Kuta, Bali (Antara Bali) - The Ngurah Rai International Airport has installed a double-decker air bridge in a bid to serve Airbus 380 jets, I Gusti Ngurah Ardita, the airport`s Co-General Manager of Angkasa Pura I, stated here, Wednesday.
"The facility is provided in case the superjumbo plane has to make an emergency landing at the international airport," he explained.
However, the A380 cannot land at the airport due to space constraints.
"The width of Ngurah Rai`s runway is 45 meters, while the A380 jet needs a 60-meter-wide runway," Ngurah Ardita noted.
Nevertheless, the airport management will prepare the runway to handle any emergency landing of the A380 aircraft at Ngurah Rai.
Meanwhile, the length of the runway, which is three thousand meters long, is sufficient to accommodate the 600-passenger aircraft.
According to Ngurah Ardita, the airport management has invested Rp3 trillion, or about US$232.6 million, in 2015 to build domestic and international terminals as well as aprons.
In addition, the management, in collaboration with the Indonesia Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) and Indonesia Port Corporations or Pelabuhan Indonesia (Pelindo), will build access ways to and from the airport for connectivity to the Bali toll road.
A general aviation terminal for chartered flights will also be built and will be the first private jet terminal in Indonesia.
Currently, the international terminal has an area of 129 thousand square meters, and the domestic terminal has an area of 68 thousand square meters.
"In 2014, we have served 17.3 million passengers, or an increase of 11 percent as compared to that recorded in the same period in 2013," Ngurah Ardita stated, adding that the airport is now able to accommodate 25 million passengers per year. (WDY)
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"The facility is provided in case the superjumbo plane has to make an emergency landing at the international airport," he explained.
However, the A380 cannot land at the airport due to space constraints.
"The width of Ngurah Rai`s runway is 45 meters, while the A380 jet needs a 60-meter-wide runway," Ngurah Ardita noted.
Nevertheless, the airport management will prepare the runway to handle any emergency landing of the A380 aircraft at Ngurah Rai.
Meanwhile, the length of the runway, which is three thousand meters long, is sufficient to accommodate the 600-passenger aircraft.
According to Ngurah Ardita, the airport management has invested Rp3 trillion, or about US$232.6 million, in 2015 to build domestic and international terminals as well as aprons.
In addition, the management, in collaboration with the Indonesia Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) and Indonesia Port Corporations or Pelabuhan Indonesia (Pelindo), will build access ways to and from the airport for connectivity to the Bali toll road.
A general aviation terminal for chartered flights will also be built and will be the first private jet terminal in Indonesia.
Currently, the international terminal has an area of 129 thousand square meters, and the domestic terminal has an area of 68 thousand square meters.
"In 2014, we have served 17.3 million passengers, or an increase of 11 percent as compared to that recorded in the same period in 2013," Ngurah Ardita stated, adding that the airport is now able to accommodate 25 million passengers per year. (WDY)
Editor : I Gusti Bagus Widyantara
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