Asia to link cities with jets

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