Indonesian airlines resume domestic passenger flights with strict health protocols

Several Indonesian airlines have resumed domestic passenger flights following a letter from the COVID-19 task force allowing certain people to travel despite government travel restrictions. Service will be reopened gradually this month. Garuda Indonesia officially resumed domestic passenger flights on Thursday after suspending them in compliance with the government’s large scale social restrictions. “Flight reservations can be accessed through all ticket channels of Garuda Indonesia,” the airline’s president-director Irfan Setiaputra said Thursday. Garuda Indonesia will require passengers to provide ground staff with medical letters from hospitals stating that they are COVID-19 negative. The airline will also require state officials to provide documents, including official letters of duty, employee IDs and letters explaining the purpose of travel. Lion Air, Wings Air and Batik Air ‒ members of the Lion Air Group ‒ will resume domestic passenger flights on Sunday. “[We will apply] the physical distancing policy in the cabin by omitting middle seats in the three-seat configurations in economy class." <br/>