The European Union has revoked the prohibition of flying for 4 Indonesian airlines company, including the Indonesia national airlines Garuda Indonesia. Revocation of the prohibition is based on the significant improvement of fly safety standards which allows 4 of Indonesia airlines company to serve the flight service back to continental Europe.

The European Union had put all airlines in Indonesia to the international black list of airlines banned from flying after the ongoing series of aircraft accidents in 2007. A statement issued by the European Union shows that Garuda Indonesia will continue their fly to Europe in 2010 and 3 other Indonesia airlines - Mandala Airline, Premiair, and Airfast - has been revoked from the list, on Tuesday (14 / 7).

"We can not compromise the security of the flight," said Vice President of the European Commission Antonio Tajani. "The unsafe company should be prohibited from flying outside of their country," he said. "People have the right to fly safely to anywhere in the world. It is important for the international community to re-think security policies flight," he added.

In Jakarta, Minister of Transportation Jusman Djamal Safeii states will try to reach a comprehensive aviation agreement between Indonesia and the 27 EU member state. This is because not all airlines in Indonesia revoked from the prohibition fly list in Europe. The other countries airlines company that have not been revoked by flight restrictions in Europe are from Sierra Leone, Swaziland, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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By using the virtual social network Facebook - which used free of charge, Malaysia Airlines enjoy the online ticket transactions service which reach two million Malaysia Ringgit or approximately equal less than IDR 5 billion.

"This is a effective progress and we can use Facebook for free. Nowdays, customers can also print their own ticket and make a 'boarding pass' before flying," said Malaysia Airlines Commercial Director Dato' Rashid Khan in Kuta, Bali, on Monday ( 13 / 7) during a conference talk on Pacific Asia travel association Travel Association (PATA) Malaysia Chapter in Wina Holiday Villa Kuta, Bali. The competition in the aviation business is tight now, all the management of airline company demanded can transform all the circumstances with the best service, product quality assurance, flight schedule on time and take advantage of high technology. Facebook utilization, he said, as the bridge betwen the company and customers around the world for free, including one of the aspects of the utilization of information technology that is able to support large enough progress.

Dato 'Rashid Khan who spoke about Transforming Malaysia Airlines Into Five Star Value Career, explained that starting 15 September 2009 there will be a flight to Bali three times a day, making it easier for advanced route (flight connection) to the cities in India such as Chennai, Hyderabat, Banglore, New Delhi and others. According to the Secretary General of PATA Bali & Nusa Tenggara Chapter Soebrata N Ratna, at this time every day there are ten flights from Malaysia to Bali is almost always filled with tourists. Therefore, the execution Malaysia PATA conference in Bali is considered important to continue to build and improve tourist arrivals from the neighboring countries.

According to Dato 'Rashid Khan, to anticipate the global financial crisis, the strategy to sell the flight seat same as increasing residential hotel rooms. "Today is not sold will be lost. So we continue to offer the tickets until the last seconds with the special fare," he said. Malaysia Airlines also continue to serve the customer by listening to all customers complaints and all the complaints will handle by the first occasion, as soon as possible, which involve the management official directly, not just by regular staff. And even though offering the price ticket promotion, Malaysia Airlines keep maintaining high quality products, always maintaining the highest level for all aircraft, so operated in optimal conditions.

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Several times an accident and negligence in their flight operation, the airline company Merpati Nusantara Airlines threatened down the ranking in the categorization done by the Indonesia safety authority flight.For time being the Ministry of Transportation has revoke the approved capability Strategic Business Unit (SBU) Merpati Maintenance Facility (MMF). "While this is being examined again whether this error was fatal enough so threaten the flight safety," said the Head of Legal Bureau of the Directorate of Civil Avitation, Rudi Ricardo in Jakarta.

