EU bans all Indonesian airlines

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Title – EU bans all Indonesian airlines
Source – www.bbc.co.uk
Date – 28th June 2007

Just a few years ago Garuda (Indonesia’s national airline) was one of the favoured choices of the budget traveller looking for a cheap round-the-world ticket. But things have changed rapidly in the airline industry and this week all of Indonesia’s 51 airlines were added to the EU’s list of carriers banned from the EU for safety reasons.

But Indonesia is not the only area affected; it is just the headline grabber, as ALL its carriers were added to the list. Other countries were also affected including Bulgaria, Ukraine and other former Soviet Republics as well as many African carriers.

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