According to formal remarks released by Center for Statistics Agency (CSA/BPS), Monday (3/11) for domestic passenger’s amount between January-September 2008 got up 23.69 millions, in the mean time for the same period last year got up 22.24 millions. However for international routes passengers on the same period on 2008 got up 4.66 millions and for 2007 got up 4.17 millions. For whole air passengers are transported, Soekarno-Hatta Airport rendered 8.82 millions or 37.24 % while Juanda Surabaya Airport rendered 2.59 millions or 10.95 %.

For international routes, the most of derivation air passengers for January-September 2008 period was Juanda Surabaya Airport as many 9.73 %,  followed by Ngurah Rai Airport as  many 192.7 thousands or 30.99 %  from totally passengers, rendered derivation as many 9.15 %, and Soekarno-Hatta Airport achieved 318.1 thousands or 51.16 % from totally passengers, rendered derivation 3.25 %. But In Polonia Medan Airport, passenger increased 0.27 %.

While on September 2008, domestic air passenger’s are transported as many 2.08 millions or decreased 25.52 % from August 2008. For international route on September 2008 as many 621.7 thousands are transported or decrease 7.56 %. BPS also recorded derivation of passenger on Ngurah Rai Bali 39.67 %, Hasanudin Makasar 28.07 %, Juanda Surabaya 25.79 %, Polonia Medan 23.88 % and Soekarno Hatta 22.94 %

Soekarno-Hatta Airport was the biggest rendered domestic passengers, which transport as many 80.68 thousands or 38.84 % followed by Juanda Surabaya Airport as many 221.8 thousands or 10.68 %.