Merpati to Continue Flights to Papua

SECRETARY to the State Minister of State-Owned Enterprises, Said Didu, has stated that PT Merpati Nusantara Airlines will continue flights to Papua although it has experienced several accidents lately.

Said explained that Merpati was needed in eastern Indonesia so that the region would not be isolated. “People would become isolated if Merpati stopped its flights,” he said.

However, he acknowledged that