Mails stuck in Denpasar

Mails stuck in Denpasar

KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: The local branch of PT Pos
Indonesia, the state-owned post office, has decided to charter a
special plane to transport approximately half a ton of mail for
delivery to the province which has been piling up in Denpasar.

Tenan P. Widodo, who heads the branch office, said he was
forced to charter the plane because the state carrier Merpati
Nusantara, which has a regular service to Kupang, could not
handle the volume of mail from Denpasar due to the limited cargo
space in its planes.

Tenan noted that Merpati operates small planes for its
services between Denpasar and Kupang, and that there was hardly
any cargo space available for mail.

He added that in the past some mail has been transported by
ships from Denpasar to Kupang.

Mail bound for East Timor also goes through Kupang, according
to Antara. (emb)