Tomy plans new airline for Kendari

Tomy plans new airline for Kendari

KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: Controversial businessman Tomy
Winata plans to open a flight path to the Southeast Sulawesi
province, as he pushes ahead with his investment plans despite
protests from local journalists.

Tomy's Artha Graha Group (AGG) planned to launch Anoa Air
flying a Fokker F-50, said AGG consultant Mintarto Gunawan on
Tuesday.

He said the airline would serve the Jakarta-Kendari route. AGG
hoped to capitalize on a surge of tourists and businessmen coming
to the province.

"AGG may get only a 50 percent share of the revenue, while the
rest will be split between the administration of the province and
the regencies over which the airline will fly," Mintarto said
without disclosing AGG's investment in the airline.

Tomy's investment plans in Kendari stirred protests among
several local journalists who had criticized his alleged
involvement in the attack in March against reporters of Tempo
magazine in Jakarta.

His supporters reportedly attacked the magazine in response to
what they said was Tempo's biased news reports about Tomy. --
Antara