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Lion Air worst in punctuality over Idul Fitri
Lion Air, an airline owned by Presidential Advisory Board member Rusdi Kirana, scored worst for delays in Indonesian skies during the Idul Fitri holidays, government data show.
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A Lion Air jet parked for maintenance in a hangar in Batam, Riau Islands. (kompas.com/-)
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ion Air, an airline owned by Presidential Advisory Board member Rusdi Kirana, scored worst for delays in Indonesian skies during the Idul Fitri holidays, Transportation Ministry data show.
The Ministry’s Director General of Air Transportation, Suprasetyo, named four airlines that had recorded the worst performance in punctuality, with severe flights delays mainly blamed on operational factors.
"First: Lion Air, second: Kalstar Aviation, third: NAM Air and fourth: Travel Express […] As flight schedules got clogged, they decided to delay several flights to the next day, as the destination airports had been closed," he said at his office in Jakarta on Wednesday, as quoted by tribunnews.com.
Aside from that, he explained that there had been engine problems with several planes, forcing them to remain on the ground. "Thus, they had to wait for replacement planes. It is good they spotted the damage early, but nevertheless led to delays," Suprasetyo said.
On the opposite end, the Ministry’s data show that Garuda Indonesia was the best airlines in terms of on-time performance (OTP) during Idul Fitri, with a score of 97 percent.
Suprasetyo explained Indonesian airlines’ average OTP was above 95 percent during the Idul Fitri holiday. “There were flight delays of up to 20 minutes, but on average, the OTP was above 95 percent,” he said. (ags)
