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PT Angkasa Pura II and Stakeholders Carry Out Anticipatory Steps to Handling the Crowds This Morning, Flights at Soekarno-Hatta Airport Quickly Return to Normal

Jakarta - PT Angkasa Pura II and stakeholders coordinate closely to carry out steps in anticipating the crowd of airport visitors on November 10, 2020.

Since 06.00 WIB, visitors began to flock to Soekarno-Hatta Airport to pick up Habib Rizieq Syihab, who landed at around 09.00 WIB at Terminal 3 of Soekarno-Hatta Airport from Jeddah using the Saudia SV 816 airline. Then, visitors began to leave the airport at a glance. 10.00 WIB.

Soekarno-Hatta Airport Executive General Manager Agus Haryadi said that anticipatory steps were taken since November 9, 2020 so that handling crowds of visitors could be carried out quickly.

Furthermore, Agus Haryadi said the crowds at Soekarno-Hatta Airport occurred in the range of 07.00 - 10.00 WIB or around 3 hours. Meanwhile, access jams to the airport from the Cengkareng toll gate were observed at 06.00 - 09.00 WIB.

"The handling of crowds at the airport is carried out quickly by all stakeholders of Soekarno-Hatta Airport, including PT Angkasa Pura II, the TNI, Soekarno-Hatta Airport Police, the Port Health Office of the Ministry of Health [KKP Kemenkes], Immigration, Customs and Excise, ground handling parties, airlines. and other parties. "

"Stakeholders also coordinate closely so that the arrival process of international passengers, including all Saudia SV 816 passengers, runs smoothly. The situation at Soekarno-Hatta Airport remains conducive thanks to good coordination among stakeholders. Currently airport pickers and visitors are slowly leaving the airport area, ”Agus Haryadi explained.

In line with this, continued Agus Haryadi, since 10:00 WIB, flights at Soekarno-Hatta Airport were normal.

Following the very busy access to the airport this morning, the airline also has anticipatory steps to ease potential passengers.

Airlines provide freedom of flight rescheduling (reschedule) or ticket return (refund) for ticket holders for flight departure on November 10, 2020 from Soekarno-Hatta Airport. The airlines that have confirmed this policy are Lion Air Group, Garuda Indonesia Group, Indonesia AirAsia and Sriwijaya Air Group.

“Other airlines may also have similar policies. We appeal to passengers who have a November 10 departure ticket from Soekarno-Hatta Airport to confirm in advance to the airlines regarding flight schedules, rescheduling or refunds, "said Agus Haryadi.

Today Soekarno-Hatta Airport is scheduled to serve as many as 556 flights (departing and arriving), consisting of 224 flights (departing and arriving) at Terminal 2, then 319 flights (departing and arriving) at Terminal 3, as well as 13 arrival flights for Indonesian citizens repatriation. .

"A number of flights this morning experienced delays of around 1-2 hours, but currently flight operations are running normally," said Agus Haryadi.

The number of flight departures that experience delays today until around 12.00 WIB is 118 flights (110 domestic routes and 8 international routes).

VP of Corporate Communication of PT Angkasa Pura II Yado Yarismano said Soekarno-Hatta Airport has an important role in the national aviation sector so that the company and its stakeholders are committed to maintaining smooth airport operations.

"We have implemented a number of anticipatory steps so that Soekarno-Hatta Airport continues to run normally today," said Yado Yarismano.

PT Angkasa Pura II also said that all facilities at Soekarno-Hatta Airport such as chairs and others, especially those in the international arrivals area, can now be used by travelers as well as airport visitors after a quick repair of no more than 1 hour.

Even so, an inventory is still being carried out on whether there are other facilities that need to be repaired as a result of the crowds of visitors this morning