Five Airlines Apply Additional Flight to Padang

Padang, (Antaranews Sumbar) - Five airlines are applying additional flight on the Jakarta-Padang route to anticipate the increasing number of passengers during Lebaran (Eid al-Fitr) 1439 Hijriah.

"Until now, there are five airlines that have proposed additional flight namely Garuda Indonesia, Lion Air, Sriwijaya Air, Citilink and Batik Air," Public Relations of PT Angkasa Pura II as the manager of Minangkabau International Airport, Fendrick Sondra stated in here on Monday (May 28).

He mentioned Lion Air prepares four additional flights per day from June 1 to June 30, 2018 or a total of 120 flights.

Then, Batik Air prepares three flights per day from June 1 to June 30 with an overall total of 90 extra flights.

Then Sriwijaya Air provides four additional flights every day from June 1 to June 30 with a total of 120 flights.

Next, Citilink provides one additional flight per day from June 8 to June 24 with a total of 17 flights.

Furthermore Garuda Indonesia provides one flight per day on June 11 to June 14, three flights on June 21 and one flight on June 22 to June 24, 2018 for a total of 10 flights.

Fendrick noted the total number of additional flights are 357 flights. (cha)