INFOKU, BLORA -The flight route from and to Cepu - Halim at Ngloram Blora Airport, Central Java, has changed.
The route was changed to Cepu - Surabaya. Head of Ngloram Airport, Abdul Rozzaq said the opening of flight routes from and to Blora - Surabaya began on Friday (18/2/2022) today.
Then for the next, flights will be carried out twice a week, namely on Mondays and Fridays.
"So the new route will be effective on Friday tomorrow. It will be a new route and still need intensive socialization to the public," said Rozzaq in a statement to the press, Thursday (17/2/2022).
According to him, the route change must be made because Halim Airport is undergoing revitalization.
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"Yesterday, with the revitalization of Halim Airport so that the previous route of Ngloram Halim had to be adjusted, we opened a new route of Ngloram - Surabaya," he said.
Rozzaq explained that the change of route from and to Surabaya would connect other flight routes to Ngloram, Blora.
"Connecting to several cities in Indonesia, Denpasar, Balikpapan, Banjarmasin, Bandung and Soekarno-Hatta," he explained.
In fact, with the new route, it is possible to contact international flight routes.
"Our target market is to catch the new route well, because it can connect to all cities in Indonesia, including there are also international flights," he explained.
For your information, work on the revitalization of Jakarta's Halim Perdanakusuma Airport has begun on Wednesday (26/1/2022).
At that time airport operations were also temporarily closed.
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This is a follow-up to the issuance of Presidential Regulation (Perpres) Number 9 of 2022 concerning the Revitalization of the Indonesian National Army Base Facilities/Halim Perdanakusuma Airport.
Halim Airport's revitalization aims to improve land and air side facilities to improve aspects of flight safety, security and comfort.
The revitalization that will be carried out is development on the air side and land side, which includes the restoration of the runway and taxiway.
Then, increasing the capacity of the Naratetama and Naratama aircraft parking aprons, renovating the Naratetama and Naratama buildings.
When Inaugurated Then, renovation of operating buildings, repair of the drainage system in the airport, and arrangement of other facilities.
"With the start of revitalization, Halim Airport will be temporarily closed starting January 26, 2022. The closing time is estimated at a maximum of 3.5 months," said Transportation Ministry Spokesperson Adita Irawati in a press statement some time ago. (Endah/ IST )
