Padang, (Antaranews Sumbar) - Pertamina adds 28 percent avtur supply at Minangkabau International Airport in Padang Pariaman, West Sumatra to fulfill the needs of homecoming flow and return of Eid al-Fitr 1439 Hijriah.
"Based on current projection, we provide 244 kiloliters of aviation fuel every day," Pertamina Marketing and Relation Manager, Rudi Arifianto stated while being contacted from here on Monday.
He estimated avtur demand when the homecoming flow up 28 percent compared to normal days and Pertamina has added stock to anticipate it.
"The avtur's current resistance is around seven days and we will continue to monitor and keep it at that level," he said.
Meanwhile, based on data collected from PT Angkasa Pura II Minangkabau International Airport there are five airlines filed additional flight for the route of Jakarta-Padang in anticipating the increasing number of passengers who go home on Eid 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.
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)
Pertamina Adds Avtur Stock in Minangkabau International Airport
Illustration. (ANTARA SUMBAR/Dokumen Pertamina MOR I)
