Last updated: November 25, 2010
Indonesia remains on the updated European Union blacklist, while a number of carriers continue to obtain exceptions.
On 23rd November 2010 the Mobility and Transport department of the European Commission issued an update to its airline blacklist of international airlines; no changes affected Indonesian airlines.
Airlines in Indonesia remain blacklisted by default, unless they obtain an exception; currently six Indonesian airlines have managed to persuade the EU on safety issues, they being:
The following airlines remain expressly banned:
- AIR PACIFIC UTAMAALFA TRANS DIRGANTATA
- ASCO NUSA AIR
- ASI PUDJIASTUTI
- AVIASTAR MANDIRI
- CARDIG AIR
- DABI AIR NUSANTARA
- DERAYA AIR TAXI
- DERAZONA AIR SERVICE
- DIRGANTARA AIR SERVICE
- EASTINDO
- GATARI AIR SERVICE
- INDONESIA AIR TRANSPORT
- INTAN ANGKASA AIR SERVICE
- JOHNLIN AIR TRANSPORT
- KAL STAR
- KARTIKA AIRLINES
- KURA-KURA AVIATION
- LION MENTARI AIRLINES
- MANUNGGAL AIR SERVICE
- MEGANTARA
- MERPATI NUSANTARA AIRLINES
- MIMIKA AIR
- NATIONAL UTILITY HELICOPTER
- NUSANTARA AIR CHARTER
- NUSANTARA BUANA AIR
- NYAMAN AIR
- PELITA AIR SERVICE
- PENERBANGAN ANGKASA SEMESTA
- PURA WISATA BARUNA
- REPUBLIC EXPRESS AIRLINES
- RIAU AIRLINES
- SAMPOERNA AIR NUSANTARA
- SAYAP GARUDA INDAH
- SKY AVIATION
- SRIWIJAYA AIR
- SURVEI UDARA PENAS
- TRANSWISATA PRIMA AVIATION
- TRAVEL EXPRESS AVIATION SERVICE
- TRAVIRA UTAMA
- TRI MG INTRA ASIA AIRLINES
- TRIGANA AIR SERVICE
- UNINDO
- WINGS ABADI AIR
Who on earth would name an airline “Kura-Kura” ?!! It’s bad enough to imply “slow and steady” but when it’s also not “steady” …