International Flights From Bali 14.78 Percent Lower

DENPASAR, Jan 9 (Antara) - The International Airport of Ngurah Rai, Bali, recorded 2,536 departures of wide body aircraft for international flights in November, 2017 or 440 flights or 14.78 percent lower than 2,976 flights in the previous month. "Similarly the number of international passengers leaving the airport shrank 107,817 or 21.85 percent to 385,922 in November, 2017 from 493,793 passengers in October, in the same year," head of the provincial office of the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) Adi Nugroho said here on Monday. International cargoes including baggage dropped 1.48 million tons or 16.67 percent from 8.90 million tons in October, 2017 to 7.42 million tons in November 2017. Five main countries of destination for international flights from Bali included Australia, China, Singapore, Malaysia and Qatar. Declines were recorded in the number of passengers leaving Bali for the five countries . The number of passengers to Australia dropped 17.37 percent, to China fell 15.69 percent, Singapore 17.07 percent lower , Malaysia declined 31.25 percent and to Qatar decreased 24.97 percent. The declines in the number of flights was a result of temporary closure of the Ngarah Rai airport following repeated eruptions of Mount Agung disrupting flight schedules. A number of flights to Bali such as by Virgin Airlines, KLM, Jetstar Airways and Qantas Airways, also canceled flights to Bali in November, 2017 .