Passengers At Lombok Airport Reaches 73,000 During Eid Al-Fitr Homecoming And Return

Lombok International Airport/Photo: Antara

CENTRAL LOMBOK - PT Angkasa Pura I Lombok International Airport, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) recorded the number of passengers in the D-7 to D+4 period of Eid 1443 Hijri or the period from April 25 to May 7 2022 reaching 73,400 passengers. arrived and 34,700 passengers departed from Lombok Airport. When compared with the same period last year with 6,500 passengers, it means that there is a growth of more than 1,000 percent," said Public Relations of PT Angkasa Pura I Lombok Airport Arif Haryanto in a written statement in Praya, Sunday, May 8, 2022. For aircraft movements, during the 13-day Lebaran homecoming period this year, Lombok Airport serves 710 aircraft movements. This figure is an increase of 633 percent compared to last year which only had 39 aircraft movements. "On average, Lombok Airport currently serves 5,600 passengers with 55 aircraft movements per day," he said, quoted by Antara. In May 2022, there were 643 passengers, with details of 418 arriving and 225 passengers departing from Lombok to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

"On average, international flights at Lombok Airport recorded 92 passengers per day and 2 aircraft movements per day," he said. PT Angkasa Pura I Lombok Airport has also opened a COVID-19 vaccination service in line with the enactment of the Ministry's Circular Transportation (Kemenhub) RI Number 48 which applies April 19, 2022. So, currently airplane passengers over the age of 17 who have received the third dose of vaccination or boosters are not required to show negative results of PCR or antigen tests. opened a COVID-19 vaccination service at Lombok Airport. In addition to supporting the acceleration of the vaccination program launched by the government, this service is also intended to provide convenience for prospective airplane passengers departing from Lombok Airport in fulfilling one of the travel requirements, namely a COVID-19 vaccination certificate. We have also prepared a post for monitoring the flow of Lebaran homecoming to provide maximum service to the community," he said.