BADUNG - I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport, again adds international flight routes with the operation of Korean Air at I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport, Bali.
General Manager of I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport, Handy Heryudhitiawan said, Bali's I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport serves 20 international routes to 12 countries served by 22 airlines.
As of July 14, I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport has served 224,679 international passengers with an average of 16,000 passengers per day.
"Seeing the trend of international flights that are still showing positive growth, we hope that in the future more international routes will resume operations on the island of Bali. Thus, we are optimistic to achieve the service target of 9 million passengers in 2022," said Handy, in a statement. he wrote, Friday, July 15.
"We don't forget to remind service users to understand and obey applicable travel regulations, and continue to apply health protocols in the airport environment," he added.
The addition of the international flight route includes a direct flight to South Korea's Incheon International Airport using the Korean Air airline, which landed on Thursday, July 14 at midnight.
During the Inaugural Flight, Korean Air passengers were greeted with a water salute. Korean Air flights using Airbus A333 aircraft with flight code KAL629 from Incheon International Airport, carrying as many as 265 passengers on its maiden landing.
The plane returned to Incheon from Denpasar at 01.10 WITA, Friday, July 15, carrying as many as 113 passengers.
In the future, the Denpasar - Incheon PP route will be served every day by Korean Air.
"In 2019, I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport served 397,196 passengers to Incheon, South Korea using Korean Air and Garuda Indonesia airlines. We hope that the re-operation of direct flights from Denpasar to Incheon will trigger additional routes to South Korea and further improve connectivity both countries," he said.
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