Asia to link cities with jets

JAKARTA: Governor Sutiyoso revealed on Thursday that Asia would have jet planes linking major cities in the region to boost ties among them.

"The procurement of jets is one of the commitments agreed to in the last meeting of the Asian Network of Major Cities (ANMC) in Hanoi, Vietnam, last year," he said, after a meeting of the organizing committee of the next ANMC meeting to be held in Jakarta in November.

Sutiyoso said each plane would be able to carry 100 passengers.

"We will invite representatives of the AMNC members to visit PT Dirgantara Indonesia state airline company to see our products," he said.

Jakarta is one of 12 members of the AMNC, which includes Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Tokyo, Bangkok, Beijing, Seoul, New Delhi and Taipei. -- JP