Passengers numbers in the world’s 12th biggest domestic market continue to grow.
Passengers numbers on Indonesian domestic routes rose to 43.7 million people in 2010, up from 35.6 million in 2009, a 22.7% increase, according to the national statistics body Biro Pusat Statistik (BPS).
Numbers of passengers flying internationally increased by 20%, from 8 million in 2009 to 9.6 million last year.
BPS official Rusman Heriawan said of the figures
Both domestic and international routes are booming, plane travel is increasingly challenging the role of rail and sea traffic.
By comparison, passenger numbers on trains in the country declined by 1.7% year on year. However sea traffic saw a considerable increase, up 18%, from 5.9 million people in 2009, to 7 million in 2010.
Rusman put the success of Indonesian airlines in attracting more and new business in the aggressive pricing practises of ‘no frills’ airlines like Lion Air and Air Asia.
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Interesting counterpoint to this story is how Soekarno-Hatta is now ranked 22nd in the list of world’s busiest airports:
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/12/09/soekarnohatta-ranks-22-top-100-busiest-airports.html
and
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/12/16/issue-soekarnohatta-no-22-busiest-airports.html
Some of the comments at the bottom are interesting reading…