TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - During the Christmas and New Year holiday season, Kualanamu International Airport has been one of the airports serving the most passengers. State-owned airport operator PT Angkasa Pura (AP) II announced five most favorite domestic destinations during the holiday season.

“The top five domestic destinations during the holiday season are Kualanamu, Makassar, Denpasar, Surabaya, Yogyakarta,” AP II CEO Muhammad Awaluddin said in a press release on Monday, December 25.

Kualanamu International Airport, located at Deli Serdang Regency in North Sumatra, is the second largest airport in Indonesia after Soekarno-Hatta Airport. Currently, the airport serves of 8.1 million passengers per year.

With a 3.75-kilometer long runway, the airport can accommodate Boeing 777, Airbus A380, Antonov An-225, and Boeing 747-8.

Awaluddin revealed that the number of passengers at airports under AP II management has been increasing two days before Christmas. The figure increased by 7.5 percent when compared to last year.

“Two days before Christmas, AP II had served 2.1 million passengers increasing from 1.88 million passengers last year,” he said.

The number of passengers jumped by 371,047 passengers at 13 airports since December 22, 2017. The increasing number was due to extra flights proposed by several airlines.

“There are about 1,158 extra flights this year, consisting of 1,134 domestic flights and 24 international flights,” he said.

SYAIFUL HADI