south korea's incheon international airport and ngurah rai airport bali collaborate to boost air travel confidence

Category : Adventure | Posted On Sep 20, 2020

PT Angkasa Pura I (API) the state owned airport operator has announced their collaboration with Incheon International Airport Corporation of South Korea for the implementation of a safer corridor initiative at I Gusti Ngurah Rai International airport in Bali.

Faik Fahmi AP I President Director said in a statement that the corporation deal was signed on September 10 and it is aimed to boost the confidence of the people in air travel while focusing on boosting the country's tourism and economy.

Incheon is the world's first airport to receive the Airport Council International's Airport Health Accreditation. The SCI is an alliance of airport managements initiated by the IIAC that aims to maintain their members' operational reliability through implementation of several health and security criteria, and help the aviation industry recover by building a positive perception among airport service users.

Bon-Hwan Koo, IIAC CEO and President said that Ngurah Rai International Airport is the first ever airport chosen to implement the SCI program as it is one of the biggest airports in Indonesia and the most visited one by the Korean Tourists.

IIAC will assess Ngurah Rai Airport as a part of the collaboration on inventory management, health communications, epidemic prevention/protocols, trained human resources and the routine procedures such as departure and arrival. If all goes according to the plan IIAC will issue and SCI certificate along with the approval for the airport which will allow the airport to become the member of SCI.

Ngurah Rai in May received only 8829 passengers as a result of Pandemic which then increased to 19816 in June.

Following a relaxation of air travel restrictions, it saw the number rise to 77,472 in July and 172,721 in August.

"We're confident our COVID-19 prevention health protocols that have been implemented in all our airports, including Ngurah Rai, will fulfill the criteria required by the SCI guidelines. The SCI certification will then complement the World Travel & Tourism Council's Safe Travel stamp that we already received," said Faik. "All these efforts aim to convince the public that AP I airports have implemented global-standard health protocols and encourage [our customers] to no longer worry about doing air travel." (wir/kes)