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7 Indon. L. Rev. 23 (2017)
Aviation Legal Issues in Indonesia and Thailand: Toward Better Passengers' Rights in ASEAN

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Indonesia Law Review (2017) 1: 23 - 48
ISSN: 2088-8430 | e-ISSN: 2356-2129




    AVIATION LEGAL ISSUES IN INDONESIA AND THAILAND:
        TOWARDS BETTER PASSENGERS' RIGHTS IN ASEAN



               Ridha  Aditya  Nugraha* and Lalin Kovudhikulrungsri**



* Air Power Centre of Indonesia
**Universiteit Leiden, International Institute of Air and Space Law, Leiden University

Article   Info

Received : 22 February 2016 | Received in revised form: 18 February 2017 | Accepted : 23 March 2017

Corresponding  author's e-mail: ranugraha@apci.asia, .kkovudhikulrungsri.2@umail.eidenunivnl


                                          Abstract

The aviation business in the ASEAN region has shown significant growth during the last decade. With
the enactment of ASEAN Open Skies, there is no doubt that intra-ASEAN flights will continue to increase
rapidly with Indonesia and Thailand experiencing significant effects from such development. Considering
current rapid market capitalizatio n, there is an urgency to establish equilibrium between commercial and
passengers' rights. Flight delays, cancellations, and denied boarding, either on domestic or international
flights, are the main airline passengers' rights issues that are always relevant and must be kept up-to-date
with recent developments. In the context of the so-called integrated ASEAN skies, the urgency to establish a
uniform legalframework on passengers' rights has become essential. Learning from the current international
legalframework, namely the Warsaw Convention, the Montreal Convention, and EU Regulation No. 261/2004,
they could present the source of best solution. Considering that the latter was established by another regional
initiative, it could be a particularly valuable guide for ASEAN, even though the current integration level of the
EU and ASEAN  are quite different. Also of importance, the bomb threat hoax phenomenon within Indonesia
and Thailand shall also be discussed. Passengers' rights must also be protected against the implications of
such irresponsible acts.

Keywords: bomb  threat, compensation, delay, flight cancellation, denied boarding passengers' rights


                                           Abstrak

BisnispenerbangandiASEANtelahtumbuhsecarasignifikandalamdekadeterakhirini. Tidakdapatdipungkiri
bahwa  dengan berlakunya ASEAN  Open Skies, maka jumlah penerbangan intra-ASEAN akan semakin
meningkat; dan tentunya Indonesia dan Thailand akan mengalami dampak signifikan dari perkembangan
tersebut. Melihatgencarnya kapitalisasi pasaryang terjadi dalam bisnis penerbangan, muncul suatu urgensi
untuk menemukan   titik ekuilibrium antara perlindungan hak-hak penumpang pesawat terbang dengan
kepentingan komersial. Keterlambatan atau pembatalan penerbangan, hingga penolakan untuk mengangkut
penumpang  dalam suatu rute penerbangan, baik pada rute domestik maupun internasional, merupakan
isu-isu utama yang relevan terkait perihal hak-hak penumpang; dimana seharusnya ketentuannya selalu
disesuaikan dengan perkembangan terkini. Dalam konteks semakin terintegrasinya langit ASEAN, maka
semakin nyatalah urgensi akan dibentuknya kerangka hukum yang mampu   melindungi hak-hak para
penumpang  pesawat terbang. Salah satu langkah terbaik yang dapat ditempuh adalah dengan mempelajari
kerangka hukum  internasional yang telah ada, antara lain Konvensi Warsawa, Konvensi Montreal, dan
Regulasi Uni Eropa No. 261/2004. Mengingat regulasi yang terakhir ini dibentuk oleh suatu kerjasama
regional, sudah seharusnya ASEAN dapat belajar banyak darinya; terlepas adanya perbedaan bentuk dan
tingkat integrasi antara Uni Eropa dan ASEAN. Satu hal yang juga tidak kalah penting, tulisan ini juga
membahas  mengenaifenomena  maraknya  bercanda bom di Indonesia dan Thailand. Hak-hak penumpang
juga harus dilindungi dari dampak tindakan yang tidak bertanggungjawab ini.

Kata kunci: ancaman bom, kompensasi, penundaan, pembatalan penerbangan, hakpenumpangyang ditolak


DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15742/ilrev.v7n1.290

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