Aceh Besar (ANTARA News) - A Malaysian airline, AirAsia, opens direct flights from the Indonesian province of Aceh to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
“This is a new history for Malaysia in view of the opening of cooperation opportunity in tourism and economy,” Malaysia tourism promotion director Noor Azman Samsudin said at Sultan Iskandar Muda airport here on Tuesday for a maiden flight to Kuala Lumpur.
He said the flight would be carried out three times a week namely on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays.
He said in the company of Malaysian consulate general in Medan Fauzi AirAsia would operate an Airbus-320 for the service that has 180 seats.
“From now on people in Aceh would no longer have to go to Medan first if they wish to fly to Malaysia, or to arrive in Medan from Malaysia before reaching Aceh,” he said.(*)
Source: ANTARA News
November 9th, 2007
Serang, Banten (ANTARA News) - Mount Anak Krakatau in the Sunda Strait on Tueday began to spew out red-hot lava flares 500 to 700 meters into the sky from its southern crater.
The volcano has been showing signs of increased activity for nearly the past 15 days.
Anton, the chief of the volcano`s observation post, said the red-hot lava flares were triggered by the volcano`s increased activity.
According to data recorded by the volcano`s observation post, from 00.00 to 06.00 local time on Tuesday the volcano produced 74 clouds of ashes, followed by four deep volcanic quakes, 20 shallow volcanic quakes, and four tremors.
Meanwhile, the Bandung-based Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Center (PVMBG) is still keeping the volcano`s status at the third level of alert.
“Due to the emission of ashes followed by volcanic quakes lasting 3 to 6 minutes, it is dangerous for tourists to get close to the volcano`s slopes. Visitors are only allowed to watch its activity from a distance of three kilometers,” Anton said.(*)
Source: http://my-indonesia.info/
November 9th, 2007