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Island focus: More to return to cities on Sunday
The Transportation Ministry has predicted that the flow of Idul Fitri holiday travelers returning to cities from their hometowns will peak again on Sunday as students will resume their school activities on Monday
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he Transportation Ministry has predicted that the flow of Idul Fitri holiday travelers returning to cities from their hometowns will peak again on Sunday as students will resume their school activities on Monday.
“Monday will be the first day of school after this long holiday,” said the ministry’s air transportation director general Agus Santoso as quoted by kompas.com during an inspection at Adi Soemarmo International Airport in Surakarta, East Java, on Thursday.
According to the Transportation Ministry, two days before Idul Fitri, which is the peak of the Islamic holiday’s mudik (exodus) period, Adi Soemarmo Airport accommodated 7,511 passengers. Meanwhile, three days after Idul Fitri, the airport served 7,610 passengers, most of whom were returning to the cities in which they work after celebrating the festivity in their hometowns.
“During Idul Fitri, the routes to and from Surakarta are mostly from Bali, Jakarta, Palangkaraya in Central Kalimantan and Palembang in South Sumatra,” said the ministry.
An AirNav report for Adi Soemarmo Airport revealed that 76 to 81 flights departed from and arrived at the airport every day during this year’s Idul Fitri holiday season. This figure shows an increase from normal days, when it usually records 66 flights.
