President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo (centre) and Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi (right) at the inauguration of the Toraja and Pantar Alor airports on March 18, 2021. - JP
JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): The government has inaugurated Toraja Airport in South Sulawesi and Pantar Airport in East Nusa Tenggara to improve connectivity and tourism to the two remote regencies in eastern Indonesia.
Toraja Airport, which opened in September last year, is located in Tana Toraja regency and can accommodate some 45,000 passengers a year. Developers had to flatten three hills to build the Rp 800 billion (US$55.49 million) facility in the mountainous region.
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