Jakarta Globe, Laila Ramdhini, Jun 30, 2015
Flag carrier Garuda Indonesia is among four Indonesian airlines to pass an audit allowing them to provide flights into the Eropean Union. (Antara Photo/ Dewi Fajriani) |
Jakarta.
Four Indonesian airlines have passed the Universal Safety Oversight Audit
Program administered by the International Civil Aviation Organization, or ICAO,
which now allows the companies’ aircrafts to enter European Union territory, a
Transportation Ministry official announced on Monday.
“Garuda
[Indonesia], Indonesia AirAsia, Premi Air and Airfast passed the audit after we
sent the corrective action plan to Montreal [Canada],” said Muzaffar Ismail,
director of airworthiness and flight operations at the Transportation Ministry.
Indonesian
commercial aircrafts have been banned from entering the European Union
territory since 2014 after failing to comply with a previous audit conducted by
ICAO. The EU also based its ban on the United States’ Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) assessment, which placed the archipelago in Category II.
The rating prohibits carriers from transporting passengers to and from the
United states.
“The
European Union was concerned about whether [Indonesia] could pass the ICAO’s
audit. In fact, we could, with four airlines,” he said, adding that Indonesia
complied with 81.5 percent of the requirements needed to fulfill the aviation
agency’s corrective action plan.
The
ministry will appeal for the lift of a similar ban on Citilink Indonesia, Lion
Air and Indonesia Air Asia X at a European Aviation Safety Agency event in
November.
“We are
confident making this request to the European Union. Even though not every
Indonesian airline offers flights to Europe, but the right to land in Europe
will have a great impact on Indonesia’s image to the international public,” he
added.
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