Yahukimo Regional Government Plans to Open Makassar - Sorong - Dekai Flight Routes

Yahukimo Regional Government Plans to Open Makassar - Sorong - Dekai Flight Routes

The Regional Government (Pemda) of Yahukimo Regency plans to open the Makassar - Sorong - Dekai route, utilizing wide body aircraft, such as Batik Air and Citylink. This was stated by the Regent of Yahukimo Abock Busup, STh, MA.
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It was explained, his party had met the Director General of Transportation in December 2019, and later on 2 or 3 February 2020 a wide body aircraft landing test would be carried out from Makassar-Sorong-Dekai.
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Regent Abock said, Nop Goliat Dekai Airport has a runway length of 2,500 meters, and the land is flat so it is ideal for wide body aircraft.
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Previously, the Minister of Transportation, Budi Karya Sumadi, said that he would develop the Nop Goliat Airport, Dekai, Yahukimo Regency in 2020.
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This is to make Nop Goliat Airport one of the transit airports for tourists in addition to Wamena in Jayawijaya Regency.
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"We will have more development movement there. In addition to preparing for wide-bodied aircraft, we will also prepare for the construction of two pioneering airports in the Districts of Korupun and Soba, "said the minister.