As known, at this time Merpati Airlines with a dozen other national airlines has been included in category I on flight safety rank by Ministry of Transportation which means secure to use cause meet the safety and aviation security. If they go down to category II, Merpati airlines will be eligible minimal civil aviation safety but there are some requirements that have not been implemented. However, the ranking may go down if Merpati repeatedly make mistakes in assessing the safety by Ministry of Transportation. "In six months there are three Merpati accidents with the same PK," he said.

On the official website of Ministry of Transportation, the letter from Directorate General of Civil Avitation to PT Merpati Nusantara number AU/4604/DKUPPU/2725/2009 dated 7 July 2009, revoke the approved capability SBU Merpati Maintenance Facility (MMF SBU) and freeze the Aircraft Maintenance Engineer License ( AMEL) of the three SBU MMF qualified personnel as related to the prevention of serious incident Boeing 737 © 400 © PK MDO that occurred on 6 July 2009 Frans Kaisepo Airport in Biak, Papua.

This policy is also associated with the previous accident  that befall Merpati and Ministry of Transportation need to consider revocation of the temporary ability (approved capability) SBU MMF as the holder of Approved Maintenance Organization (AMO) 145/9300, in the field of accessories for the job inspection, testing, and wheel and brake repair for aircraft B 737-200/300/400/500 until internal self evaluation and internal assessment done by PT Merpati Nusantara and received by the Directorate General of Civil Avitation.  Similarly in the case of freezing of the AMEL No. 3825 on behalf of Nanang Budi Erwanto, AMEL No. 3451 (Sumitro Fasting) and AMEL No. 3671 - M Kusno Adi Nurcahyo, until the internal self assessment and internal evaluation received the Directorate General of Air.

Merpati Airlines is required to perform the internal self assessment and internal evaluation of the overall system and procedures in order to find the root of the problems (root causes) of the accident, and then report the results to the Ministry of Transportation. Furthermore, the Directorate General of Civil Avitation will check upon receive reports the internal self assessment and internal evaluation conducted by the PT Merpati Nusantara and considering before reissue the SBU MMF and the personal AMEL.  Meanwhil, Corporate Secretary of Merpati Nusantara Airlines, Sukandi said Merpati will comply with all government decisions. However the company still has the right to provide feedback on the government's decision. "Management will conduct a meeting first before giving feedback," he said.

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PT Garuda Indonesia (Garuda) will serve to ensure the flight back to Europe  started semester I in 2010. Certainty about this information after European Union (EU) revoke the prohibition of four airlines fly to Indonesia. As stated by Head Corporate Communications Garuda, Pujobroto when in Jakarta on Friday (2 / 7) night, responding to the decision of the Air Safety Committee of European Union in Brussels, Belgium. One of the recommendations is the decision to repeal the fly prohibition to EU of four airlines namely Garuda Indonesia, Mandala Airlines, Indonesia Airfast, and Prime Air.

The official decision will be issued approximately two weeks onward, once translated into 22 official languages and signed by EU Commissioner for transportation affairs. Pujobroto continue, Garuda welcomes the positive decision and therefore the Garuda will fly to Europe, especially to Amsterdam as the first city in Europe. However, it is necessary for the series preparation and is estimated to take about nine months so it can be expected to fly around the first semester of 2010. Pujobroto also said, for the sake of it, Garuda not specify the type of aircraft that will be used to reopen the flight to Europe.

"But it can, as an alternative, we will fly to Europe with a Airbus 330-200 aircraft. Therefore should stop once or can not be direct," he said. If later, orders of 10 Boeing 777 aircraft type is a new coming around the end of 2010 or early 2011, the Garuda can fly non-stop to a number of cities in Europe with the newest aircraft. Cities are to Amsterdam and Frankfurt.

"Options for Amsterdam as the first casue market there is big enough," said Pujobroto. At the end of 2004, Garuda Indonesia close the route to Amsterdam because the service is not competitive. Therefore, due to the plan of open the route back, he added, Garuda would conduct a number of improvements to the quality of service, including flying back with the new aircraft. EU ban on the fly all Indonesian airlines applied since July 2007, following a series of aircraft accidents at that time.

