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Old 1st July 2008, 11:30 PM
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Indonesia grounds five airlines over safety

ABC news report - 1/7/08

Indonesia has grounded five airlines and given them three months to improve safety standards or face a ban, a transport ministry spokesman said.
A safety audit found airlines Helizona, SMAC, Asco Nusa Air, Tri-MG Intra Asia Airlines and Dirgantara Air Service failed to meet minimum standards in all safety categories, spokesman Bambang Ervan said.
The airlines have been moved into the transport ministry's bottom safety ranking and have had their Air Operator's Certificates (AOC) suspended, Mr Ervan said.
"They can't fly because their certificates have been frozen. If after three months they don't take any action, their AOCs will be revoked," he said.
The Transport Ministry in June revoked the AOC of Adam Air after the troubled budget carrier failed to meet a three-month deadline to improve its safety standards.
Indonesia, which relies on air routes to link its thousands of islands, has one of the world's worst air safety records.
These guys make Garuda look good!
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Old 2nd July 2008, 01:39 AM
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Good to see the Transport Ministry of Indonesia taking action before the rest of the world forces them to do it...
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Old 2nd July 2008, 08:37 AM
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Sounds like an opening for a smart foreign company.
If demand is so great, and they've just lost 5 airlines in one foul swoop, that sounds like a lot of capacity that needs to be filled.

Does anyone know how long it would take for an AOC application to go through in Indonesia, especially if the right "payments" were made on time?
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What a surprise.Jetstar should jump in there
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