Medan airport opens again

Medan airport opens again

MEDAN, North Sumatra: Polonia Airport resumed normal
activities on Sunday, one day after thousands of students
occupied the facility in protest against the Special Session of
the People's Consultative Assembly taking place in Jakarta.

Antara said all regular flights, both domestic and
international, had departed and arrived as scheduled.

The Boeing-737 Jakarta-bound Garuda flight departed at 7 a.m.
in the morning and the GA-180 Garuda flight from the capital to
Medan landed at the airport on schedule, the news agency said.

A Garuda GA-195 aircraft which the students took possession of
for a short while left for Jakarta via Batam on schedule. (21)