Indonesia to shut down airlines with under 10 planes
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Indonesia has announced that it will shut down all airlines that do not haveat least 10 planes in their fleet by 2012, a Transportation Ministry officialhas said.
The Business Times reported that the new regulation is partof efforts to improve the country’s safety record, which have left its carriersbanned for European Union airspace.
Commercial passenger airliners have three years to meet therequirement, Yurlis Hasibuan, the Transportation Ministry’s Air CertificationDirector told The Associated Press. At least five planes in each carrier’sfleet must be fully owned by a company and the rest can be leased, he added.Those that can’t comply must merge with other airlines, operate charter flightsonly, or face being closed down.
The move is part of a string of measures put forth byIndonesian authorities to improve the safety record of its carriers. Last monththe country announced plans to increase the tax rates for order planes to actas an incentive for airlines to modernise their fleets.
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