Indonesia to integrate privately-funded new airport with Surabaya’s Juanda


A truck loads soil in Tiron village, Banyakan district, Kediri regency, East Java, on Jan. 16. Tiron village is one of many to host a 457-ha airport to be built by tobacco company Gudang Garam at the foot of Wilis Mountain. - JP

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): State-owned airport operator Angkasa Pura I will manage a planned privately-funded airport in Kediri and integrate its operations with Surabaya’s Juanda International Airport to accommodate rising travel demand and economic activity in East Java.

AP I signed a memorandum of understanding with publicly-listed tobacco company Gudang Garam on Tuesday (March 10) to develop what would be called Dhoho Kediri Airport 20km from central Kediri.

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