Nurni Sulaiman, The Jakarta Post, Samarinda | Mon, 12/01/2008 7:55 PM
Temindung airport in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, is set to resume operation on Monday, after five days of closure due to massive flooding in the area.
Trigana Air and Avia Star will resume flights to neighboring towns, including the oil towns of Tarakan, Berau and Kutai Barat.
"Today, all employees have been voluntarily cleaning up all the airport facilities, and by tomorrow we hope to be able to resume operations," Temindung airport chief Bambang Darmawanto told The Jakarta Post on Monday.
Despite the plan to reopen the airport on Tuesday, access roads to the airport remained flooded on Monday.
"Today, only the access roads are flooded. The runway and the terminals are dry and ready to serve the public," Bambang said.
The floods in Samarinda have put the city almost at a standstill. Water has subsided in a number of public places such as Lembuswana mall and some main streets, but the city's only state university, Mulawarman University, is still flooded and remains closed to students.
"There are no classes yet, because the water still comes up to your waist," student Ayu Defia said.
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