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Hotasi Nababan, president of Indonesia's
state-owned Merpati Nusantara Airlines (MNA), Jusman Syafii Djamal,
minister of transportation of Indonesia, Paskah Suzeta, head of the
National Development Planning Board, and Chinese Ambassador to Indonesia
Lan Lijun (L-R) pose for a group photo with the model of a Xinzhou-60
plane during the plane's debut ceremony in Jakarta, capital of Indonesia,
Sept. 10, 2007. MNA held two debut ceremonies of Chinese-made Xinzhou-60
passenger planes in Jakarta and Surabaya simultaneously on Monday.(Xinhua
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The model of the Chinese-made Xinzhou-60
plane is seen during its debut ceremony in Jakarta, capital of Indonesia,
Sept. 10, 2007. Indonesia's state-owned Merpati Nusantara Airlines (MNA)
held two debut ceremonies of Chinese-made Xinzhou-60 passenger planes in
Jakarta and Surabaya simultaneously on Monday.(Xinhua Photo)
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Chinese-made planes to make debut in
Indonesia
JAKARTA, Aug. 31
(Xinhua) -- Two Xinzhou-60 passenger planes will enter service in Indonesia's
state-run air carrier Merpati Nusantara Airlines next week to become the first
Chinese-made planes in commercial flights for a local company.
Merpati plans to operate the Xinzhou-60s for
short-distance routes in eastern Indonesia, leading economic daily Bisnis
Indonesia reported Friday.
The turboprop-powered planes, each has 60 passenger
seats, will fly between Bali and the neighboring provinces of East Nusa Tenggara
and West Nusa Tenggara.
"The planes will arrive next week and we will use
them for short-distance routes," Merpati president Hotasi Nababan was quoted as
saying.
The company has agreed to buy 15 Xinzhou-60s from the
China Aviation Industry Corporation I in Shaanxi.
