Article: EU air travel ban on Indonesia may end in mid-2009

EU air travel ban on Indonesia may end in mid-2009

JAKARTA, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- The European Union (EU) may lift its air travel ban on Indonesian airliners from entering its territory at the middle of this year, Indonesian state spokesman Dino Patti Djalal said here Friday.

The group has forbidden 51 Indonesian airliners, including the leading carrier of Garuda, from entering its territory since July 6, 2007, following a rampant air accidents that killed more than 250 people. The group extended the ban in November in Brussels last year.

The spokesman made the statement after Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono met with the head of the group delegation to Indonesia Julian Wilson ...

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