Tier-2 cities 'set to boost Indonesia aviation market'
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[SINGAPORE] In the boom market that is Indonesia and the frontier one that is Myanmar, growth in aviation is set to come from secondary cities and gateways, respectively.
In Indonesia, air travel from second-tier cities is being propelled forward, both by higher population growth rates and a concentrated effort by the government to invest in domestic air travel - from Surabaya, to Denpasar to Yogyakarta.
With a burgeoning middle class increasingly taking to the skies, the country's aviation infrastructure is, however, feeling the strain. But Garuda Indonesia's CEO, Emirsyah Satar, called this a "happy problem" at Aviation Outlook Asia 2013 yesterday.
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