Public Trust In Air Transportation Recovers, 15 Angkasa Pura I Airports Record Movement Of 6 Million Passengers

The atmosphere at Lombok Praya International Airport owned by Angkasa Pura I. (Photo: Antara Doc)

JAKARTA - PT Angkasa Pura I recorded that it had served 6,090,015 passengers at 15 airports, for two months running in 2022. This record increased 59 percent from the same period last year where there were 3,837,358 passengers.

Aircraft movements also increased 8.3 percent during January to February or reached 67,173 served. In the same period last year, the number was only 62,040 aircraft movements.

Meanwhile, statistics on cargo traffic at 15 airports managed by Angkasa Pura I also experienced growth, with 74,217,313 kg of cargo in 2022 compared to 70,845,408 kg of cargo in 2021, or grew by 4.8 percent.

Specifically for February, Angkasa Pura I was recorded to have served 2,591,586 passengers, 30,637 aircraft movements, and 34,855,255 kg of cargo at 15 airports managed. Meanwhile, in February 2021, 1,717,379 passengers, 28,332 aircraft movements, and 2,094,679 kg of cargo were served.

President Director of Angkasa Pura I, Faik Fahmi, explained that if a comparison was made, each would show a growth of 51 percent for passenger movements, 8.1 percent for aircraft movements, and 5.4 percent for cargo traffic.

"Based on records, air transport traffic statistics at the 15 airports that we manage recorded a positive record when compared to records in 2021. This shows that the public's confidence is starting to return to traveling by air transportation," he said in an official statement, quoted on Thursday. , 10 March.

Tighten COVID-19 health protocols

The increase in the number of passengers, said Faik, was accompanied by tightening of the COVID-19 health protocol at airports under the management of Angkasa Pura I.

Furthermore, Faik said that Angkasa Pura Airports is consistently committed to ensuring that the implementation of health protocols runs in accordance with applicable regulations at managed airports. This is in order to realize a safe, comfortable, and healthy flight for all service users.

"Of course we are accompanied by strict implementation of health protocols at airports. We also urge the public to continue to comply with health protocols both at the pre and post-journey stages," he said.

In the future, Faik admitted that he is increasingly optimistic about the prospect of passenger and flight traffic growth during the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, with the re-operation of regular flights on international routes in Bali, as well as with the issuance of the SE Ministry of Transportation Number 21 of 2022.

"We believe this will be able to have a very positive impact on increasing passenger traffic in general, and in particular in the 15 airports we manage," he explained.

For your information, PT Angkasa Pura I is an airport management company in Indonesia. Currently, Angkasa Pura I manages 15 airports in central and eastern Indonesia, namely I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport in Bali, Juanda Airport in Surabaya, Sultan Hasanuddin Airport in Makassar, and Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman Sepinggan Airport in Balikpapan.

Then, Biak's Frans Kaisiepo Airport, Manado's Sam Ratulangi Airport, Banjarmasin's Syamsudin Noor Airport, Semarang's Ahmad Yani Airport, Yogyakarta's Adisutjipto Airport, Yogyakarta International Airport in Kulon Progo, Adi Soemarmo Airport Surakarta, Lombok Praya International Airport, and Ambon Pattimura Airport.

Then, Kupang El Tari Airport, and Jayapura Sentani Airport. Angkasa Pura I has five subsidiaries, namely PT Angkasa Pura Logistik, PT Angkasa Pura Properti, PT Angkasa Pura Suport, PT Angkasa Pura Hotel, and PT Angkasa Pura Retail.

Angkasa Pura I is part of the Tourism Aviation BUMN Holding PT Aviasi Wisata Indonesia (Persero) or known as InJourney as a corporate brand.