Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina 2025, 27(2):A27-A39 | DOI: 10.26552/com.C.2025.030

Indonesian Aviation Act 1/2009: An Examination and the Quest for Reform in Certain Issues

Adhy Riadhy Arafah ORCID...1, *, Rosa Ristawati ORCID...1, Kautsar Ismail1, 2, Gerlyana Shafa Putri Hardriani1
1 Faculty of Law, Airlangga University, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia
2 Faculty of Law, University of Palangka Raya, Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

Indonesian Aviation Act 1/2009, which has been adopted for more than 14 years ago, was made to accommodate the ICAO's Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme (USOAP) findings in 2007, which highlighted the need for legislative changes to reduce air transport accidents in Indonesia. The Act regulates two aspects of aviation activity, covering the public and private. The public sector regulates aircraft activities in Indonesia's airspace, certain issues are missed owing to (the) controversy over its legal terminology. In the private sector, the jurisdiction issue and applicability of the Act have consequently regarding the applicability of the Montreal Convention 1999 was ratified by Indonesia in 2016. In this paper were examined some provisions in the Act by normative juridical and comparative approaches, emphasizing the urgent need for legal reform. It is ultimately recommended to amending the Act to align it with current conditions.

Keywords: amendment, Indonesian aviation act, jurisdiction, legal terms, transportation
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This research has been funded by the Airlangga Research Fund 2024 Program.

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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

Received: September 11, 2024; Accepted: February 12, 2025; Prepublished online: March 25, 2025; Published: April 1, 2025  Show citation

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Arafah, A.R., Ristawati, R., Ismail, K., & Hardriani, G.S.P. (2025). Indonesian Aviation Act 1/2009: An Examination and the Quest for Reform in Certain Issues. Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina, 27(2), A27-39. doi: 10.26552/com.C.2025.030
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