Thursday, July 19, 2007

South Korea Orders Garuda, Six Other Airlines to Improve Safety Standards

(Bloomberg) -- South Korea's transportation
ministry said it would bar PT Garuda Indonesia and six other
overseas airlines from flying to the country if they didn't
raise safety standards.

State-owned Iran Air, Cambodia's PMTair and Royal Khmer
Airlines Co. were also ordered to make improvements, Lee Kwang
Hee, a director at South Korea's Aviation Safety Oversight
Division said today. Problems included shortages of spare parts
or engineers, as well as a lack of safety manuals, Lee said.


Read more at Bloomberg Emerging Markets News

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