Tourist Arrivals To Bali Soar, There Are 1 Million Airplane Passengers Entering Ngurah Rai, 236 Thousand Of Them Are Foreign Tourists

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BADUNG - Tourist visits to Bali surged in May 2022. I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport, Bali throughout May served 1,006,662 passengers.

Of these, the total number of domestic passengers was 770,000, while the total number of international passengers was 236,665.

"We as airport operators are happy with the increasing number of foreign tourists on the island of Bali. For this reason, we hope that other international routes will resume operations soon, in line with the improvement in the pandemic situation in Indonesia," said General Manager of I Gusti Ngurah Rai Bali Airport. , Handy Heryudhitiawan, Thursday, June 2nd.

In addition, international flight routes at I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport, Bali, have increased again with the operation of Batik Air Malaysia, which serves the Kuala Lumpur-Denpasar-Kuala Lumpur route, on Thursday (2/5).

The Batik Air Malaysia flight, which is operated by Malindo Air, uses a Boeing 737-800 aircraft that can accommodate up to 180 passengers.

"We congratulate Batik Air Malaysia for opening the first direct flight route Kuala Lumpur-Denpasar-Kuala Lumpur. We really appreciate the opening of this route and fully support Batik Air Malaysia's operations at I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport," he added.

The Batik Air Malaysia aircraft, with the aircraft code OD-306 on the Kuala Lumpur-Denpasar route, accommodated 129 passengers on its maiden flight.

As for the Denpasar-Kuala Lumpur route, Batik Air Malaysia's inaugural flight with flight code OD-305 served 101 passengers. In the future, these flights will be scheduled every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.

Then, Batik Air Malaysia's inaugural flight is expected to further enliven the number of international passengers at I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport, which is currently experiencing an increase.

"With the addition of the Kuala Lumpur-Denpasar-Kuala Lumpur route by Batik Air Malaysia, of course, there will be more alternatives for service users. We hope that with the increasing number of airlines serving these routes, the number of tourists from Kuala Lumpur will also increase," he said.