Govt to build three new airports

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Sun, 12/26/2010

The government has planned to build three new airports in 2011 in Sulawesi and Maluku to improve access to the regions.

The planned airports are Mamasa Baru and Toraja Baru in Sulawesi and Moa in Southeast Maluku.

“We need at least Rp 130 billion (US$14.4 million) in investment per airport,” Transportation Ministry air transportation director general Herry Bhakti said over the weekend, as quoted by tribunnews.com.

Most of the projects at the airports would be financed by regional budgets, he said, however, “the state budget will cover the construction stage.”