Palembang to have new airport

Palembang to have new airport

PALEMBANG, South Sumatra: South Sumatra's capital, Palembang,
will have an international airport by 2001, an official said here
yesterday.

Antara quoted head of the PT Angkasa Pura airport authority
here, Asman Soetjipto, as saying that the city's Sultan Mahmud
Badaruddin Airport will be expanded to become an international
airport.

An international airport will turn Palembang into an
international gateway, he added.

Soetjipto said the building of two parallel 2,200-meter
taxiways and a 2,500-meter runway will start later this month and
be completed in three years.

The airport will include a passenger lounge that can
accommodate 500 to 600 passengers, two passenger terminals and
other facilities, he added.