Jakarta, <strong><em>NU online</em></strong><br /> The National Defense Forces (TNI) is to make some of its aircraft and ships available for the transportation of people returning to their home-towns or villages for the Idul Fitri (Muslim post-fasting month) festivities later this month, a spokesmen said.<br /> <br /> The Air Force was preparing six Hercules C-130s, two CN-235s and one Fokker-27 to transport military personnel, their families and members of the general public to their Idul Fitri destinations, said Commodore Chaerudin Ray, chief public relations officer at the Indonesian Air Force`s Headquarters, here Saturday.<><br /> <br /> "We are preparing everything , including routine checks of the planes that will be used," he was quoted by The Jakarta Post as saying.<br /> <br /> The planes would make the Idul Fitri flights to destinations in west and east Indonesia in the period Sept 24 - Oct 5, 2008, Ray said.<br /> <br /> Meanwhile, to anticipate a boom in passengers who chose sea transportation during this year`s homecoming season, the Navy was preparing 10 od its vessels based in Jakarta and Surabaya for public transportation missions.<br /> <br /> The Navy`s chief public relations officer, Commodore Iskandar Sitompul, said the ships to be used in the missions would be landing ship tanks (LSTs) and personnel carriers with a capacity to carry 500 people each. (dar)

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