Adisucipto Airport Yogyakarta Just landed Small Aircraft

Operations Manager of PT Angkasa Pura I declare Halindra Adisucipto Airport Yogyakarta Adisucipto airport is not yet representative enough to be an access to international flights. Airport infrastructure constraints.


Halindra said to be an international airport must meet several requirements. Among them was a company that will conduct direct flights to foreign countries, customs and immigration custody.

Last two conditions are available at the airport Adisucipto. While for the airlines that entered the direct route to another country is Air Asia and Malaysia Air System is a direct flight from Singapore to Malaysia and vice versa Adisucipto.

"What do route development study is the airlines, airports eligible if they will schedule flights at airports surveyed," he said.

He admitted that the airport can be landed by Adisucipto maximum 200 series aircraft. For example Boing 757 Series 200 aircraft. If the Boing 757 Series 300, the airport is still not eligible.

He added, namely Thomson flight from England to the Boing 747 Series 200 aircraft had landed at the airport Adisucipto. But the plane was chartered plane, there is no regular schedule.

Earlier, Chairman of Tourism Promotion Agency of Yogyakarta (BP2KY) Pranowo Deddy Eryono questioned transport infrastructure constraints in Yogyakarta. Among other things, infrastructure and airport terminal as the first recipient of tourists to this region.

Tourists from Europe who will be visiting Yogyakarta through the Soekarno-Hatta airport in Jakarta or Bali, I Gusti Ngurah Rai. So many do not come to Yogyakarta. Those who travel to Yogyakarta, usually only those who had planned earlier.

Deddy hoping to plan a direct flight by Garuda flight to Europe in July, the European tourists who visited Indonesia in particular to Yogyakarta will be increased. If last year reached 160 thousand foreign tourists, so this was targeted at in 2010 rose 10 percent.

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