More Restrictions at Indonesian Airports to avoid Spread of Covid-19
31 March, 2020
State-owned airport operators Angkasa Pura I and Angkasa Pura II say the coronavirus pandemic has already reduced their revenues by 20 percent as travel restrictions result in a significant drop in passenger numbers.
"The effect on our earnings has been quite significant, currently it's 20 percent below target. It'll worsen when more flights are canceled," Angkasa Pura I's president director, Faik Fahmi, said in a teleconference on Saturday.
He said a complete of 18,300 flights at 15 airports managed by Angkasa Pura I, including Bali's Ngurah Rai AIRPORT TERMINAL, Surabaya's Juanda International Airport and Yogyakarta's Adisutjipto International Airport, have already been canceled since January to March following a Covid-19 outbreak.
"A lot of them are domestic flights, around 14,000 of these. The others are international flights," Faik said.
Meanwhile, Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, managed by Angkasa Pura II, begins restricting businesses in its Terminal 1 and 2 on Wednesday.
Angkasa Pura II's executive general manager for the airport, Agus Haryadi, said the restrictions are being completed to optimize monitoring of everybody at the site.
"We'll minimize the movement of passengers, visitors and personnel at the airport to avoid the spread of Covid-19," Agus said in a statement on Sunday.
Source: jakartaglobe.id
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