The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has upgraded the country’s carriers to Category 1, the highest tier of air-safety rating, after almost a decade.
The safety status of Indonesia’s airlines was demoted by the American regulator in 2007 after a string of high-profile accidents, according to BBC News.
This change could see the nation’s state carrier Garuda Indonesia begin flying to the US by next year with the carrier reportedly exploring introducing a new service between Jakarta to New York or Los Angeles, BBC News added.
The EU also recently lifted a ban on three Indonesian airlines in March after its own review into safety practices.
Indonesia now complies with International Civil Aviation Organization safety standards, the FAA said in a statement.
"With the International Aviation Safety Assessment Category 1 rating, Indonesian air carriers... can establish service to the United States and carry the code of US carriers," the FAA said.
The south-east Asian nation has suffered 13 fatal plane crashes during the past decade, according to Flightglobal data – higher than the worldwide average.
