EU clears runway for Indonesian airlines

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Updated July 16, 2009 19:17:23

The European Union has removed four Indonesian airlines from a blacklist which banned them from flying into EU airspace. The ban had been in place since June 2007, a result of safety concerns after a number of accidents the same year in which more than 120 people died. The EU says significant improvements in the past two years at Garuda Indonesia, Airfast Indonesia, Mandala Airlines and PremiAir prompted the delisting.

Presenter: Bo Hill
Speakers: Frans Wenas, senior investigator with Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Committee; Bagus Sudibya , Bali Tourism Board co-chairman

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