Article: FOUR INDONESIAN AIRLINES EXPECTED TO WIN TOP SAFETY RATINGS IN OCT.

JAKARTA, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - The Transportation Ministry expects at least four national airlines to earn category-one ratings this October after successfully making significant improvements in their flight safety standards, a spokesman said.

"There will be four airlines qualifying for category-one or good ratings, namely PT Garuda Indonesia, PT Mandala Airlines, Air Fast and Premier Airlines. The latter two are non-schedule airlines," Director General of Air Transportation Budhi M. Suyitno told the press here Monday.

However, he said, the assignment of the top ratings would not be announced openly as was done in the first and second quarters of 2007.

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