The Trend Of Decreasing Number Of Airplane Passengers During The WFH And Stay At Home Period

Illustration. (Irfan Meidianto / VOI)

JAKARTA - The central government has advised not to travel out of town and stay at home, otherwise known as stay at home . In addition, he also appealed to companies to implement a work from home system or work from home during the coronavirus or COVID-19 pandemic. This government appeal was responded well, especially by residents of Jakarta.

DKI Jakarta is the province with the most COVID-19 cases in Indonesia and because of this, citizens of the capital are expected not to travel outside the city and remain at home.

President Director of PT Angkasa Pura II Muhammad Awaluddin said the good response of the community to the government's appeal was evident from the trend of aircraft passenger movements. The trend shows a decrease in the number of passengers at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Banten and Halim Perdanakusuma, Jakarta.

"If you look at the data in the 14-day period of work from home and stay at home or on March 16 to 29, there is a downward trend in airplane passenger movements. This indicates that the public has responded well to the government's appeal to break the chain of spreading COVID-19," he said, written received by VOI , in Jakarta, Tuesday, March 31.

Awaluddin explained, in the first seven days of stay at home and work form home period , namely March 16 to 22, the number of passenger movements on domestic routes at Soekarno-Hatta was recorded at 763,633.

Then, Awaluddin continued, on the second seven days, namely March 23 to 29, it became 500,080 or decreased by 34.51 percent. Meanwhile, aircraft movements decreased by 34.22 percent, from 6,069 movements to 3,992 movements.

"At Halim Perdanakusuma, on the first seven days 16 to 22 March, the number of domestic route passengers was recorded at 86,653 passengers, and decreased 35.07 percent to 56,265 passengers in the second seven days 23 to 29 March," he said.

Along with the decrease in the number of passengers, Awaluddin said, aircraft movements also decreased by 18.82 percent or from 1,217 movements to 988 movements.

However, Awaluddin said the data also indicated that passengers traveling outside Jakarta would return to Jakarta as soon as possible.

"The movement of aircraft entering Jakarta is higher than that of leaving Jakarta. The data also states that passengers leaving Jakarta will soon return to Jakarta," he explained.

When viewed from the top 10 favorite destinations, Awaluddin said, the number of flights leaving Jakarta was equal to the flights that arrived in Jakarta.

"The indication is that the plane that came to Jakarta brought back passengers who had previously left Jakarta," he said.

For your information, the top 10 domestic route destinations from Soekarno-Hatta are Medan, Palembang, Padang, Pontianak, Semarang, Solo, Surabaya, Denpasar, Balikpapan and Ujung Pandang.