Lion Air, Indonesia AirAsia ground ops investigated

Indonesia's transport ministry said it plans to suspend the in-house ground handling operations of budget carriers Lion Air and Indonesia AirAsia at two of the country's biggest airports while it investigates possible handling errors. A ministry spokesman said the airlines have until Tuesday to hire other handling services before its investigation begins. He said, without elaborating, that the possible errors involved passenger handling. The suspension will apply to Lion Air at Jakarta's Soekarno–Hatta Airport and to AirAsia at Denpasar Airport, Bali, he said, declining to disclose the duration of the investigation. Lion Air is Indonesia's biggest budget carrier, while Indonesia AirAsia is an affiliate of Malaysia AirAsia, Asia's biggest low-cost carrier. <br/>