Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – Garuda Indonesia president-director Irfan Setiaputra suggested the government to help lower the cost for flight passengers to undergo PCR-based COVI

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – The nation's airlines will have to brace for a lengthy recovery period of more than a year, as public perception of air travel has turned negative amid the CO

Thresa Sandra Desfika, Jakarta – Lion Air, the largest airline in Indonesia by fleet size, will ground all international and domestic flights on Friday until further notice – just five

Jakarta – Indonesia's first MRT service, MRT Jakarta, has called on its passengers to avoid having conversations while riding on its trains in a bid to break the chain of COVID-19 tran

Triyan Pangastuti, Jakarta – Flag carrier Garuda Indonesia has been forced to lay off pilots as it continues to hemorrhage money from canceled flights, lost sales and service reduction

Jakarta – As Jakarta is likely to end its large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) on Thursday, app-based motorcycle taxi (ojek) services are embracing the so-called "new normal" by prep

Triyan Pangastuti, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has approved a plan to extend the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed rail to Surabaya, East Java, with a move that would urge China

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – Commuter line operator PT Kereta Commuter Indonesia (KCI) has asserted that it will maintain COVID-19 health protocols as Jakarta and its satellite cities brac

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – Congested roads and jam-packed train cars during rush hour are considered ordinary in Jakarta, a daily destination for several million workers commuting from it

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Imam Hamdi, Dio Suhenda (Intern Translator), Jakarta – Spokesperson for PT Kereta Commuter Indonesia (KCI), Sylviane Purba, has stated that the commuter line operator is set to introdu

Thresa Sandra Desfika, Jakarta – Lion Air Group has temporarily suspended all domestic flights until May 31, citing the fact that many passengers still turn up at airports without prop

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – A total of 82,604 vehicles, including private cars, buses and motorcycles, have been forced to turn back by the police in 32 days of Idul Fitri exodus, or mud

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia will require Jakarta-bound passengers to present an exit and entry permit (SIKM) for the city prior to boarding from Tu

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – The Jakarta provincial government will turn away visitors and returning residents trying to enter the city without an entry permit, or SIKM, after the Idul Fitri

Bisnis, Jakarta – State-owned toll road operator PT Jasa Marga recorded 465,582 vehicles left Jakarta from the east, the west and the south directions during the Eid holidays last week

Bisnis, Jakarta – The Indonesian Traffic Police Corps managed to stop 74,000 vehicles from crossing the borders of the Jakarta Metro Area for Idul Fitri mudik purposes.

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – National airlines are grappling with losses due to low passenger demand and social distancing restrictions, despite getting the government's green-light t

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – The government will tighten its monitoring of the Idul Fitri mudik (exodus) ban as the Islamic holiday, which falls on May 24 and 25 this year, approaches, the

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – The Transportation Ministry has suspended a flight operated by Batik Air on the Jakarta-Denpasar, Bali, route as the airline was found to have violated physic

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia has decided to furlough around 800 contract workers for three months starting May 14 as the airline struggles to st

Jakarta – The government is considering loosening the large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) put in place to stem the transmission of COVID-19, Coordinating Human Development and Cultu

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – State airport operator Angkasa Pura (AP) II is applying new policies at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten, after images of passeng

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – The country's airlines are in dire need of financial stimulus to withstand the COVID-19-induced crisis, amid a sharp revenue decline and looming deadlines

Jakarta – Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia's main airport, was reportedly packed with passengers on Thursday morning despite the government's call f

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – State-owned train operator PT Kereta Api Indonesia (PT KAI) is scheduled to open three temporary routes to accommodate travel starting Tuesday after travel re

Tassia Sipahutar and Harry Suhartono – Indonesia is finalizing a US$1 billion financial bailout plan for its flag carrier to help it stave off a debt default after the coronavirus cris

Chairul Fikri, Jakarta – Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Indonesia's largest and busiest airport, has imposed a new health protocol for international and domestic flights on Frid

Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Jakarta – Two weeks after Indonesia banned air and sea travel to contain the spread of the coronavirus, the transport ministry has confirmed that flights and pu

Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – The government's latest move to allow public transportation services to resume, even as the mudik (exodus) ban remains in force, has added unnecessary complica

Sausan Atika, Jakarta – Urban life is slowing down in Greater Jakarta, the region hit hardest by COVID-19, after authorities imposed large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) in the past

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Trains, buses, planes and ships in Indonesia will resume operations from today, weeks earlier than planned, even as the country maintains its ban on the annua

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – The government's policy to allow the use of public transportation has the potential to increase the number of Covid-19 infection.

Heru Andriyanto, Thresa Sandra Desfika, Jakarta – Indonesia has a total of 12,438 confirmed coronavirus cases on Wednesday, up by 367 in the past 24 hours, as the government plans to r

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – According to data from the National Traffic Police, a total of 30,193 vehicles, including private cars, buses and motorcycles, have been forced to turn back d

Mardika Parama, Jakarta – A circular letter issued by the COVID-19 task force on Wednesday allows businesspeople and state officials that are involved in health and essential services

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – At least three passengers of the Greater Jakarta commuter line have tested positive for COVID-19 amid large-scale social restrictions (PSBB), raising conc

Jakarta – Travelers have played cat and mouse with law enforcement personnel as they insist on traveling home despite the government's ban on this year's Idul Fitri mudik (exodus).

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman, Jakarta – Indonesian airlines are focusing on cargo services to offset the losses incurred from the government's temporary ban on passenger flights to slow the

M Julnis Firmansyah and Dio Suhenda (intern translator), Jakarta – The Indonesian Police Force is currently conducting an investigation into home-comer smuggling services that has emer

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – The Transportation Ministry has temporarily restricted passenger travel during the period of April 24 until May 31 in an effort to prevent an Idul Fitri m

Suherdjoko, Semarang – Many residents of regions across Java have been ignoring the government's mudik (exodus) ban and are insisting on traveling home undetected, even though some are

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Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – The government's recent decision to ban the traditional Idul Fitri mudik (exodus) has added to the misery of Indonesia's airlines and other public transpo

Jakarta – Thousands of travelers across the country have been stopped, turned back, or otherwise stranded as the government's mudik (Idul Fitri exodus) ban comes into effect.

Jakarta – Five regional heads of Jakarta's peripheral areas, namely Bogor, Depok and Bekasi in West Java, have insisted on the suspension of commuter line services to curb the spread o

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Suherdjoko, Semarang – Regions across Java have set up checkpoints to monitor the flow of vehicles between cities and provinces, following the government's ban on Idul Fitri mudik (exo

Thresa Sandra Desfika, Jakarta – The government has banned all commercial passenger flights in Indonesia until June 1 to try to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, top officials

Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – The Jakarta Metropolitan Police rolled out its Idul Fitri security operation, known as "Operasi Ketupat Jaya," at midnight on Friday, the first day of Ramad