Kupang, E Nusa Tenggara (NTT) (ANTARA News) - The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) for East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) hopes that Timor Leste would open a Kupang-Dili flight route.

"We hope that Timor Leste would open flight with its Timor Air linking Timor Leste capital Dili with NTT provincial capital of Kupang," Kadin Chairman for NTT Abraham Paul Liyanto said here over the weekend.

He hoped that the leadership of the newly-installed Timor Leste President Jose Maria Vasconcelos, Timor Leste would advance the flight links between Dili and Kupang.

The Kadin chairman expressed hope that Timor Leste would make it happen its former plan to link Dili with Denpasar with its national airlines Timor Air.

He said that trade relations trough air transportation were important and needed to thought of. (*)

Editor: Kunto Wibisono
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