Padang-Singapore Flight Passengers Average Reached 50 Percent

Padang, (Antaranews Sumbar) - Air Asia Indonesia Head of Corporate Secretary and Communication, Baskoro Adiwiyono said the number of passengers on the fifth day of Padang, West Sumatra direct flight to Singapore touched 50 percent. "The number is still low since February is a low visit period," he said when contacted from Padang, on Tuesday. He said the number is predicted to go up as it will soon enter the school holiday season so that it will make the level of visits to a place increase. He pointed out since the opening of direct flights pf Padang-Singapore and Singapore-Padang on February 9, 2018, it continued to socialize to capture passengers both in Padang and Singapore. "We are targeting in the middle of the year, the number of passengers will increase highly," he stated. He also embraces the tourist actors such are the tourism agents in the city of Padang and Singapore to attract people to visit each other. "Intensive cooperation continues to be done with tourism agents and the airport in both regions to encourage increased visits of foreign tourists to Padang and Singapore," he explained. In addition to the Padang-Singapore route, Air Asia also opened two new routes on February 9, namely Medan-Singapore and Jakarta-Medan. The three flights are served by Airbus A 320 with a capacity of 180 seats. For Padang-Singapore with daily departures starting at 09.40 a.m. and arriving at 11.55 a.m., on the other hand, Singapore-Padang departure at 08.55 a.m. and arrival at 09.15 a.m. (cha) Translator: Vicha Faradika