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Indonesian airports anticipate 2.5m travelers on year-end holiday
The number of passenger movement at 20 Indonesian airports during Christmas and New Year holiday this year is expected to reach 2.54 million passengers, PT Angkasa Pura II (AP II) predicts, as the state-owned operator readies its service to accommodate the end-of-year peak season.
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Passengers walk past airline counters on Oct. 18 at Terminal 3 of Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten. State-owned airport operator Angkasa Pura II recorded 44.03 million passengers at 20 airports nationwide in the first nine months of the year, up 115 percent compared with the same period in 2021. (Antara/Fauzan)
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he number of passenger movement at 20 Indonesian airports during the Christmas and New Year holiday this year is expected to reach 2.54 million passengers, PT Angkasa Pura II (AP II) predicts, as the state-owned operator readies its service to accommodate the end-of-year peak season.
The projection is calculated based on the expected number of passenger movement throughout Dec. 19, 2022 to Jan. 4, 2023 or D-6 Christmas and D+2 New Year, reflecting a hike of 26.36 percent compared to the same period last year of 2.01 million passengers.
Meanwhile, aircraft movement is predicted to hit 20,349 flights, an increase of 6.56 percent from last year’s same period of 19,096 flights.
The estimated numbers summarize traffic in 20 airports managed by AP II, namely Soekarno-Hatta Airport (Banten), Halim Perdanakusuma (Jakarta), Kualanamu (Medan), Supadio (Pontianak), Minangkabau (Padang), Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II (Palembang), Sultan Syarif Kasim II (Pekanbaru), Husein Sastranegara (Bandung), Sultan Iskandar Muda (Banda Aceh) and Raja Haji Fisabilillah (Tanjungpinang).
Also, Sultan Thaha (Jambi), Depati Amir (Pangkal Pinang), Silangit (North Tapanuli), Kertajati (Majalengka), Banyuwangi (Banyuwangi), Tjilik Riwut (Palangkaraya), Radin Inten II (Lampung), H.A.S Hanandjoeddin (Tanjung Pandan) , Fatmawati Soekarno (Bengkulu) and General Soedirman (Purbalingga).
"In accordance with the instructions of the Transportation minister, AP II ensures the readiness of 20 airports and we all hope that the implementation of Christmas and New Year transportation will run safely, securely, comfortably and healthily," said AP II president director Muhammad Awaluddin in a press statement on Monday.
Awaluddin added that coordination and communication of all stakeholders at the AP II airport were ensured to run well and intensively to ensure that operations and services for aircraft passengers could be optimal in the midst of peak season.
