Back in 2007 most Indonesian airlines were banned from flying into the European Union (EU)’s airspace; a decision that was made out of safety concerns. On Thursday (June 15), however, the European Commission announced that it had removed all Indonesian airlines from its EU Air Safety list following further improvements in Indonesia’s safety standards.
Earlier, there had been plenty of criticism on Indonesia’s aviation industry, particularly related to safety standards. Canada-based International Air Transport Association (IATA) repeatedly expressed its concern as at least one air crash had occurred in Indonesia, each year, since 2010. Therefore, it advised the country to upgrade its air traffic management system, particularly at a time when Indonesia is coping with a rising number of aircraft in the sky.
