Hi
got this email from the Embassy and thought some of you might like to read it.. since many of you are planning trips to Indonesia, and possibly travelling domestically in Indo, I thought you might be interested in reading it.
Indonesia: airline operational performance standards
Australians are advised to take the following information into account and
check with their travel agents when making travel plans in Indonesia.
On 22 March 2007 the Indonesian Directorate General of Civil Aviation
issued a media release outlining the results of an operational performance
assessment on Indonesian commercial airlines.
The assessment examined the performance of the airlines against 20
criteria, adapted from those applied by the International Civil Aviation
Organisation (ICAO), allocating points for compliance with standards. Based
on the total number of points the airlines were placed in one of three
categories that were defined as follows:
Category 1 - Airline has met requirements of the civil aviation safety
regulations
Category 2 - Airline has met minimal requirements of civil aviation safety
regulations but some requirement have not been implemented
Category 3 - Airline has met minimal requirements of civil aviation safety
regulations but some requirement have not been implemented which may reduce
safety levels.
None of the airlines were assessed as Category 1.
Airlines assessed as Category 3 are to be subject to administrative
sanctions and are to be given three months notice to improve standards.
Further warnings may follow every three months for airlines that fail to
improve standards. Revocation of operating licence may follow after the
third warning.
Passenger airlines (operating scheduled services) placed in Category 3
include: Batavia Air, Adam Air, Kartika Airlines, Trans Wisata Air, Jatayu
Airlines and Dirgantara Air Service.
The results of the operational performance are listed below for each
airline.
OPERATOR CATEGORY REMARKS
Garuda Indonesia 2 Scheduled Passenger Airline
Merpati Nusantara Airlines 2 Scheduled Passenger Airline
Lion Mentari Airlines 2 Scheduled Passenger Airline
Sriwijaya Air 2 Scheduled Passenger Airline
Wing Abadi Airlines 2 Scheduled Passenger Airline
Indonesia AirAsia 2 Scheduled Passenger Airline
Mandala Airlines 2 Scheduled Passenger Airline
Pelita Air Service 2 Scheduled Passenger Airline
Riau Airlines 2 Scheduled Passenger Airline
Trigana Air Service 2 Scheduled Passenger Airline
Travel Express Aviation Service 2 Scheduled Passenger Airline
Republic Express Airlines 2 Cargo
Expres Transportasi Antarbenua 2 Charter
Metro Batavia 3 Scheduled Passenger Airline
AdamSky Connection Airlines 3 Scheduled Passenger Airline
Kartika Airlines 3 Scheduled Passenger Airline
Trans Wisata Air 3 Scheduled Passenger Airline
Jatayu Gelang Sejahtera 3 Scheduled Passenger Airline
PT. Dirgantara Air Service 3 Scheduled Passenger Airline
Tri MG Intra Asia Airlines 3 Cargo
Manunggal Air Service 3 Cargo
An additional 28 small and charter airlines were audited. Of the 28
airlines, eight were rated in category 3 and 20 were rated category 2.