Hajj Season, Avtur Distribution Predicted to Enhance 5% to 100,000 KL

JAKARTA – PT Pertamina Patra Niaga ensures availability Avtur aviation gasoline to serve the wants of Hajj flights each at departure (embarkation) which takes place on 12 Could-10 June 2024 and on arrival (debarkation) 22 June-22 July 2024.

Director of Central Advertising and marketing & Commerce of Pertamina Patra Niaga, Maya Kusmaya, stated that this 12 months it’s projected that greater than 241 thousand Indonesian Hajj pilgrims will depart by way of 13 Hajj airports all through Indonesia, this quantity has elevated from 221 thousand Hajj pilgrims in 2023.

“Pertamina Patra Niaga has taken a number of precautions, first by getting ready ample inventory of Avtur in all Aviation Gasoline Terminals (AFT) for Hajj embarkation. Aside from that, we now have additionally made filling Hajj planes a precedence, and our communication companies with airways and airports are open 24 hours for a clean Hajj journey,” defined Maya in an official assertion, Monday (13/5/2024).

Maya stated, in 2024 Pertamina Patra Niaga tasks that Avtur distribution for Hajj journeys will attain virtually 100,000 kiloliters (KL), or a rise of round 5% from Avtur distribution within the 2023 Hajj season.

Avtur distribution for Hajj flights will concentrate on 13 AFT Hajj embarkation airports ranging from Aceh (Iskandar Muda Airport), Medan (Kualanamu Airport), Padang (Minangkabau Airport), Batam (Dangle Nadim Airport), Palembang (Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II Airport), Jakarta (Soekarno Hatta Airport), Solo (Adi Sumarmo Airport), Surabaya (Juanda Airport), Banjarmasin (Syamsudin Noor Airport), Balikpapan (Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman Sepinggan Airport), Makassar (Sultan Hasanuddin Airport), Lombok (Lombok Airport) and Majalengka (Kertajati Airport) will all the time be maintained at a secure degree.

“Pertamina Patra Niaga has mapped the necessity for Avtur in every AFT and is dedicated to supporting the sleek operating of the 2024 Hajj. That is our mandate as an power supplier for each group journey, together with the Hajj,” added Maya.

Pertamina Patra Niaga Company Secretary, Irto Ginting, stated that the inventory for 13 AFT embarkation airports is assured to be secure. At present, the nationwide inventory of Avtur can also be above 22 days, and can proceed to be maintained above that degree.

“Inventory availability and readiness is all the time our major precedence in dealing with moments like this. As soon as the inventory is secure, we’ll make sure the distribution course of is carried out effectively to help the sleek operating of Hajj flights,” defined Irto.

(nng)