INDONESIA: PRESIDENT SUHARTO OPENS NEW AIRPORT AT BALI

Record ID: 441030

  • Title: INDONESIA: PRESIDENT SUHARTO OPENS NEW AIRPORT AT BALI
  • Date: 4th August 1969
  • Summary: 1. LV AIRPORT RUNWAY PROJECTS INTO SEA 0.04 2. LV PAN..AIRPORT TERMINAL BUILDING 0.12 3. LV TOURIST PLANE LANDS 0.17 4. MV NAME OF HERO ON BUILDING 0.20 5. LV MIXED TOURISTS OUT OF PROPELLER-DRIVEN PLANE (2 SHOTS) 0.32 6. LV SUHARTO AND WIFE OUT OF PRIVATE PLANE - BALINESE DANCERS WELCOME THEM (2 SHOTS) 0.40 7. CU PRESIDENTIAL COUPLE TOWARDS CEREMONIAL SITE WITH DANCERS SPRINKLING FLOWER PETALS ON THEM (5 SHOTS) 0.57 8. LV CEREMONIAL SITE 1.02 9. MLV GIRLS DANCING 1.05 10. MV SUHARTO (TILT DOWN) PRESSING BUTTON 1.10 11. LV CEREMONIAL SITE IN BACKGROUND AIRPORT BUILDING 1.16 Initials LV/VS/JF/ES Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 19th August 1969 13:00
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  • Location: BALI, INDONESIA
  • Country: Indonesia
  • Reuters ID: LVAEIPF0ZTNDXXFZCM4C4XTZ49VT
  • Story Text: THE NEW TUBAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT OF NGURA RAI, ON THE ISLAND OF BALI, WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED ON FRIDAY (AUGUST 1ST) BY INDONESIA'S PRESIDENT SUHARTO. WITH COLOURFUL NATIVE DANCERS TO WELCOME THEM, THE PRESIDENT AND HIS WIFE FLEW IN TO THE AIRPORT WHICH COST 30 MILLION U.S. DOLLARS (12 1/2 MILLION POUNDS STERLING) TO BUILD.

    BALI IS ALREADY AN IMPORTANT TOURIST RESORT -- BUT SO FAR ONLY ONE MAJOR INTERNATIONAL AIRLINE HAS BEEN ABLE TO USE THE OLD AIRPORT BECAUSE OF THE LENGTH OF THE RUNWAY. THE NEW RUNWAY, PROJECTING OUT INTO THE SEA, WILL BE ABLE TO SERVE SUCH LARGE JETS AS THE DOUGLAS DC-8S AND BOEING 707S -- AND ALREADY TWO OTHER MAJOR AIRLINES ARE PLANNING TO START SERVICES THIS MONTH.

    PRESIDENT AND MRS SUHARTO ARRIVED BY PRIVATE AIRCRAFT AND WERE WELCOMED BY A LARGE NUMBER OF BALINESE DANCERS WHO SPRINKLED THEIR WAY TO THE CEREMONIAL SITE WITH FLOWERS BEFORE TAKING PART IN THE INAUGURAL CEREMONY. THE AIRPORT IS NAMED AFTER THE NGURA RAI -- A BALINESE HERO.
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