Indonesia rejected the idea to widen the implementation of a ban on certain airline companies from serving the flight globally proposed by the European Union (EU) earlier, Indonesian Transportation Minister Jasman Syafii Djamal said.

"The only institution authorized to ban an airline from serving flights across the world is ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization). Moreover, EU is not the world's police," the Bisnis Indonesia Friday quoted Jasman as saying.

He was commenting on a recent statement issued by the EU Transportation Commission official Antonio Tajani who proposed to widen the ban which initially implemented in 27 European countries in the EU.

Earlier reports said that the idea was intended to improve the flight security across the world.

The EU's statement came up following the recent crash of Yemenia Air's Airbus A310 in Comoro waters that killed almost all of its 153 passengers.

Indonesia is now expecting the EU's announcement set for July 12 that will possibly revoke the ban over its national flag-carrier airline, Garuda Indonesia, from entering EU countries.

The EU has banned 51 airlines, including the Indonesian airline, from entering its territory for security reason since 2007.

Source: Xinhua