The Bandung administration hopes the airport can recover passenger traffic levels seen before the pandemic and before the transfer of most flights to Kertajati International Airport in Majalengka, which is located in the eastern part of West Java.
Visitors watch a Super Tucano aircraft land at Husein Sastranegara Air Force Base in this undated photograph. JP/Arya Dipa (JP/Arya Dipa)
President Prabowo Subianto has instructed the reactivation of Bandung’s Husein Sastranegara Airport for commercial flights, alongside plans to reopen Yogyakarta’s Adisutjipto Airport, according to officials in the West Java capital.Bandung Mayor Muhammad Farhan said the government is currently studying Husein Airport’s commercial potential and ways to restore passenger traffic, after its operations were limited to scheduled propeller aircraft serving intercity routes within Java.
“In 2019, Husein handled around 3.8 million passengers, with 3 million domestic travelers and 800,000 international passengers,” Farhan said on Wednesday, as quoted by Kompas.com.
The Bandung administration hopes the airport can recover passenger traffic levels seen before the pandemic and before the transfer of most flights to Kertajati International Airport in Majalengka, which is located in the eastern part of West Java.
