Flying Low: the Saga of Indonesian Airlines
It's now clear that Indonesian Airlines, currently beset by serious problems, is owned by Santayana Kiemas, brother-in-law of President Megawati.
September 23, 2003
ON the edge of one of the runways at Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta Airport, a Boeing 747-300 airplane stands forlornly apart from other aircraft. On its side, only half of the white eagle logo remains. The words "Indonesian Airlines" painted on the sides of the airplane seem to be fading.
No one seems to be working at the airport's Terminal A office of PT Indonesian Airlines Avipatria—the company that owns this airplane—except three secu
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