Kertajati Airport Records 30,078 Passengers During Christmas And New Year Holidays

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JAKARTA - The management of West Java International Airport (BIJB) Kertajati, Majalengka, West Java, noted that the number of passengers during the long Christmas 2023 and New Year 2024 holidays reached 30,078 passengers.

"The total number of passengers is 30,078 with 220 flights," said BIJB Executive General Manager Nuril Huda Mahmudan in Majalengka, West Java, quoted from Antara, Saturday, January 6.

Nuril said the number of passengers at BIJB Kertajati was calculated from 23 December 2023 to 4 January 2024, with an average aircraft load factor of 81.8 percent.

Of the number of existing travel routes, according to him, during this long holiday season the maximum occupancy rate for aircraft to Denpasar, Bali, was recorded at around 60 percent.

"Followed, Balikpapan is around 19 percent and Kualanamu is Medan is around 11 percent," he said.

Nuril said that apart from passenger travel, during the long holiday, cargo flight transportation also experienced a surge with a total of goods transported up to 150 tons.

Overall, he said, flights at BIJB Kertajati had shown a positive trend, especially during the Christmas and New Year holidays this time.

Furthermore, he stated that BIJB Kertajati would optimize the current flight route permit for the 2024 period.

"And, there will be additional cargo flight from Citilink airline," he said.

In maximizing services to passengers, BIJB Kertajati also routinely conducts socialization and education to the public because currently access to flight facilities is quite easy to reach.

In addition, his party also continues to strive for promotional activities so that flight activities at the airport will be more crowded in 2024.

"There are three cities (Medan, Balikpapan, and Denpasar) that we toured were the three main destinations of Kertajati, due to several collaborations between tourism actors in the area," he said.