The Bali Ngurah Rai airport has received its first flight from Sydney, Australia since the Covid-19 pandemic struck in 2020.
The Head of the Bali Law and Human Rights Ministry, Jamaruli Manihuruk, confirmed that the Bali Ngurah Rai Airport finally received a flight from Sydney on Friday afternoon (4/3).
“The Sydney-Denpasar route by Garuda Airlines was finally restored on Friday afternoon. The flight carried both international and domestic passengers,” Jamaruli said on Friday.
Jamaruli explained that the plane carried 13 cabin crew and 61 passengers of different nationalities. There were 31 Australians, 27 Indonesians, 2 Kiwis and 1 Polish.
He was also optimistic that this would be the beginning of Bali’s economic recovery.
“With the resumption of international flights, I hope we can gain more trust from the international market as they become less reluctant to fly and travel to Bali. We will implement strict prevention protocols to revive the Bali tourism sector and economy as soon as possible,” Jamaruli concluded.
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Wayan Bo
Monday 7th of March 2022
A nice disinfection shower before arriving to the finger gate.
Michael
Monday 7th of March 2022
“With the resumption of international flights, I hope we can gain more trust from the international market as they become less reluctant to fly and travel to Bali.
Do these officials really think the international travelers don’t trust Bali and are “reluctant” to fly to Bali? 😆😆😆 What universe are they living in? It is the ridiculous mandates Bali officials have thrust on their country that has kept visitors away.
Remove all the draconian mandates and the visitors will return and then the good people of Bali can begin to rebuild their lives.
Randy
Monday 7th of March 2022
Not so recent news, however the lucky passengers who participated as the first arrivals from Australia made it out from the grand deluge in Sydney, North NSW and Queensland. Expected more rain to come the meteorologist says...
Sacchet
Sunday 6th of March 2022
When can Switzerland come to Bali
Wayan Bo
Monday 7th of March 2022
@Sacchet, at the moment only as Red Cross with full pockets for donations.
Ben
Monday 7th of March 2022
@Sacchet, Right now if you buy the visa and find a flight ;)