Bali's Ngurah Rai Airport Opens Eid Command Post To Anticipate Passenger Surge

Eid Al-Fitr Integrated Command Post At I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport, Bali, Wednesday (3/4). (PHOTO of Public Relations Bali Airport).

BADUNG - I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport, Bali, has started to open the Eid 2024 transportation post as a form of anticipation of a surge in passengers, especially at domestic terminals.

General Manager of I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport Handy Heryudhitiawan estimates that 473,008 domestic passengers will use flight services during the period 3-18 April 2024, so that transportation posts will provide services for passengers experiencing difficulties.

"We are preparing here 24 hours, take care of whatever the questions are, usually related to aircraft routes, changes in schedule, where the airline counter is located, then regarding land transportation there is contact here," he said, Wednesday, April 3.

The airport sees the importance of domestic Eid transportation posts based on the projected surge in passengers, namely from normal days serving 28 thousand passengers a day now it is predicted to reach 33 thousand a day.

In total, for 16 days I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport is estimated to serve 1,012,005 passengers consisting of 473,008 from domestic and 538,997 international passengers.

The Eid 2024 transportation post was built between arrival and domestic departure gates which could potentially experience a peak arrival on April 7 with 33,300 passengers and a peak return on April 14 with 33,846 passengers.

Pada momentum Idulfitri tahun ini, menurutHandy, ada kenaikan penumpang sebesar 1,36 persen dibanding periode 2023 lalu yang998.521 penumpang, sehingga bandara ingin membuat pelayanan dengan lebih optimal.

Head of Regional Airport Authority IV Agustinus Budi Hartono said that at the Eid 2024 transportation post all airport stakeholders would be involved.

"From the authorities, the government, and the airport, everything is here, we provide information regarding the movement of passengers and planes, there is also BMKG that provides weather information," he said.

The Head of the Airport Authority noted that so far there have been 282 additional domestic flight applications from five airlines and they can still increase.

The most populous routes on the homecoming momentum are Cengkareng, Jakarta; Surabaya; Makassar; Solo; Yogyakarta; and Lombok.