Telkom and Garuda to aid Air Show '96
Telkom and Garuda to aid Air Show '96
JAKARTA (JP): State-owned telecommunications company PT Telkom
and national flag carrier PT Garuda Indonesia yesterday agreed to
participate in the 1996 Indonesia Air Show (IAS '96) by providing
facilities for the week-long event in June.
The cooperation agreement was signed by Bambang Riady Oemar,
the head of Telkom's Jakarta office, and Hadinoto Sudigno, the
head of Garuda's workshop division, in a ceremony attended by
Telkom's president, Setyanto P. Santosa, IAS '96 Executive
Director Thareq K. Habibie and Garuda's technical director,
Bambang Wahyudi.
Garuda will be the official carrier for IAS '96 and will
provide air and land transportation as well as aircraft
maintenance facilities during the show. Garuda's subsidiary, PT
Aerowisata, will provide catering services for participants.
Garuda's overseas promotion for IAS '96 will include discounts
on tickets for participants who choose to fly with the airline.
Meanwhile, the cooperation will require Telkom to set up
telecommunication booths and business centers for media personnel
at the Soekarno-Hatta international airport. The cooperation with
Telkom started in March and will extend until July.
Telkom will provide card, credit card and coin operated phones
as well as facsimile machines, teleprinters and modems during the
air show.
IAS '96, to be held from June 22 to June 30, will be open to
professionals from June 23 to June 27 and to the public from June
28 to June 30.
The show, which is held in conjunction with Indonesia's 50th
anniversary of independence and the declaration of 1996 as the
country's maritime and aerospace year, will be attended by some
300 domestic and international participants. President Soeharto
is scheduled to open the show, where a number of internationally-
acclaimed aerobatic teams will conduct demonstrations.
IAS '96 will take place on 130 hectares of land at the
international airport. This will be the second show of its kind
in Jakarta, the first one being held in 1986. (pwn)