110 local planes flight worthy

110 local planes flight worthy

JAKARTA: The government has declared 100 aircraft as airworthy
for serving domestic routes during the Ramadhan, Christmas and
New Year holiday season.

Director General for Air Transportation Moch. Alwi said that,
over a three-day period, transport authorities had conducted
checks on aircraft run by airlines serving domestic routes.

"The ramp checks have concluded that the aircraft are reliable
and airworthy," Alwi said during an inspection at Soekarno-Hatta
international airport on Wednesday.

The airlines who had their fleets checked were Garuda,
Merpati, Bouroq, Mandala, Bali Air, Airfast, Lion Air and Star
Air. Yet to undergo ramp checks are aircraft belonging to Kartika
Air, Awair and Bayu Air.

"Bayu Air will undergo checks in Malaysia in the next two
weeks," he said. --Antara