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JUNE/JULY 2016 AviationPros.com 9 BUSINESS BUZZ Indonesian Transportation Ministry Threatens Lion Air, AirAsia Indonesia Handling Permits Following Mishap G round handling operations of two Indonesian air carriers, Lion Air and Indonesia AirAsia, were threatened to have their permits completely revoked, instead of previous plans to suspend operations, after international passengers were taken to domestic terminals. Indonesia's Transportation Ministry's spokesperson Hemi Pamuraharjo told the- jakartapost.com, the director general for air transportation decided not to impose permit suspensions, but would revoke the airlines' ground-handling permits if they failed to implement the six to seven recommenda- tions they were each given. The mishandling, which led to an on-go- ing investigation, allowed passengers to miss immigration checkpoints, including pass- port stamping. Lion Air, for example, deliv- ered 16 passengers to the domestic terminal on a fight from Singapore to Jakarta, and Indonesia AirAsia took passengers through a domestic terminal after a fight from Sing- apore to Bali. Indonesia's Transportation Ministry said on May 18, it would suspend the in-house ground-based passenger handling opera- tions at Soekarno-Hatta International Air - port and Ngurah Rai International Airport of the two airlines starting May 23. The suspension was later reconsidered. "Lion Air has 30 days to follow the recom- mendations relating to operational services following the investigation," Pamuraharjo told thejakartapost.com. "Until then the ground-handling activities can run as usual." Recommendations included evaluation ground-handling management and stan- dard operating procedures and training staff. The ministry said it would not allow the operators to hand over the service to a third party, something the airlines previ- ously stated was in the plan. All the passengers who bypassed immi- gration were recalled. All AirAsia passengers went back through the immigration pro- cesses, but one lone Hungarian passenger of Lion Air has not yet reported to immigration authorities. By Vesna Brajkovic Ground handling operations of two Indonesian air carriers, Lion Air and Indonesia AirAsia, were threatened to have their permits completely revoked after international passengers were taken to domestic terminals. AviationPros.com/10017739

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