Bandung,
W Java (Antara Bali) - Indonesia has passed the safety and security
standard of the US-based Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), a
Transportation Ministry official said.
The FAA has upgraded
Indonesias aviation rating from category 2 to category 1 after
completing all phases of assessment, the Director of Airworthiness and
Plane Operations of the Directorate General of Air Transportation at the
Transportation Ministry, Mohammad Alwi, said here on Thursday.
"After 10 years of efforts, we finally passed it and the US ambassador has congratulated me on it," he said.
Alwi said the FAA will officially present a certificate of aviation rating to Indonesia this week.
"After
we have seen four ministers and four director generals being replaced,
the efforts were finally successful. I have told Jonan (former
Transportation Minister Ignatius Jonan) that I have accomplished my
duties for the FAA," he said.
Alwi said the then Transportation Minister had threatened to dismiss him if he failed to improve the countrys aviation rating.
With
Indonesia passing the FAA safety and security standard, Indonesian
airlines will now be allowed to resume flights to the United States.
One of the Indonesian airlines, which will benefit from the rating, is national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia, he said.
Garuda
Indonesia President Director M Arif Wibowo had said earlier that the
state airline will open flight routes linking Jakarta to New York and
Los Angeles in 2017.(WDY)
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