Nandito Putra, Jakarta – Susi Air airline is being sued for bankruptcy by its former employee regarding the fulfillment of severance pay. Fadila, a former employee, filed the lawsuit at the Central Jakarta Commercial Court on December 24, 2025.
This case is recorded with Case Number 73/Pdt.Sus-Pailit/2025/PN.Niaga.Jkt.Pst. Fadila's legal representative, Zentoni, stated that the bankruptcy lawsuit was filed because Susi Air has not paid the severance and other normative rights.
Zentoni mentioned that his client had been affected by layoffs since 2017. The industrial relations dispute then escalated to the level of the cassation. The Supreme Court issued a decision on October 9, 2025, which obliged Susi Air to pay severance and other rights.
"In the cassation decision, the Supreme Court obliged Susi Air to pay severance and other rights amounting to Rp38.6 million to Fadila," said Zentoni when contacted on Wednesday, December 24, 2025.
According to Zentoni, this obligation has not yet been fulfilled. They have also issued the company a formal notice regarding payment of severance.
Aside from Fadila, Zentoni mentioned that Susi Air also has obligations to another former employee named Harulloh. He stated that the company owes Rp25 million in accordance with Cassation Decision Number 1042 K/Pdt.Sus-PHI/2025, dated October 27, 2025, which has legal force.
Zentoni believes that the bankruptcy lawsuit has met the provisions of Law Number 37 of 2004 concerning Bankruptcy and Suspension of Debt Payment Obligations (PKPU). The regulation states that a debtor can be declared bankrupt if they have more than one creditor and fail to settle at least one overdue and demandable debt. In the petition, the petitioner also proposed one prospective curator.
In response to the lawsuit, Nadine Kaiser, Susi Air managing director, stated that the company is committed to implementing the decision of the industrial relations court (PHI). She emphasized that the payment to former employees has been fundamentally prepared.
"Susi Air is committed to implementing the PHI court decision, and in principle, we have prepared the payment to employees in accordance with the court decision," said Nadine when contacted by Tempo on Wednesday, December 24, 2025.
She explained that administratively, the company is still awaiting notification from the court for the implementation of the payment. She mentioned that this procedure is a common legal mechanism in PHI cases.
"Therefore, there is actually no basis for filing a bankruptcy petition in the Commercial Court before the execution of PHI. In principle, Susi Air follows the applicable legal procedures to make payments to former employees," said Nadine.