"This is, of course, the impact of the people's improving self-confidence after their travel via air transportation was very limited in the past two years due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic," Angkasa Pura (AP) President Director I Faik Fahmi noted in a statement here on Saturday.
AP I also served 35,256 flights and handled 39,891,736 kg of cargo in April, he remarked.
In April 2021, the airport operator served 2,682,433 passengers, 38,886 flights, and 37,022,838 kg of cargo, thereby translating to the fact that in 2022, an increase of 28 percent was recorded for passenger movements and eight percent for cargo movement. The number of flights, however, decreased by nine percent.
"The number of passengers increased owing to a policy to relax the air travel regulations. We are optimistic that with the enactment of new requirements, the flight traffic will increase in Indonesia," he remarked.
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Juanda Airport in Surabaya, East Java Province, served the largest number of passengers in April 2022, totaling 745,799 comprising 710,475 domestic passengers and 35,324 overseas passengers.
The second-highest number of passengers was recorded at Sultan Hasanuddin Airport, Makassar, with 725,747, followed by the I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport in Bali, ranking third, with 583,814 passengers.
In terms of aircraft movements, Makassar Sultan Hasanuddin Airport recorded the largest number, with 6,377 flights, while the Juanda Airport in Surabaya ranked second, with 5,850 aircraft movements, and I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport in Bali stood third, with 4,535 flights.
Meanwhile, Sentani Jayapura Airport handled the most cargo, at 9,698,849 kg, followed by Sultan Hasanuddin Airport in Makassar, with 7,508,124 kg of cargo, and Juanda Airport in Surabaya ranking third, with 6,755,253 kg of cargo comprising 5,538,224 kg of domestic cargo and 1,217,029 kg of international cargo traffic.
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