allen gerda is on the brink of bankruptcy. it's been hit hard by the global decline in travel. but even before the pandemic, the airlines struggled with mounting debt. jessica washington reports from jakarta, ah, at indonesia loudest airport, passenger traffic is on the rise. as domestic tourism enjoys a resurgence. after months of relative quiet travel restrictions at major airports around the country are easing. as the number of coven 19 cases falls, it's a welcome change for the countries aviation industry. but it may not be enough to save one major player drowning in debt the countries oldest airline career. indonesia is edging close to bankruptcy. it's not a pretty picture in terms of the debts amounting to i, mrs. calion, so for the year, which is coming up to billions. ah, the pandemic had a severe impact on the fly carrier. passenger numbers have fallen by 90 percent and flight frequency has reduced from 400 to less than 100 flights a day. the airlines total debt is now $4900000000.00 and the company faces several law suits over unpaid debt. the airline c o, a fun city

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like many airlines around the world's gerda, indonesia has struggled through the pandemic because of travel related restrictions, but grew does financial woes. it started long before the pandemic, and now the flag carrier faces an uncertain future aviation expert sega router, indonesia has struggled to compete with low cost carriers grappling with weak earnings while paying for a large and expensive flight of aircraft that are mostly least hi, fierce earlier we see some of the operational costs of go guys increased dramatically. and then some of the in the measurement of flight, for example, java london, is not the approved profitable. the airline is still mostly owned by the government . and the ministry of state owned enterprises has proposed rebranding. a state own charter service pillay to air as a passenger carrier to replace gruder or putting in more state cash. the ministry declined in interview with al jazeera, the option of the bankruptcy liquidation of florida. is freddy, like a feasible option right now under pressure to resolve the crisis at router. the government faces a

the sudden fame that has fallen on abdul rasyid, gerda in becoming the 2021 nobel laureates in literature, answers both of those questions for this year, at least, polaris out is era stock. i for more on this, awarded spring in grand fred. he's a professor of african studies at cornell university. he joins us from new york. hello, there grant. thanks for joining us. 95 out of the 117 passed a winners where from europe or north america. how significant it is it for you that ghana has won this year is incredibly important. it seems to me that in the last years i think to lead into justice or if you come back in 86, it's been a long time. the previous to southern african women in wideman, south africa goodness, victory, it seems to me speaks of and well then allows decision to, i suppose democracy, that democratize itself to spirits are all over the world. but what seems most important to me is that there is a symptomatic winner. i think, going as best work is arguably, paradise. on, you know, he shares their title strangely with only morrisons work and morrison's paradise begins. they shoot

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writer of books writes. republicans, right of plays is in the world, and they've chosen abdur as i can. gerda now is books such as memory of departure after lives. they'll be shot into a world conscious consciousness. now i've spoken to they the bookshop hair at the ann swedish academy and they say they will just be rushing to get them in because there's such a demand for these books after the prize is announced. and then, yeah, it's a, it's an amazing day for, for african literature, and i believe we're going to hear from abdur ross at gwinnett later on accent paul reese there for us in stock home with all the latest. thank you very much for. well, let's now bring indians lillius trans. he's a critic, anna journalist at the express an evening newspaper in sweden. he joins us now from tubby and sweden. i'm so can you tell us a little more about abrazzo gunner his live through so many of the themes that permeates his work himself? well, he was born in santa bar in 1948, and he came to england as a refugee at the age of 18. and where he established himself as a doctor of literature and has been

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