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Article: EU air travel ban on Indonesia may end in mid-2009
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- January 16, 2009
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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 ...