AirAsia is the seventh airline to operate international route flights at I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport
Jakarta, March 22, 2022 - I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport received additional international routes from AirAsia. They covered Kuala Lumpur-Bali route (vice versa). AirAsia landed its first international flight AK376 at Bali Airport on Monday (21/3) at 13.25 WITA, carrying 106 passengers.
Upon arrival in Bali, the flight using Airbus A320 aircraft was greeted with a water salute. Then, the aircraft returned to Kuala Lumpur with flight number AK377 at 13:55 WITA on the same day carrying 6 passengers.
“With the operation of AirAsia flight on Kuala Lumpur-Bali route (vice versa), it is recorded that seven airlines operate regular international routes at I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport. It is noted that five routes have been connected to Bali, namely Singapore, Sydney, Melbourne, Tokyo via Narita Airport, and most recently Kuala Lumpur,” AP I’s President Director Faik Fahmi said on Thursday (24/03).
“We are optimistic on the projected increase in international flights and passenger growth on international routes. On Sunday (27/03), I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport will serve additional regular international flights from Qatar Airways to connect Bali with Doha. It is projected that there will be a high number of landing and departing passengers from this flight,” Faik Fahmi added.
Based on the data, since resuming its operation on February 3, 2022, Ngurah Rai Airport has served 18,614 passengers and 217 aircraft movements on regular international routes as of Wednesday (23/03). 12,439 passengers on international routes arrived in Bali through 111 aircraft movements. Meanwhile, the airport has served 6,175 departing passengers and 106 aircraft movements on international routes from February 3 to March 23.
“I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport serves an average of 365 passengers and 4 aircraft movements on international routes per day. We are increasingly optimistic that international flights will recover, particularly with the enactment of the Minister of Transportation Circular No. 22/2022 regulating the quarantine period for overseas travelers (PPLN), which is 7x24 hours for those who have received the first dose of vaccine, and 1x24 hours for overseas travelers who have received the second or third dose of vaccine,” Faik Fahmi said.
“Through the enactment of the new regulation, we ensure the quality of facilities and services to service users, and implement strict health protocols in accordance with applicable SOPs, so that the passenger arrival and departure process can run smoothly, safely, comfortably, and healthily,” Faik Fahmi concluded.
As of Thursday (24/03), international flights with international routes operating at I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport were Garuda Indonesia GA881 on Narita-Bali route which operates every Thursday; Singapore Airlines SQ938 on Singapore-Bali route operating every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday; Singapore Airlines SQ944 for the Singapore-Bali route every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday; Scoot TR288 routes Singapore-Bali every Monday, Friday and Sunday; Garuda Indonesia GA715 route Sydney-Bali every Friday; JetStar Asia 3K243 Singapore-Bali route every Tuesday, Friday and Saturday; KLM KL835 Singapore-Bali route every Wednesday and Saturday; JetStar Airways JQ43 route Melbourne-Bali every Monday; and AirAsia AK376 route Kuala Lumpur-Bali every Monday and Friday.
