Minangkabau airport opens for business

Sat, 23 Jul 2005, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

PADANG, West Sumatra: Minangkabau International Airport kicked
off operations on Friday, making it the first international
airport operating in West Sumatra.

With the opening of the new airport, Tabing Airport, the only
civilian airport in West Sumatra, which was established in 1971,
will close down.

In order to make travel between Padang city and the airport
more convenient, the airport operator, PT Angkasa Pura II, has
provided 11 air-conditioned buses and 168 taxis for the some
4,200 people that it is estimated will travel through the airport
each day. Located in Ketaping, Padang Pariaman regency, a trip to
the airport by bus will Rp 10,000 (US$1.04) one way.

The international airport whose runway 2,750 meters long
kicked off construction in 2001. The airport is 1.3 hectares wide
and can accommodate 1.2 million passengers a year.

The airport's construction is aimed at enhancing tourism in
West Sumatra province. -- JP

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