IPTN opens permanent office in the Gulf

IPTN opens permanent office in the Gulf

DUBAI (AFP): Indonesia's Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara (IPTN) aircraft industry has opened its first office in the Gulf to boost sales of its 135 seat passenger jets, the CN235, in the region, company officials said here yesterday.

The office will provide services for customers who have already bought these planes and boost future sales. So far, 13 CN235 have been sold to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Oman.

An official announcement for the opening of the office in Abu Dhabi will be made at the Dubai air show by the company director B.J. Habibie, they said.

The Dubai air show, which has taken place every two years for the last six, now ranks third in the world alongside the one in Singapore and after those in Paris and Farnborough, England.

More than 20,000 industry visitors are expected to attend the show staged by 500 exhibitors from aerospace manufacturers, to communications firms to publishers around the world.

Asian exhibitors include Singapore Aerospace, Aeronautical Radio of Thailand, Japan's Daiichi Kosho Company Limited.