191 Thousand Passengers Enter Bali Via Ngurah Rai Airport

Documentation of the atmosphere of I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport passengers at the terminal at the moment of the flow of Christmas, Denpasar. BETWEEN/Ni Putu Putri Muliantari (ANTARA/Ni Putu Putri Muliantari)

DENPASAR - I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport recorded that in 5 days the momentum ahead of Christmas was 191,810 passengers entering Bali.

General Manager of PT Angkasa Pura Indonesia I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport Ahmad Syaugi Shahab said the trend of passengers arriving from 18-22 December 2024 was indeed higher than those departing.

"The composition is 53 percent or 191 thousand passengers entering Bali, consisting of 83 thousand domestic passenger arrivals and 108 thousand international passengers, the remaining 167 thousand or 47 percent of passengers leaving Bali," he said, Tuesday, December 24.

According to airport records, the most dense arrival flow in five days fell on Sunday (22/12) with a total of 76,669 passengers consisting of 17,924 domestic and 22,879 international passengers.

Syaugi said I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport had predicted a surge in passengers ahead of Christmas and New Year's 2025, as evidenced in 5 days they had served a total of 358,901 passengers.

On average, both arrivals and departures a day receive 72 thousand passengers, while the average per day served throughout 2024 is 65 thousand passengers.

"So that the increase in passenger volume across I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport increased by 10 percent," said Syaugi.

It is said that positive growth occurred in aircraft movements, where on average per day there were 424 aircraft movements with a total of 2,120 movements during this Christmas period, while the average from January to November 2024 was only 387 movements.

The busiest routes served are Jakarta (Cengkareng) with 467 flights carrying 73,811 passengers, followed by Singapore routes with 182 aircraft movements with 39,045 passengers, and in third position on flights on the Surabaya route, namely 146 flights with 24,797 passengers.

With the heavy traffic of aircraft, passengers, and vehicles during the Christmas and New Year 2025 holidays, Angkasa Pura Indonesia opens transportation monitoring posts, as well as ensures that facilities and services run well