Gudang Garam’s Kediri airport in Indonesia to kick off construction in April, operate in 2022

A truck loads soil in Tiron village, Banyakan district, Kediri regency, East Java, on Thursday, Jan 16, 2020. Tiron village is one of many to host the 457-hectare development of an airport by tobacco company Gudang Garam. The airport will be built in three districts at the foot of Wilis mountain. JP/ANN

JAKARTA (The Jakarta/ANN): A subsidiary of publicly-listed tobacco company Gudang Garam will start the development of Kediri Airport in East Java in April, with a target to finish first-phase construction by April 2022.

Kediri Airport is one of the government’s national strategic projects and will be located around 20km from the city center. It is expected to reduce the overburdened Juanda International Airport in Surabaya, which is around a two-hour drive from Kediri.