JAKARTA - The Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub) will make improvements to infrastructure at Kertajati Airport.
The improvement was made following India and Saudi Arabia's commitment to invest in the airport located in Majalengka, West Java,.
Spokesperson for the Ministry of Transportation Adita Irawati said that currently the countries that have come to see Kertajati Airport directly are India and Saudi Arabia.
These two countries also show interest in managing the airport.
"They are still looking around, what is clear is that they had come directly to Kertajati to see and yesterday the Minister's visit to Saudi Arabia had also been discussed," he told reporters, Wednesday, January 18.
In line with that, said Adita, his party will make improvements at Kertajati Airport.
So that any country that will come later is interested in investing in Kertajati Airport.
"We also have parallels to make improvements there. So that whoever will come in later see this, will become more conducive. Including supporting infrastructure, we must also fix it," he said.
As previously reported, the Minister of Transportation (Menhub) Budi Karya Sumadi revealed that he was offering shares in Kertajati International Airport to India and Saudi Arabia. This offer, said Budi, received good reception from the two countries.
"We offer together with the West Java Government, offering us dilution. This means that India and Saudis intend to buy Kertajati's shares," he said at a year-end press conference, quoted Wednesday, December 28.
In fact, Budi also admitted to asking Saudi Arabia specifically to dedicate direct flights from Saudi Arabia to Kertajati International Airport.
Budi said, this step was to encourage increased connectivity at the airport located in Majalengka, West Java.
"We ask for a large number of flights. In Saudi we ask for direct flights from Saudi to Kertajati Airport. So there is interest for connectivity to increase," he said.
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