Flights Ban Due To Lack Of Communication: Indonesian Minister (Malaysia National News Agency, Bernama.com)

By Mohd Nasir Yusoff
JAKARTA, July 23 (Bernama) -- The ban on Indonesian airlines' flights to Europe is the result of a lack of communication with the commercial flight authorities there, Indonesian Transport Minister Jussman Syafli Djamal said today.

He said the authorities in Europe had extended a certificate confirming that the Indonesian national flag carrier Garuda had good maintenance facilities."By right, they should scrutinise the data before imposing any ban because they themselves have acknowledged that Garuda has good maintenance facilities," he told reporters after inspecting the maintenance facilities of Garuda in Cengkareng near here."The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) gave the certificate in recognition of the excellence of the Garuda Maintenance Facility (GMF).

As such, they should not have categorised Garuda as an unknown airline," he said.Jusman said EASA was scheduled to send a flight safety audit team soon to Indonesia to review the ban on flights by Indonesian airlines to Europe.The European Union on July 6 imposed a ban on the flights after European air safety experts deemed the ban to be necessary after allegedly finding "serious" failings in maintenance, operating, certification and administrative standards.