REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The Indonesian Ministry of Transportation will tighten aviation safety standards. The ministry will first conducting a comprehensive evaluation of the regulations for low-cost carriers and full service airlines.

"We will evaluate aviation safety regulations for all airlines," Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi said here on Thursday.

Budi remarked that the evaluation would be adjusted to the report on the results of the investigation of the National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT). He will also seek assistance from the United States' Federal Aviation Administration, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), and the European Union.

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