8 Maskapai Minta Tambahan Jadwal Penerbangan
8 Airline Companies Requests for Additional Flight
Reporter : Gatot Priyantono
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
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Jakarta (B2B) - Kementerian Perhubungan menyatakan delapan maskapai penerbangan nasional mengajukan permintaan untuk penambahan jadwal penerbangan, guna mengimbangi tingginya permintaan konsumen selama mudik Lebaran tahun ini.
Direktur Angkutan Udara, Direktorat Jenderal Perhubungan Udara Kementerian Perhubungan, Djoko Murjatmodjo mengatakan kedelapan maskapai penerbangan meminta tambahan jadwal penerbangan pada 31 rute bagi 273.382 penumpang, dan diperkirakan akan ada 834 penerbangan tambahan untuk rute domestik.
"Permintaan itu diajukan Citilink, Sriwijaya Air, Garuda, Lion Air, Merpati Nusantara, Sky Aviation, Transnusa, dan Trigana Air Service," kata Djoko Murjatmodjo di Jakarta, belum lama ini.
Selain penerbangan domestik, 10 maskapai penerbangan internasional juga akan menambah jadwal penerbangan untuk 30 rute internasional. Maskapai penerbangan tersebut antara lain Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia Malaysia, Cathay Pacific, Eva Air, Silk Air, Singapore Airlines, Cebu Pacific, Indonesia AirAsia, Garuda Indonesia, dan China Airlines.
Djoko menambahkan, Kementerian Perhubungan memprediksi perjalanan udara akan mencapai puncaknya pada H-5 sebelum sebelum Idul Fitri atau mulai 3 Agustus dan dua hari setelah Lebaran pada 11 Agustus.
Jakarta (B2B) - Ministry of Transportation stated eight airline companies have submitted requests for additional flights to keep up with the high demand for air travel during this year’s Eid Al Fitr holiday.
Director of Air Transport, Directorate General of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Transportation, Djoko Murjatmodjo said airline companies will add more flights for 31 routes with a total capacity of 273,382 passengers. There will be 834 extra flights for domestic routes.
"The request was submitted Citilink, Sriwijaya Air, Garuda, Lion Air, Merpati Nusantara, Sky Aviation, Transnusa, up until Trigana Air Service," Djoko Murjatmodjo said, recently.
Aside from domestic flights, ten international airline companies will also add more flights for 30 international routes. These companies include Malaysia Airlines, Malaysia AirAsia, Cathay Pacific, Eva Air, Silk Air, Singapore Airlines, Cebu Pacific, Indonesia AirAsia, Garuda Indonesia, and China Airlines.
Djoko said the ministry predicts air travel will reach its peak five days prior to Eid Al Fitr on August 3 and two days after the celebrations on August 11.
