129 Thousand Passenger in Soetta Airport Dominated by Homecomers
- Viva.co.id/ Sherly (Tangerang)
VIVA – This Tuesday, 10 May, 2022 is the last day of the movement back and forth for Eid 1443 Hijri. The movement of people return from their hometowns has also decreased.
Such as Soekarno-Hatta Airport, Tangerang. Based on data received by VIVA, as many as 129,311 passengers passed through the airport, with the most in the arrivals area, namely 72,553 passengers. While the departure of as many as 56,758 passengers.
This figure also decreased compared to May 9, 2022, where around 132.000 passengers passed through Soetta Airport.
Senior Manager of Branch Communication and Legal at Soekarno-Hatta Airport, M. Holik said, of the total passenger movements today, the most were in Terminal 2, with a total of 62,644 people.
The movement of passengers is still dominated by travelers. This can be seen from the origin of the flight. "It's still dominated by travelers, and at most Terminal 2. Then, Terminal 1 as many as 24,230 and Terminal 3 as many as 42,437 people," he said, Tuesday, May 10, 2022.
Suasana Bandara Soekarno Hatta, Selasa, 10 Mei 2022.
- Viva.co.id/ Sherly (Tangerang)
Meanwhile, based on the press release received, Director of PT Angkasa Pura II Muhamad Awaluddin said that his team estimate that the movement of passengers for the Eid transportation period on April 22 until May 13, 2022 at 20 AP II airports can be more than the initial target of 3.42 million people.
"Based on the high public interest, we estimate that the number of passenger movements in the 2022 Eid transportation at AP II airport can be more than 3.42 million people," he said.
At Soetta Airport, the total movement of passengers during the Eid al-Fitr period until May 8, 2022, recorded 2 million people with aircraft movements of 15,873 flights.
"We are very grateful that all stakeholders at AP II airport can closely synergize and collaborate in the success of Eid transportation to take travelers to their hometowns and welcome their return home safely and smoothly," he said.
"Through various strategies such as setting flight time slots, optimizing airside operations, adjusting airport operations as a whole and so on, AP II and stakeholders are able to accommodate the high demand for flight seats in Angleb or known as Eid al-Fitr transportation 2022." he added.
