The Indonesian Department ofTransportation said it has narroweddown plans to concentrate on sevenkey airports for freight and passengergateways in Indonesia. These airportshave met the criteria for developmentin the next 20 years, the DOT said. The airports include Kuala Namu inNorth Sumatera, Hang Nadim in Riau,Soekarno Hatta, Juanda in Surabaya,Ngurah Rai in Bali, Sepinggan in EastKalimantan and South Sulawesi's HasanuddinAirport. "These airports have the potentialto be developed … [Read more...] about DOT focuses on 7 freight airports
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Singapore Airlines
Singapore Airlines said it will addtwo direct flights between Singaporeand Shanghai starting on March 25,the Shanghai Daily reported. With thenew flights SIA will operate a total of65 flights from Singapore to Shanghai,Beijing, Guangzhou and Nanjing. … [Read more...] about Singapore Airlines
MIDDLE EAST: Gulf Air Cargo mulls Amsterdam
Gulf Air Cargo is to operate a twicea week charter flight on the Bahrain-Chennai-Bangalore-Amsterdam sector.In a statement, the airline said that itwould operate an Airbus A-300 aircrafthaving a capacity of 40 tonnes on thenew route. "Initially, the new route will be operatedfor the next two or three monthsafter which it will be reviewed," said asenior Gulf Air official. Currently, the airline that operates61 weekly flights to India carries cargoin the belly of the aircraft that … [Read more...] about MIDDLE EAST: Gulf Air Cargo mulls Amsterdam