In a further move to tighten safety standards in Indonesian aviation, the country’s main gateway airport in Jakarta will reduce the number of flights during peak hours.
The airport will cut aircraft activity to 62 take-offs and landings per hour, down from a current average of 72 during peak times, said Muzaffar Ismail, director for aircraft operations at the transportation ministry.
"With the high frequency of flights, there is a greater risk of collisions and accidents," Ismail said.
It will not reduce the total number of flights a day, but will mean moving more flights to less congested off-peak times, Ismail said.
In the last year Indonesia has suffered a number of high profile air accidents with the loss of life of more than 300 passengers and flight crew.
A 2014 safety audit by the U.N. aviation agency also cited a lack of operational staff as a barrier to improving safety standards.
Last December, an AirAsia flight heading to Singapore went down in the Java Sea, killing all 162 on board and 54 died when a Trigana Air plane crashed in Papua in August this year.
