Garuda Indonesia Tambah Penerbangan ke IKN Sambut HUT ke-79 RI
SEAToday.com, Tangerang - Maskapai penerbangan nasional PT Garuda Indonesia (Persero) menambahkan jumlah penerbangan ke Bandara Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman, Balikpapan. Hal tersebut sebagai langkah mendukung kelancaran acara HUT ke-79 RI di Ibu Kota Nusantara (IKN) Kalimantan Timur.
"Tetapi kita nanti akan koordinasi dengan penyelenggara (HUT RI) di Ibu Kota Nusantara (IKN)," kata Direktur Utama Garuda Indonesia Irfan Setiaputra di Tangerang, Selasa, 6 Agustus 2024, dilansir Antara.
Ia menyebutkan, Garuda Indonesia menambah jadwal penerbangan menuju Ibu Kota Nusantara ini berjumlah tujuh flight yang akan dimulai pada 16 Agustus 2024.
Selain itu, sebagai memperlancar dalam perjalanan dari Bandara Soekarno-Hatta (Soetta) Tangerang, Banten ke Bandara Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman, Kalimantan Timur, pihaknya akan menggunakan pesawat berbadan besar.
"Untuk penambahan penerbangan itu ada tujuh penerbangan untuk ke Balikpapan, itu biasanya kita tambah tiga penerbangan. Tapi kita juga sudah menyampaikan pesan ke pihak terutama panitia HUT RI di IKN. Dan kita akan menerbangkan jenis pesawat besar," jelasnya.
Ia mengungkapkan, selain meningkatkan jumlah penerbang ke IKN, Garuda Indonesia juga menambah penerbangan rute-rute khusus pada perhelatan MotoGP Mandalika.
"Jadi MotoGP Mandalika kemudian dalam waktu dekat HUT di IKN dan WWF. Garuda akan mendukung kegiatan sekala nasional dan tentu saja akan ada rute-rute khusus," ungkapnya.
Irfan menegaskan, untuk melakukan kelancaran pihaknya telah berkoordinasi dengan penyelenggara dan Pengembangan Pariwisata Indonesia (Tourism Development Corporation atau ITDC) sebagai persiapan menjelang balapan di Mandalika dan IKN.
"Tapi kita juga sudah menyampaikan pesan banyak terutama Panitia HUT RI di IKN. Saya infokan pada pertama kali Mandalika dalam satu hari itu ada 23 penerbangan, jadi kita lihat dari kebutuhannya," kata dia.
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