The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Tue, 03/16/2010 3:10 PM
An international airport facility, currently under construction in Central Lombok regency, West Nusa Tenggara, is scheduled to be in operation in the next several months, an official said on Tuesday.
Spokesman of local provincial administration Ahmad Baharuddin said that a soft opening for the airport was originally scheduled this month, but was delayed due to the lack of supporting facilities, especially access road from the capital to the airport.
“State owned PT Angkasa Pura I, which is in charge of managing the airport facility, has not been ready for the soft opening,” Baharuddin said in Mataram as quoted by the Antara news agency.
The soft opening will possibly be delayed until June or July, he said, adding that the delay was mainly caused by the fact that the local administration was in short of money to finance land clearance for the construction of a bypass leading to the airport.
The Rp 110 billion (US$11.80 million) airport project is designed to have a 1,750-meter runway and be completed with various facilities, including two aprons with 62,072 square meter spaces, Baharuddin said.
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