Successfully Fly Wide Body Plane, Lombok Airport Soon Clean Up

Business Action, PRAYA - A total of 488 pilgrims of the first West Nusa Tenggara (KLB) pilgrim group (KLB) flew with B 747-400 from the Lombok International Airport (LIA), Central Lombok NTB, Saturday (12/8) to King Abdul Aziz Airport Jeddah Saudi Arabia.

The plane with the EC-KKN registration was hired by Garuda Indonesia from WA Mos Air from Spain.

Flights with big-bodied aircraft B 747 - 400 is something special in LIA, because the first time the jumbo aircraft landed in LIA. Last year the Lombok Embarkation flight used the A 330 - 300 aircraft.

GM PT Angkasa Pura (AP) I LIA, I Gusti Ngurah Ardita explained, the flight with wide body aircraft in LIA is an achievement. "A successful flight thanks to the efforts and prayers of all parties," he said.

To operate the B 747 - 400 aircraft it already takes into account the level of risk faced.

"Risks must be taken into account to realize flight safety. Therefore, preparation should be done carefully according to standard operating procedures so that it can minimize the risk, "he said.

He expressed his gratitude to the Ministry of Transportation which has been guiding the implementation of Haj flight in LIA.

After successfully using a wide body aircraft, the front of the LIA should be ready to landed wide body aircraft.

For that, it will do the development of Airport facilities, among others, apron and international terminal development.

In the same place, GM Garuda Indonesia Branch of Lombok Yans Verio use of aircraft B 747-400 has been prepared carefully.

"The use of wide-body aircraft to anticipate the hajj quota increase in NTB so that all can be transported," he explained.

WA Mos Air party, as the owner of the aircraft does not question the condition of LIA.

"After the LIA specification data from AP I we convey, WA Mos Air does not mempermaslahkan.Mereka stated clear," he said.

The people of NTB asked the government to increase the quota of NTB pilgrims, because the interest of the people of NTB is very high. The waiting list of NTB Hajj pilgrims currently for 23 years.