TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Three foreign airlines have submitted the reactivation of the international flights' route to Bali International Airport, I Gusti Ngurah Rai. They are KLM Royal Dutch, Scoot Tiger Air, and JetStar Airways.

“This is a positive sign of international airlines and tourists' trust to fly and visit Bali again," said President Director of state airport operator Angkasa Pura I, Faik Fahmi, in a statement released on Saturday, February 19.

Based on the report, KLM Royal Dutch will operate 4 flights in a week with the route of Singapore-Denpasar. They will use Boeing B-777 aircraft with a capacity of 408 seats. Scoot Tiger Air will operate three flights in a week with the same route, Singapore-Denpasar, using Airbus A-320 that has the capacity of 108 passengers.

Meanwhile, JetStar Airways will operate three flights in a week with the routes: Singapore-Denpasar, Sydney-Denpasar, and Melbourne-Denpasar. For Singapore-Denpasar, they will use Airbus A-320 with a capacity of 180 passengers. As for Sydney-Denpasar and Melbourne-Denpasar routes, JetStar will use Boeing B-788 with 335 passengers seats. They also prepared Airbus A-321/A-320 aircraft with 323 or 186 seats.

"We hope the passengers' traffic and international flights coming to Bali will gradually be increased and able to support the people's economic recovery,” said Faik.

Angkasa Pura I, he said, will continue to implement the strict health protocol and make sure that the operations of all airlines landing at Bali Airport will be abiding by the applicable regulations. As for today, I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport has been serving Garuda Indonesia and Singapore Airlines international flights.

The international passengers' traffic in Ngurah Rai Airport reached 639 people on February 1-18. Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic in 2019, it surpassed 13.8 million with 73,886 international flights movement.

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