JAKARTA - Angkasa Pura Airports have dispatched as many as 69,522 Hajj pilgrims travelling in 171 flight groups (kloters) in the 2018 Hajj Transport period 17 July - 5 August 2018 embarking from its six airports.
The six airports for the Hajj embarkations this year included Surabaya Juanda Airport, Makassar Sultan Hasanuddin Airport, Balikpapan Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman Airport (SAMS) Sepinggan, Surakarta Adi Soemarmo Airport, Lombok Praya Airport, and Banjarmasin Syamsudin Noor Airport.
From July 17 to August 5, from Juanda Airport 25,636 embarked in 55 kloters, from Adi Soemarmo Solo Airport 23,656 departed in 66 groups, at Sultan Hasanuddin Airport Makassar 10,427 pilgrims embarked in 23 groups. Lombok Praya Airport served 4,530 pilgrims in 10 kloters, from Banjarmasin Syamsudin Noor Airport 3,559 pilgrims departed in 11 kloters and Sepinggan SAMS Airport Balikpapan served 2,714 pilgrims in 6 flight groups.
"In general, up to the twentieth day of the implementation of 2018 Hajj Transport services in all six airports, the operations have run smoothly and safely. We shall continue to maintain close coordination with relevant stakeholders to ensure quality of services to support the smooth departure of the pilgrims to Mecca ," said by Director of Angkasa Pura Airports, Faik Fahmi
The details of the total number of pilgrimage departures from six Hajj embarkation airports managed under Angkasa Pura Airports are: 36,674 pilgrims from Juanda Airport, Surabaya in 83 Kloters, from Adi Soemarmo Airport there were 34,112 pilgrims in 95 Kloters, from Sultan Hasanuddin Airport, Makassar there were 15,899 pilgrims in 35 Kloters, from Sepinggan SAMS Airport Balikpapan there were 5,973 pilgrims in 13 Kloters, from Syamsudin Noor Airport there were 5,448 pilgrims in 17 Kloters, and from Lombok International Airport 4,530 pilgrims departed in 10 Kloters. [AD]
