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Following the President's instruction in May to "reactivate" Husein Sastranegara airport, the Transportation Ministry has announced that preparations were underway for the West Java capital to start welcoming domestic and international passengers on both propeller and jet aircraft in September.
Passengers wearing masks walk along a concourse on Jan. 27, 2020, in the international arrivals terminal at Husein Sastranegara International Airport in Bandung, West Java, as cases of COVID-19 started to emerge in several Asian countries outside China. (Antara/M Agung Rajasa)
The government is preparing to “reactivate” Husein Sastranegara International Airport in Bandung, West Java, to start serving scheduled flights operated by commercial jetliners in September.“According to information from Angkasa Pura regarding Husein Sastranegara airport in Bandung, they’ve made preparations for it to begin operations on Sept. 17,” Lukman F. Laisa, the Transportation Ministry’s civil aviation director general, said on Tuesday, as quoted by Antara.
He was referring to the state-owned airport operator also known as InJourney Airports, with which the ministry had conducted an inspection to ensure that the airport was ready to resume operations.
