China Airlines Terbang Ke Bandara I Gusti Ngurah Rai, Penerbangan Yang Terhubungan Dengan Bali Jadi 22 Ruti

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JAKARTA - Bali's I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport received additional regular international flight routes in early September. This is in line with the re-operation of Chinese Airlines flights connecting Taiwan with Bali.

The plane with flight number CI771 landed at the runway of I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport on Friday, September 2, 2022 afternoon at 15.00 WITA carrying 163 passengers, after being in the air for 5 hours 30 minutes. Shortly after landing, the plane received a welcome speech from the PK-PPK vehicle at Bali's I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport.

The same plane then continued its journey back to Taoyuan Airport in Taiwan's Taipei city, on the same day at 16.21 WITA using flight number CI772. According to the schedule, this flight will operate twice a week, on Tuesdays and Fridays.

President Director of PT Angkasa Pura I Faik Fahmi welcomed the operation of this flight with enthusiasm. With the re-operation of Chinese Airlines flights connecting Taiwan with Bali, now the number of flight routes connected to Bali is 22 routes.

"The addition of this international flight route is also expected to have a more positive impact on the recovery process for the world of Indonesian aviation and tourism as well as globally," said Faik Fahmi, quoted Monday, September 5.

Before the global COVID-19 pandemic hit the world in early 2020, Bali's I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport recorded serving 231,525 tourists from Taiwan throughout 2019. If detailed, there were 116,099 tourists from Taiwan who came to Bali, as well as 115,426 tourists from Taiwan who departed from Bali.

"This flight also increased the number of airlines serving international flights at I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport to as many as 24 airlines," he said.

At the end of 2019, said Faik, Angkasa Pura I noted that there were approximately 50 international flight routes and 35 international airlines operating at Bali's I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport.

"This figure is at least our target, so that Bali tourism can bounce back, so that it can contribute to Bali's economic recovery and the national one," said Faik m.

Since the re-operation of regular international flight routes at Bali's I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport on February 3, it was recorded that until the end of August 2022, 10,181 movements of international routes and 1,851,848 movements of international routes had been served. Especially for August 2022, 580,981 passengers on international routes have been transported through 3,051 aircraft movements.