Airport calm, Merak port crowded<\/p>\n
Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang<\/p>\n
The mass influx of homeward-bound holiday revelers is yet to be
\nseen at Soekarno-Hatta Airport in Tangerang, but people returning
\nfrom Sumatra have started to pack Merak port.<\/p>\n
Wahyu Raharjo, a duty officer at the airport, said the number
\nof arrivals and departures recorded no significant increase.<\/p>\n
\"No signs of passenger influx is yet to be seen, thus far.
\nMany want to enjoy their holiday to the last minute. That's why
\nthey use planes to return home in time,\" Wahyu said, adding that
\nthe peak will be on Saturday and Sunday.<\/p>\n
The airport recorded on Tuesday 27,643 arrivals -- only 15,099
\ndomestic passengers. Arrivals soared to 43,047 on Wednesday,
\nmostly passengers on international flights, with only 16,659
\ndomestic passengers.<\/p>\n
By Friday afternoon there were 6,097 arrivals on 87 flights,
\nwhile 10,909 passengers departed on 126 flights.<\/p>\n
In contrast to the airport situation, The Jakarta Post
\nobserved on Friday that traffic from Merak port heading to
\nCilegon municipality was heavily congested as holidaymakers began
\nreturning home.<\/p>\n
The traffic further worsened on the Jakarta-Merak toll road,
\nfrom where people were heading to weekend destinations, such as
\nCarita, Florida, Kelapa Tujuh and Salira Indah beaches.<\/p>\n
Teja Suparna, the operations manager of the River and Crossing
\nTransportation Company at the Merak port, said the number of
\npassengers crossing the Sunda Strait by ferry rose to 52,000 from
\n28,000 on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Most of the passengers were bound for Jakarta from Riau, West
\nSumatra, North Sumatra, and Aceh.<\/p>\n
\"We received information from officials at the Bakeuheni Port
\nin Lampung that the number of passengers to Merak will reach its
\npeak on Saturday and Sunday,\" Teja said.<\/p>",
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