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Director General of Plantations Achmad Manggabarani estimate the production of Crude Palm Oil (CPO) during 2009 could reach 21.511 million tons. "In 2009, our CPO production is more than 20 million (initial estimate), reaching 21.511 million tons," said Achmad in Palm Oil Symposium held by Kadin Indonesia, in Jakarta on Tuesday (30 / 6). According to him, as many as 7.9 million tons of CPO produced by oil palm plantations of people, around 11 million tons of private sector and 2.4 million tons of state-owned plantations.

Increased of the production is due to the expansion of oil palm land, 7.157 million hectares in 2008 to be 7.693 million hectares this year. The productivity of oil palm trees also increased from 3.611 tons per hectares to be 3.711 tons per hectares. CPO production for 2008 reached record 19.2 million tons. "The width of the private sector and the people increased, PTPN not expand the plantation, at most only plant rejuvenation," said Achmad.

According to Achmad, the development of industry of CPO in the future will be focused on intensifying efforts to land and reduce the expansion of plantation area. "Expanding the area that still needed to achieve the target 40 million tons of CPO in 2020, but reduced effort and improved expansion efforts intensified," he said. At 2020, CPO production is estimated to reach 40 million tons with a plantation area reached 9.127 million hectares of land productivity, and achieve 4.5 tons per hectares. In 2010, oil palm area is estimated to reach 8.127 million hectares with  CPO production of 23.199 million tons and productivity of oil palm plantation 3.717 tons per hectares.

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So far the CPO world market still refers to Roterdam market, and basis of the CPO price of the world market still measure in Kuala Lumpur (MDEX). In fact, as the second largest exporter of crude palm oil (CPO) of the world, Indonesia deserves to be the world benchmark price of CPO.

That said of the Minister of Trade Mari Elka Pangestu in Jakarta on Tuesday (23 / 6). "The use of benchmark reference price of CPO is not necessarily benefit to businessman or exporter from Indonesia. As a main manufacturer and exporter of CPO in the world, Indonesia has a chance become a reference state the price of CPO in the international community," said Mari.

Currently, in the international market, Indonesia is the second largest country, with 29.29 percent of the total world export of CPO. In addition, since 2006 Indonesia as the biggest CPO producer in the world. In the year 2008, the CPO production reached 19.3 tonnes or 44.8 percent of total world production. In the year 2008, the CPO export volume and derivate reached 14.29 tons with a value of 12.37 billion U.S. dollars, or to reach 11.47 percent of the total export nonmigas Indonesia.

Indonesia dream that can become a world reference price of CPO can be realized quite likely, said Mari Pangestu, due to Indonesia has a online market phisical organized in Bursa Berjangka Jakarta (BBJ). The perpetrators of both the business and the buyer can perform transactions more effectively. "Besides the market price established, also in the market price of CPO will be a national integrated and become a reference for CPO in the international market," said Mari Pangestu.

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Waves firing of employees likely will not end. This time, American Airlines which owned by AMR Corp. will cut about 1,600 workers. The reduction is equivalent to 2.4 percent of the total fleet, 67,000 units.

Currently, U.S. airlines experienced a decline in income. The airlines compete a race to cut the freight tariff to attract more consumers which reduced since the occurrence of global crisis. Not until there are, the fuel price hikes up to 31 percent since mid-May the more burdensome airlines.

"This is the difficult time for the airlines and our economy. Recession has crushed the airlines income and do not have an easy way to announce the other bad news again, "said Jeff Brundage, Senior Vice President for Human Resources.

Brundage says, American Airlines will likely cut back workers in the next few years due to a decrease in capacity. Last year, airlines have to eliminate about 6840 workers.

Meanwhile, Delta Air Lines Inc. will cut the salaries of its employees. Delta Air also likely to consider to restruture the number of their workers. However, it is not yet known exactly, how many employees will be cut.

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