," he said.

It is predicted that the peak return on D+5 and D+6 will increase between 10 percent and 20 percent in April and May compared to flight activity in March 2022.

He added that scheduled flights operating at Ambon's Pattimura Airport serving Lebaran and return passengers are Garuda, Citilink, Lion Air, Wings Air, Batik Air, Sriwijaya Air and Trigana Air airlines.

Meanwhile, pioneer flights to a number of airports in the Maluku region are still served by the airline Sam Air.