Travel Safety Update - Asia / Pacific.

Jul 19, 2009

The European Union says four Indonesian airlines, including Garuda, the country's flag carrier, will be allowed to fly to the continent again because of "significant" air safety improvements. The EU placed all Indonesian airlines on its international blacklist of banned carriers after a series of deadly air accidents in 2007. An EU statement says Garuda and the three other Indonesian carriers - Mandala, Premiair and Airfast - were removed from the list on Tuesday. Garuda plans to resume flights to Europe in 2010. Jul 14, 2009

Korean Air, Boeing

A Korean Air Boeing 777-300 involved in a tail-scrape yesterday at Tokyo's Narita airport is grounded in Narita. A KAL spokesman in Seoul says at around 1230 yesterday, the 777-300 had a tail-scrape when it touched down on the runway after a flight from Seoul's Incheon airport. There were 367 passengers and 17 crew on board, says the spokesman, who added that no one was hurt in the incident. Jul 14, 2009

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