No Frills, Plenty of Spills

To keep airfares low, airlines are cutting operational costs. Many carriers have gone out of business.

January 9, 2007

APPREHENSION grips Bambang Sulistyo, a high-ranking executive at the state-owned toll road company. News of the disappearance of the Adam Air Boeing 737-400 over South Sulawesi, last week, seemed to send a warning. The thing is, each month Bambang takes many flights to branch offices in other provinces, in addition to personal travel. Now I get worried each time I have to fly, he said to Tempo, last week.

The same goes for Eko Roesniputra, a retir

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