New Yogyakarta airport still not finished but able to serve 1,000 passengers per day
Despite not being in full operation as the developer works to complete the facilities, the new Yogyakarta International Airport (YIA) at Kulon Progo is still able to service some 1,000 passengers a day.
“The occupancy is pretty good. It is always above 50 per cent on every flight. About 1,000 passengers travel through YIA in one day,” said YIA general manager Pandu Pramana.
As of Friday, he added, 10 planes had used the airport, operated both by Batik Air, a full service carrier, which is a subsidiary of Lion Air Group, and Citilink Indonesia, a low-cost carrier subsidiary of flag carrier Garuda Indonesia.
These planes fly from Halim Perdakusuma Airport in Jakarta; Soekarno Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten; Palangkaraya in Central Kalimantan; and from Samarinda in East Kalimantan.
To reach the airport, which is located some 44 kilometers from downtown Yogyakarta, travelers can take the airport train from Maguwo Station or Yogyakarta Station. The train stops at Wojo Station, where the airport authority provides shuttle buses.
State-owned airport operator Angkasa Pura I (AP I) president Faik Fahmi said the construction of YIA currently stood at about 65 per cent. He said the airport would serve more flights when fully completed in December.
He added that more commercial flights would be gradually relocated from the old Adisucipto International Airport, with flight capacity improving from 10 take offs and landing a day to 30 an hour.