ICAO : EU Misleaded information regarding Indonesian flight Carrier

ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) suggested Indonesia to make a negotiation with EU due to the Air Ban of All Indonesian Air Carrier.

President of Council of ICAO Roberto Kobeh Gonzales said yesterday the negotiation is expected to solve this problem due to misinformation which causing unsure to use domestic flights in Indonesia.

“We do hope that Indonesia will gain the successful, not only in term of safety regulation but also in negotiation with other countries” he said after visiting Garuda Maintenance Facility (GMF) yesterday.



He added, nothing mistake with the system of Flight Safety Management on Indonesian Air Carrier even though EU released the Air Ban Recommendation for 51 Air Transport company in Indonesia.



He said “this is only misleaded information”



According to him, Indonesia Government should clarify the condition of Flight transparently to avoid any misinformation news.

He trusted with the commitment of Indonesia to make up Nation’s Air Transportation as they have had taken the correct system.



Operation Director of PT Garuda Indonesia, Mr. Ari Sapari told Japan Government would not follow the EU Commission’s statement to stop Indonesian’s Air carrier to enter Japan territory nor to stop Japanese citizens to use Indonesian’s Air carrier.

Report from Branch Office of Garuda Indonesia in Tokyo, the statement of Japan Government is supported by Japan’s Transportation Department after the meeting with Garuda in 4th of July 2007.



Japan has their own characteristic. As the member of ICAO, they trusted to ICAO which never released travel ban. Added Ari.



The same attitude also shown by Australia Government. According to Ari, Australian’s Prime Minister, John Howard supported Garuda to keep flying to Australia after they received the audit report from garuda.



Dutch Government Support

Meanwhile, Dutch Government will help Indonesia to convince EU member to cancel Air ban of Indonesian Air transport to fly to Europe.

Dutch Ambassador for Indonesia, Nicolas Van Dam said the ban would surely have an impact on Indonesia's tourism sector.

He told this statement to the Minister of transportation, Jusman Syafii Djamal after visiting him yesterday.



*) Translated from Bisnis Indonesia 06th July 2007