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Ambon, Maluku (ANTARA News) - The flow of passengers at Pattimura airport increased 25.21 percent on Saturday, six days before Idul Fitri, an airport official said.

Leo Sahertian of the airport operator firm Angkasa Pura I said that from 6 am to 4 pm local time on Saturday the number of passengers was recorded at 1,063, an increase from 846 recorded in the previous year.

The increase in the number of passengers was significant because on Friday or seven days before the Idul Fitri holidays, it was recorded at 1,246, or an increase of 14.42 percent from the previous 1,089, he said.

He said that the increase was boosted by additional flights from Ambon to other cities. Usually, Ambon is catered with 10 airplanes and 12 flights daily but this year there are 14 airplanes with 14 routes.

Millions of seasonal passengers travel to their home towns to have family reunions during the annual post-fasting Lebaran holidays.

During the Idul Fitri holiday season last year, the number of home-bound travelers reached about 27.25 million, of which 16.2 million used various public transportation modes while the remaining 11.2 million used private cars and motorcycles.

In order to ensure the safety of passengers, Abdul Hakim of the House of Representatives (DPR)`s Commission V for transportation affairs, asked transportation operators to give attention to the safety of passengers.

House Commission V asked all sea, land and air transportation operators as well as those traveling on private cars or motorcycles to give priority to safety.

"Every year we have a routine problem in the runup to Lebaran holidays. We could not provide optimal services for travelers. Safety is often ignored, like using passengers and goods packed ships. But we cannot do much because we were demanded to transport them although the vehicles had been overloaded," Abdul Hakim said.
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