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Indonesian airlines stops operation amid crisis

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-05-05 14:08

JAKARTA -- An Indonesian airlines company stopped operation following a severe financial problem, the first stoppage in the country amid the crisis, local media reported Tuesday.

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Due to a financial problem, Lintasan Nusantara (Across the Archipelago) has filed in a notification to stop operation, a report of the Bisnis Indonesia daily said.

According to the report, Air Transport Director General and the Transportation Minister Herry Bhakti Gumay said it has received a request to stop the operation of the company.

He said that Linus officially stopped its operation by April 27, adding that all of its planes had undergone a periodical checks in a plane maintenance facility.

He pointed out that with the notification, Linus Airways becomes the first Indonesian airlines company that have stopped operation in the wake of economic crisis.

Linus Airways has been in operation for one year using two BAe 146-200, serving short-haul flights from Java to Sumatra and Kalimantan.

There are 49 airlines operating in Indonesia at the moment, serving the transportation for the people living in hundreds of islands across the country.