Bandung Airport to Close for Asian-African Conference

Jakarta Globe, Apr 10, 2015

Bandung airport will be closed temporarily to accomodate delegates visiting
the Asian Africa conference next week. (Antara Photo/Widodo S. Jusuf)

Bandung. Husein Sastranegara International Airport in Bandung, West Java, will be closed for more than 24 hours later this month to accommodate the Asian-African Conference.

Yayan Hendrayani, Bandung area general manager of state-owned airport operator Angkasa Pura II, said the airport would be off limits for commercial flights from 4 p.m. on April 23 until 9 p.m. the following day.

Yayan said he had informed the Ministry of Transportation and airlines flying to Husein Sastranegara Airport.

“We have asked the airlines not to sell any tickets during that period, if there’s any passenger who has bought the ticket beforehand it will be altered,” he told Detik.com.

The Asian-African Conference will be held from April 19 to 24 in Jakarta and Bandung. Delegates from 109 Asian and African countries, as well as 16 observer countries and 25 international organizations have been invited to the event.

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the first Asian-African Conference, which set out to promote economic and cultural cooperation among the newly independent countries of the two continents.