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Fri, 09/05/2008 - 19:43
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REGULAR FLIGHTS TO, FROM PALU BACK TO NORMAL
Palu, C Sulawesi, Sept 5 (ANTARA) - Regular flights to and from Palu have returned to normal now that two airlines which had temporarily ceased serving their routes to Central Sulawesi's provincial capital have resumed their services, a Mutiara airport official said.
Mutiara Airport chief Indar Dewa Bidmal said Sriwijaya Air and Merpati Nusantara Airlines (MNA) which had stopped operating for some time had begun flying to Palu again as of Thursday (Sept 4) and Friday (Sept 5) respectively.
"So airline operations to and from Palu through Mutiara Airport are now back to normal," he said.
Bidmal said with the two airlines back in operation the public now had full air service facilities to travel to and from Palu.
He said the flows of arriving and departing passengers through Palu's Mutiara Airport now had increased significantly compared to previous years.
This year, Mutiara airport had recorded as many as 650-700 departing passengers per day compared to 300-400 per day last year.
In order to increase the airport's air traffic handling capacity, the airport's management was continuously trying to improve its facilities and infrastructure. At present work was underway to expand its apron, Bidmal said.
He said the airport's apron was now only 323 m x 78 m wide and able to accommodate one Boeing-300 plane at a time. After the expansion work was completed in early 2009, the apron would be 500 m x 78 me wide and be able to accommodate two Boeing 737s and a few smaller planes at the same time.
Meanwhile, the MNA's chief representation in Palu, Aswandy, said as of Friday, Merpati had reopened its services to and from Palu with the number of departing passengers reaching a satisfactory level.
In a simlar vein, Henrik Ardyansah, Sriwijaya Airlines' chief representative in Palu, said Sriwijaya had resumed its flights to and from Palu on Thursday (Sept 4). Its flights from Palu to Makassar and Balikpapan had departed with the same payload levels as before they were closed for three days because of a drop in the number of passengers at the beginning of the Ramadhan fasting month.
In fact, Ardyansah said, during the past two days the numbers of passenger were quite high. "In the past two days, we had 125 departing passenger with all flights fully booked," he said.
Mutiara Airport chief Indar Dewa Bidmal said Sriwijaya Air and Merpati Nusantara Airlines (MNA) which had stopped operating for some time had begun flying to Palu again as of Thursday (Sept 4) and Friday (Sept 5) respectively.
"So airline operations to and from Palu through Mutiara Airport are now back to normal," he said.
Bidmal said with the two airlines back in operation the public now had full air service facilities to travel to and from Palu.
He said the flows of arriving and departing passengers through Palu's Mutiara Airport now had increased significantly compared to previous years.
This year, Mutiara airport had recorded as many as 650-700 departing passengers per day compared to 300-400 per day last year.
In order to increase the airport's air traffic handling capacity, the airport's management was continuously trying to improve its facilities and infrastructure. At present work was underway to expand its apron, Bidmal said.
He said the airport's apron was now only 323 m x 78 m wide and able to accommodate one Boeing-300 plane at a time. After the expansion work was completed in early 2009, the apron would be 500 m x 78 me wide and be able to accommodate two Boeing 737s and a few smaller planes at the same time.
Meanwhile, the MNA's chief representation in Palu, Aswandy, said as of Friday, Merpati had reopened its services to and from Palu with the number of departing passengers reaching a satisfactory level.
In a simlar vein, Henrik Ardyansah, Sriwijaya Airlines' chief representative in Palu, said Sriwijaya had resumed its flights to and from Palu on Thursday (Sept 4). Its flights from Palu to Makassar and Balikpapan had departed with the same payload levels as before they were closed for three days because of a drop in the number of passengers at the beginning of the Ramadhan fasting month.
In fact, Ardyansah said, during the past two days the numbers of passenger were quite high. "In the past two days, we had 125 departing passenger with all flights fully booked," he said.
