The
government has chosen Karawang, West Java, as the location for a new airport,
an official from the Transportation Ministry has announced.
“At the
moment we are still studying it. By early next year we will know how much money
will be needed. But the location has been chosen, which is Karawang,” ministry
director general for air transportation Herry Bhakti said on Sunday as quoted
by tribunnews.com.
He said
that the government planned to build a new airport in response to complaints
about services at Soekarno-Hatta Airport in Cengkareng due to overcapacity.
“Soekarno-Hatta
Airport there are two runways, the Karawang airport will provide a third
runway,” he said.
Herry was
unsure when construction of the new airport would begin, but said that the need
for a new airport would become urgent by 2015.
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