LEGAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF PT. LION AIR ON PASSENGER SAFETY ACCORDING TO THE LAW NUMBER 1 OF 2009 CONCERNING AVIATION

Abstract

Legal Responsibility of PT. Lion Air on Passenger Safety According to the Law Number 1 of 2009 concerning Aviation" is carried out with the aim of knowing exactly and clearly the responsibility of the airline company for passengers and the existence of laws and regulations that govern them. The type of the research was normative and sociological juridical research methods. The normative juridical research was a legal research to examine legislation and the opinions of experts in the field of air transportation law. In the context of sociological juridical research, it led an empirical method to exercise the responsibility of PT. Lion Air for passenger safety. The results of the study revealed that the responsibility of PT. Lion Air for passengers safety according to the Law Number 1 of 2009 is based on the principle of absolute responsibility, which means that PT. Lion Air is always responsible for losses incurred during the flight and does not depend on whether or not there is an element of error on the part of the carrier. Therefore, it is necessary to develop the potential and use of high technology by flight operators, as well as reliable management as an effort to protect passenger safety.

Keywords: Legal Responsibility, PT. Lion Air, Passenger Safety, Aviation Law.

DOI: 10.7176/JLPG/82-19