Garuda Indonesia Wins Transportation Safety Award

Dec 25, 20151 min read

Indonesian flag carrier Garuda Indonesia has received a Transportation Safety Award (TSA) from the Transportation Ministry. Transportation Minister Ignasius Jonan said that the award is given to encourage transportation companies to improve passenger safety.

Jonan said that safety is an important issue in the transportation service business. “Transportation business sells two things: time and safety,” Jonan said on Tuesday, December 22, 2015.

Punctuality, according to Jonan, mostly depends on natural factors including the weather. Meanwhile, safety is something that can be controlled by men. Therefore, Jonan encourages transport service operators to improve its safety aspects.

In addition to Garuda Indonesia, the Transportation Ministry also awarded PT Kereta Api Indonesia Area Operation I Jakarta in second place, and state-owned bus operatir Damri in third place.

Scoring process for the award was conducted by an independent team by considering several criteria, including organizational aspect, which contributes a 15 percent to the total score; Human Resource (40 percent); facility (35 percent); and safety management support (10 percent).

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