...and my whole point was that Air Asia is a cut above the average Indonesian carrier, some of which are seriously shoddy, like the late, unlamented https://en.

...and my whole point was that Air Asia is a cut above the average Indonesian carrier, some of which are seriously shoddy, like the late, unlamented https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Air https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Air. By contrast, Air Asia's maintenance is done by a subsidiary of Air France/KLM: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/business/corporate/30301709 http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/business/corporate/3030... Also, FWIW, the EU had a blanket blacklist on all Indonesian carriers at one point.