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Indonesia's airlines drop mask mandate
Local airlines have dropped the mask mandate for healthy passengers in adopting the latest easing of COVID-19 restrictions, though they still advise all passengers to be fully vaccinated and have had at least two booster doses.
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A Garuda Indonesia airplane is parked on May 14, 2022 at Soekarno Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten. (AFP/Chaideer Mahyuddin)
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ndonesian airlines have lifted the requirement to wear masks while onboard their planes in line with the government’s relaxed COVID-19 restrictions as it manages the disease’s so-called transition from a pandemic to an endemic.
National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia has relaxed its in-flight health protocols in keeping with the Transportation Ministry’s latest circular on air travel released on Friday.
“According to the rules from the Transportation Ministry, healthy passengers are permitted to not use face masks,” Garuda president director Irfan Setiaputra said in a statement on Monday.
He also said Garuda’s cabin crews would gradually stop wearing masks.
Private low-cost airline Lion Air also plans to adopt the latest health protocols that lift the mandate on wearing masks onboard aircraft.
Airline spokesman Danang Mandala Prihantoro said Lion Air Group had ensured that the air quality and circulation inside its aircraft would provide a healthy environment for both passengers and flight attendants.
“Lion Air Group has equipped its airplanes with the latest technology, such as HEPA air filters that can filter out viruses, bacteria, bugs and other harmful particles,” Danang said on Saturday, as quoted by Kompas.com.
