Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – The stretching of flights at Soekarno-Hatta Airport (Soetta) made a new record, especially in early November 2020. After previously achieving records for flights and passengers during the long holiday period.
On November 1-3, 2020, Soekarno-Hatta Airport also recorded the number of flights forming a new balance point. The number of domestic flights plus international routes on November 1 reached 684 flights, then on November 2 there were 622 flights, then on November 3 there were 608 flights.
As a comparison, during normal conditions the number of flights in Soetta reached 1,200 flights per day, covering 150 thousand passengers per day.
Previously, the peak of activity since the Covid-19 pandemic, at least occurred on Friday, August 14, 2020, the movement of aircraft on that day reached 524 flights, at that time the number of passengers also reached its peak, reaching 45,745 passengers a day.
At the peak of the return flow on November 1, the number of passengers reached 116,766, the highest daily since the pandemic hit. Likewise with aircraft movements, reaching 1,137 flights or the highest in the middle of the pandemic.
“Flights at Soekarno-Hatta Airport for three consecutive days in early November form a new psychological number of 600 flights / day, passing the previous number of 500 flights / day. We hope this trend will continue to increase until the end of the year,” said PT AP II President Director Muhammad Awaluddin in his official statement, Wednesday (4/11).
This is a signal that there are signs of recovery in the level of passengers passing through the largest airport in Indonesia. This signal has been seen in October 2020, which is the first month of the fourth quarter of 2020, when the number of international flight passengers at Soekarno-Hatta Airport reached 77,853 people or an average of around 2,500 people / day.
In October, the 5 airlines carrying the most international routes passengers were Garuda Indonesia (12,020 people), Qatar Airways (9,427 people), Emirates (8,757 people), Turkish Airlines (5,494 people) and China Airlines (4,948 people).
The busiest international routes in October 2020 were from and to Doha (9,427 people), Dubai (8,757 people), Taipei (6,281 people), Seoul (5,884 people) and Istanbul (5,494 people).
Meanwhile, in September 2020 the busiest routes were from and to Doha (9,074 people), Dubai (6,456 people), Taipei (5,278 people), Seoul (5,259 people) and Kuala Lumpur (4,913 people).
When viewed, the total number of passengers on the 5 busiest routes in October 2020 was 35,843 people, an increase of 13.56% compared to the number of passengers on the 5 busiest routes in September 2020.
He said international flights throughout this year amid the pandemic were dominated by Indonesian repatriated flights and logistical transportation.
“International flights in Indonesia, currently in the midst of a pandemic, may be said to be focused at Soekarno-Hatta Airport for the benefit of returning Indonesian citizens, logistics transportation, official travel, diplomatic and so on,” he said.
“Soekarno-Hatta Airport is currently also supporting the Travel Corridor Arrangement [TCA] between Indonesia and 4 countries, namely the United Arab Emirates, South Korea, China and Singapore. “The implementation of TCA is able to increase the number of passengers, but it is still carried out by monitoring and implementing health protocols in the midst of a pandemic,” said Awaluddin.
During this pandemic, the operational process for the arrival of international passengers at Soekarno-Hatta Airport refers to the Regulation of the Minister of Law and Human Rights Number 26/2020 concerning Visas and Stay Permits in the New Habit Adaptation Period.
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