1,130 Flights at Sokarno-Hatta Airport as Lebaran Holidays Come to an End
About 40 percent of the flight and passenger movements took place at Terminal 2 of the airport.
About 40 percent of the flight and passenger movements took place at Terminal 2 of the airport.
According to the Minister, the figure was the highest since before the pandemic, in which the number could reach up to 1,200 flights a day.
Airport operator PT Angkasa Pura (AP) II revealed that passenger movement started increasing on Friday, April 22, ahead of big day Lebaran.
It was previously closed since 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Two officers from COVID-19 testing center at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport tested positive for Omicron, and contact tracing found 14 people have also been infected with the coronavirus.
President Joko Widodo has instructed a renovation to Halim Perdanakusuma airbase and ordered the Indonesian Air Force (TNI-AU) to temporarily move its four squadrons to Soekarno-Hatta and Husein Sastranegara airports.