kulo.net @ Rio de Janeiro

All Indonesian airlines have been banned from flying to Europe in a safety crackdown that has also placed several carriers from Russia, Ukraine and Angola on an aviation blacklist. The ban was imposed following a series of accidents involving the country’s aircraft that have included two fatal crashes since the New Year which killed a total of 123 people.The national airline of Indonesia, Garuda, and the 50 other airlines registered in the country, will be kept away from the EU, although no Indonesian carriers at present fly to the continent.

Guardian

Tourism agencies around the EU are now obliged to tell customers to avoid even internal flight connections within Indonesia.

Jakarta Post

GARUDA Airlines is almost certain to keep flying Australian passengers despite a move by the European Union to bar it and all other Indonesian airlines from flying in European air space.

Fairfax