Travel Using an airline during a pandemic condition like now does require a number of requirements that prospective passengers must comply with.
As stated by Garuda Indonesia, quoted on page, Bisnis.com, that the key to safe travel can be started from the passenger by preparing a number of things such as required documents.
Boydike Kussudiarso as General Manager of PT Garuda Indonesia Tbk. The Balikpapan Branch Office said that adapting to new habits on the condition that the trip can be done by all people who want to travel by air.
"Discipline, The sincerity and willingness of all of us to comply is a provision so that traveling is truly safe,"He said.
Himself added, In the current recovery condition, his party still has high hopes for the growth of domestic passengers, which is currently still low wait and see related to some government policies.
Next, Boy also stated that Garuda Indonesia is currently making various efforts recovery after the Covid-19 pandemic which caused a decrease in passengers to 90 percent, and result in 70 percent of aircraft in-grounded.
"If we look at the year 2020 during the covid pandemic, in Indonesia domestic passengers 57,76 percent and international passengers 80,61 percent with the total loss of airlines worldwide reaching US$ 370 billion according to WHO," he explained.
other than that, based on data collected by Angkasa Pura I Balikpapan, year-on-year passenger growth ratio 2019 and 2020 decreased by 49 percent, where the number of passengers on 2019 reach 5,42 million people compared to year 2020 who reached 2,74 million people.
Then, passenger comparison by year 2020 and 2021 there was a decrease of 7 percent, from 1,77 million to 1,64 million passengers.
As for, Boy hopes with health protocols and massive vaccinations, can make flight conditions even better when entering the third quarter and fourth quarter of 2021 and will gradually match the normal conditions of the year 2019 in the next two to three years.
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