The Surge In Passengers At Halim Airport Is Estimated To Start D-2 Lebaran

The atmosphere of the departure area at Halim Perdanakusuma Airport, Jakarta, Friday (5/4/2024). ANTARA/Rizka Khaerunnisa

JAKARTA - KSO Halim Perdanakusuma Airport (HLP) estimates that the surge in the number of passengers departing for homecoming through the airport will occur from D-2 Eid Al-Fitr 1445 Hijri.

"Starting from H-2, there is usually a significant increase, it continues to rise. After that there is a masslow first (the decrease in the number of passengers), then after that it rises again when it flows to Jakarta," said Halim Perdanakusuma Airport Public Relations Nadia Putri Andrian quoted by ANTARA, Friday, April 5.

The management has not detailed the total number of passengers on Friday or D-5 Lebaran. However, Nadia estimates that there will be an increase in the number of air transportation users from Halim Airport by 2,000-3,000 passengers compared to the previous day.

"Usually (on normal days) the average passenger reaches 6,000 to 7,000 (people). Now it has started in the range of 9,000-110,000 passengers," he said.

In 2023, according to Nadia, the peak of the homecoming and milir flow at Halim Airport occurs on D-1, D Lebaran Day, and D-1. At that time, the number of passengers per day at the peak of homecoming and billion reached more than 10,000 people.

To anticipate the surge in passengers, Nadia said Citilink airlines added flight routes during the Eid holiday period, namely the Halim-Pekanbaru and Halim-Balikpapan routes.

Citilink also added flights for the Halim-Surabaya and Halim-Padang routes. In addition, Batik Air airlines also add flights, namely for Halim-Batam, Halim-Yogyakarta, and Halim-Semarang routes.

"To stop the destination, first it must be Kualanamu. Then there are Denpasar, Yogyakarta, Palembang, and Semarang," added Nadia.

During the Lebaran holiday period, Nadia said KSO HLP provided several additional facilities around the airport area, one of which increased the band with or increased the speed of the Wifi network so that prospective passengers could access the internet for free more quickly.

In addition, KSO HLP is also expanding in the "security checkpoint 2" area to reduce the accumulation of queues for prospective passengers who will enter limited security areas and/or waiting rooms at the airport terminal building.

According to Nadia, the Halim Airport management has also added staff in the check-in area and added security officers who are always on standby including officers at the Lebaran post, Airport Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) unit officers, and security officers from the Indonesian Air Force.

In addition, officers from the Port Health Office (KKP) are also always on standby at the Halim Airport health post. Nadia said KSO HLP itself also always checks the supply of P3K to anticipate a state of health emergency for passengers in the airport area.

Meanwhile, KSO HLP itself has carried out various comprehensive preparations, operational and commercial aspects, since last March. Operational preparations are made ranging from checking the runway, checking terminal and air side facilities, to "electric power sector".

Not only that, the manager has also carried out safety campaigns in the apron and terminal areas, as well as public safety campaigns from Monday (1/4) to Thursday (4/4).