Passengers To Bali's Ngurah Rai Airport Down, Impact Of Airplane Passenger PCR Test Requirements?

ILLUSTRATION/ANTARA/NGURAH RAI AIRPORT BALI

BADUNG - The mandatory PCR test for Java-Bali aircraft has an impact on the number of arriving passengers at I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport, Bali. The number of passengers is down. The PCR terms apply from Sunday, October 24.

On Sunday, October 24, the number of passengers arriving at Bali's Ngurah Rai Airport was 6,537 people. This condition is much lower than Thursday, October 21 to Saturday, October 23, with an average of 7 thousand people and more to 9 thousand people.

Stakeholder Relations Manager Angkasa Pura I (Persero) International Airport I Gusti Ngurah Rai Taufan Yudhistira said he could not confirm the impact of the PCR requirements on the interest of airplane passengers coming to Bali.

"What is certain, if it is Sunday for arrivals, is low and will definitely go down. We cannot see the impact of the PCR, at least we need it until next Sunday (to see the impact," said Taufan, when contacted, Monday, October 25.

Meanwhile, for passenger departure data from Bali via I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport, there was an increase on Saturday, October 23 with 9,720 passengers and Sunday, October 24 with 10,804 passengers.

"Yesterday, the arrival rate was low but the departure rate was high, that's normal. What is certain is that on Sunday it will definitely decrease (arrivals) compared to Saturday, Friday and Thursday," he added.

In addition, Taufan said that from previous experience when the PCR test was applied, there was indeed a decline in passengers at I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport.

"But we think that the current period is not too deep (a lot of decline). PCR is cheaper than before," he said.

Meanwhile, the recorded passengers who came to I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport were dominated from Jakarta, Surabaya and Makassar.