Timika, Papua, Jan. 20 -- Pioneer flights have again begun serving passengers and cargo services to several isolated areas in the Indonesian province of Papua since January 16, 2021, according to the Timika-based Mozes Kilangin Airport authority.

"We have resumed return pioneer flights serving passengers and cargo services for the Timika-Kaimana-Fakfak routes since January 16, 2021," Mozes Kilangin Airport Head Syamsuddin Sulaiman was quoted by ANTARA as saying here, Wednesday.

The airlines operating the return pioneer flights received the Indonesian Transportation Ministry's subsidies. This year, the government has begun offering new return flights from Kaimana and Fakfak to Timika, the capital of Mimika District, he remarked.

The Moz...