D-5 Lebaran, Ministry Of Transportation: Air Transport Passenger Movement Becomes The Highest

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JAKARTA - The Ministry of Transportation noted that the increase in passenger movement in the air transportation mode was the highest compared to other modes of transportation until D-5 Lebaran 2022.

Spokesperson for the Ministry of Transportation Adita Irawati said on air transportation, the realization of the number of passengers on D-5 in 2022 was 192,130 passengers, or an increase of 82.8 percent when compared to normal days of 105,101 passengers.

"It can be seen that the cumulative passenger movement from D-7 to D-5 means that the movement of air transport passengers is the highest, with 505,428 passengers," he said in a virtual press conference, Thursday, April 28.

This number is the result of the combined movement of the densest departure passengers at five airports, namely Soekarno Hatta, Sultan Hasanuddin (Makassar), Juanda (Surabaya), Sepinggan (Balikpapan), and Ngurah Rai (Bali).

Not only air transportation, Adita said the number of passenger movements in all modes of public transportation continues to increase. On Monday 25 April 2022 (D-7) there were 474,285 passengers, on Tuesday 26 April 2022 (D-6) 476,429 passengers, and on Wednesday 27 April 2022 (D-5) yesterday 555,168 passengers.

"We predict that the increase will continue to occur until the peak of the homecoming which is predicted to occur from today, Thursday, April 28 to Saturday, April 30, 2022," he said.

On road transportation (bus transportation), Adita said, the realization of the number of passengers on D-5 in 2022 was 117,285 passengers, or an increase of 86.9 percent when compared to a normal day of 62,760 passengers.

Meanwhile, in rail transportation, the realization of the number of passengers on D-5 in 2022 was 90,448 passengers, or an increase of 87.0 percent when compared to a normal day of 48,372 passengers.

"In sea transportation, the realization of the number of passengers on D-5 in 2022 is 64,050 passengers, or an increase of 219.2 percent when compared to a normal day of 20,064 passengers," he said.

Meanwhile, in ferry transportation, continued Adita, the realization of the number of passengers on D-5 in 2022 was 91,255 passengers, or an increase of 64.3 percent compared to a normal day of 55,525 passengers.

Meanwhile, the total movement of passengers in all modes of transportation cumulatively from Monday 25 April 2022 (D-7) to D-5 yesterday, has reached 1,505,882 passengers.

However, Adita said the number was still smaller with a comparison of 55.7 percent, when compared to the cumulative passenger movement in the same period in 2019 of 3,402,142 passengers.

"However, this year's cumulative data is still provisional and there is still a possibility to increase it," he said.