Jakarta, June 19, 2017 - As a form of service readiness in the face of passenger surge during the period of homecoming and reverse flow of Lebaran 2017, Angkasa Pura Airports as the manager of 13 airports in central and eastern Indonesia initiated Ramadhan campaign entitled "Bandara Aman, Mudik Nyaman" (Safe Airport, Comfort Mudik) to communicate a variety of excellent service at the airport to airport service users, in particular passengers, at the time of Ramadan and homecoming-backflow of Lebaran holiday 2017.
In addition, as part of the campaign activities and in support of the Government program in accelerating the homecoming and backflows of Lebaran 2017, Angkasa Pura Airports held Lebaran 2017 Integrated Air Transport Station at 13 airports in cooperation with various parties such as TNI, Polri, Airport, Airnav, BASARNAS, BMKG, KKP, CIQ, the airline, and Ground Handling.
"We feel the need to communicate the readiness of our services to the stakeholders, especially the prospective passengers, so that they can take advantage of our facilities and services during Ramadhan and homecoming and backflow Lebaran 2017 holidays. In addition, the campaign 'Safe Airport, Comfort Mudik' Is an effort to open a direct communication channel with prospective passengers through contact center service 172 and all our communication channels in social media, " Danang S. Baskoro explained as Director of Angkasa Pura Airports.
In addition to service activities at the airport, through the campaign "Safe Airport, Comfort Mudik” Angkasa Pura Airports also seeks to provide social contributions made at the corporate level as well as the airport branch.
"Safe Airport, Comfort Mudik”
Various efforts to improve services during Ramadan are packed in Campaign "Safe Airports, Comfort Mudik" is giving takjil free at almost all airports Angkasa Pura Airports except service Frans Kaisiepo Biak, additional equipment of prayer on all small mosques and mosques in the airport , reserve additional seats at several airport terminals to anticipate traffic spikes at airport terminals, live music performance at several airports, back song relies at airports, nursery rooms, kid zone or playgrounds that can be used for passengers carrying children while waiting for flights, Cinema that plays religion movies during Ramadan at SAMS Sepinggan Balikpapan Airport, Ramadan bazaar at several airports, Ramadhan Tauisah /lectures / meetings at several airports are held at certain times, as well as other public facilities.
Meanwhile, in the 'AP I Sharing' social program, Angkasa Pura Airports distributed a total of 1,404,378,000 IDR, which was distributed through three program activities: the distribution of basic food packages and compensation at Head Office and 11 airport branches totaling 711,378 .000, - IDR, SOE Sharing Program in Semarang (Masjid Al-Hikmah, Ngemplak) and Surabaya (Pranti Village, Sidoarjo) worth a total of 645 million IDR, and the 1000 Orphans Benefit Program, coordinated by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation Ministry of Transportation where Angkasa Pura Airports distributed 80 packages of Eid package to 80 orphans worth 48 million IDR.
Lebaran Transportation Posts Stations 2017
In an effort to support the Government Program in the conduct of current and forth behind the Lebaran 2017 and as part of the Campaign for Ramadan "Safe Airport, Comfort Mudik”, Angkasa Pura Airports also holds the Post Lebaran Integrated throughout the airport (13 branches of the airport), which is one form Service and readiness of Angkasa Pura I in facing the flow of homecoming and returning Lebaran 2017.
Lebaran Transportation Posts are held on 15 June (H-10) until July 11 (H + 15) with peak period of homecoming flow since H-3 and peak of backflow on H + 4 to H + 6 by involving internal Angkasa Pura Airports Aviation security (Avsec), apron movement control (AMC), passenger service, airport rescue and firefighting (ARFF), data entry, information technology, facility readiness & equipment readiness] and involving external parties [TNI, Polri, Otban), Airnav, SAR, KKP, custom-immigration-quarantine (CIQ), airline, and ground handling].
On June 15, it has been opened simultaneously Command Post of Lebaran Transportation 1438 H in 13 Airports. By specifically, the opening of the post Integrated Juanda was attended by the Director of Operations Angkasa Pura Airports Wendo Asrul Rose and Director General (DG) of Civil Aviation Ministry of Transportation Agus Santoso along with the ranks of relevant stakeholders such as the Airport Authority of Region III, Perum LPPNPI (AirNav), the Police, the ranks Navy, and Police.
"The opening of Integrated Transport Command Post Lebaran is a form of our commitment and related institutions to continue to provide excellent service in the middle of traffic spikes passengers during Lebaran holiday which also coincides with school holidays so airport service users still feel comfortable in the middle of the density that occurred at the airport. In addition, we are also committed to create a safe and conducive atmosphere during this Lebaran holiday, "said Angkasa Pura Airports Operation Director Wendo Asrul Rose at the opening.
In line with Wendo, (Director General) of Air Transportation of the Ministry of Transportation Agus Santoso said at that time, "Idul Fitri is a tradition. Therefore we must prepare well and mature in terms of security and facilities in anticipation of a surge of passengers at the airport because later it will be many people who visit the airport to take or pick up relatives. It's all as a sign that the people of Indonesia have the characteristics of people and harmonious. So we must also keep passengers with high dedication and discipline ".
Passenger Traffic is Predicted to Grow 14.12%
During the period of Lebaran homecoming and returning in 2017, it is predicted that there will be 14.12% passenger growth at Angkasa Pura Airports compared to 2016 with 715,157 passengers in 2017 compared to 6,270,620 passengers in 2016. While increasing plane traffic is 11.49% Lebaran period 2017 compared to 2016 with total traffic of 53,262 aircraft in 2017 compared to 47,771 aircraft in 2016.
Meanwhile, there are a total of 1,732 extra flights with total seats of 309,803 seats in the Lebaran period of 2017 at 10 airports of Angkasa Pura Airports. In this period there are also 4 airports that operate for 24 hours i.e. International Airport of I Gusti Ngurah Rai Bali, Juanda International Airport Surabaya, Adi Sutjipto International Airport Yogyakarta, and Ahmad Yani International Airport Semarang. The other airports are ready standby to operate for 24 hours if needed.
Up to Posts Implementation on 3rd Day (June 18), there were 7.974 aircraft traffic movements with total passengers of 915,483 passenger seats.
