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March 20, 2019

Tempo - March 20, 2019

Khairul Imam Ghozali, Jakarta – IBB Astra UD Trucks Regional Head Hendro Priyo Purnomo revealed that more than 50 percent of trucks across Indonesia are operating illegally, he believe

March 18, 2019

Skift - March 18, 2019

Raini Hamdi – As it turns out, it isn't just Traveloka and Tiket.com that are allegedly being arm-twisted by Garuda Indonesia and Lion Air to stop selling AirAsia Indonesia's tickets,

March 12, 2019

TTG Asia - March 12, 2019

Kurniawan Ulung – Travel agents in Indonesia are reporting an increase in outbound traffic to international destinations in the face of soaring domestic airfares.

March 8, 2019

Jakarta Post - March 8, 2019

Jakarta – The government will start operating the 140.9-kilometer Bakauheni-Terbanggi Bedar toll road in Lampung on Friday, after which it will be free for motorists for a month.

February 28, 2019

Jakarta Post - February 28, 2019

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – The Transportation Ministry is conducting an investigation into the safety of low-cost carrier Lion Air following reports in recent weeks that its flights

February 21, 2019

Mobile News - February 21, 2019

The implementation of a government-mandated prepaid SIM registration effort in Indonesia had a heavy impact on the two largest operators in the country, as they shed a collective 69 mi

February 20, 2019

Jakarta Post - February 20, 2019

Jakarta – City-owned busway operator PT Transjakarta has suspended the operation of 60 buses following a fire that engulfed one of its buses on Monday evening in Central Jakarta.

February 18, 2019

Jakarta Post - February 18, 2019

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – The new Yogyakarta International Airport (NYIA), located in a coastal area of Kulon Progo regency, will start operating its international terminal in Apr

February 17, 2019

Jakarta Post - February 17, 2019

Jakarta – An emergency team at Supadio International Airport in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, hauled a Lion Air plane back onto the runway on Sunday after it skidded off on Saturday afte

February 13, 2019

South China Morning Post - February 13, 2019

Indonesia's largest airport operator is looking to spend billions of dollars to build a new facility in Jakarta and upgrade the existing one to cater to an unprecedented travel boom an

Jakarta Post - February 13, 2019

Jakarta – Jakarta Police are cracking down on electric bike-sharing app Migo, with a ban on the distinctive yellow electric bikes that have begun to gain popularity on the capital's st

February 12, 2019

Jakarta Globe - February 12, 2019

Dion Bisara, Jakarta – A planned increase in the rates of online-based motorcycle taxis may reduce demand for ride-hailing services by more than two-thirds, potentially paring drivers'

Jakarta Post - February 12, 2019

Jakarta – After lowering fuel prices for land transportation, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo will likely call on state-owned oil and gas holding company Pertamina to lower the price of

February 6, 2019

Jakarta Post - February 6, 2019

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – The Express Couriers Association of Indonesia (Asperindo) has spoken out against a price hike on cargo services, saying it increased operational costs for

February 4, 2019

Jakarta Post - February 4, 2019

Jakarta – The government has said 10 new airports started operations in 2018, but it recorded a decrease in the number of airplane passengers.

January 31, 2019

Coconuts Jakarta - January 31, 2019

Indonesian drivers must continue to rely on their memory and intuition (or dedicated GPS devices) to get around after the country's courts upheld a law making the use of GPS apps on sm

Jakarta Post - January 31, 2019

Jakarta – The Constitutional Court has ruled that checking the GPS on a mobile phone while driving is punishable by up to three months' imprisonment, as stipulated in the 2009 Traffic

January 23, 2019

Jakarta Post - January 23, 2019

Jakarta – City-owned PT MRT Jakarta and the Jakarta Military Command on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding that stipulates for support from the military for the MRT's operati

January 21, 2019

Jakarta Post - January 21, 2019

Jakarta – The Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) is investigating alleged price fixing behind airfare increases.

January 16, 2019

Jakarta Post - January 16, 2019

Jakarta – Indonesian National Air Carrier Association (INACA) chairman Ari Askhara has called on the government to provide protection to national aviation companies from the inflow of

January 14, 2019

Jakarta Post - January 14, 2019

Jakarta – The National Transportation Safety Committee announced on Monday that the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) from last year's Lion Air crash had been found.

January 12, 2019

Jakarta Post - January 12, 2019

Wahyu Pratomo Hariyono, Jakarta – Last Dec. 26 marked one year since the opening of Railink, a dedicated railway system connecting Soekarno-Hatta International Airport and Jakarta.

January 4, 2019

Jakarta Post - January 4, 2019

Jakarta – Ships at the Makassar Container Terminal in South Sulawesi are having to wait for five or seven days before they can load and unload cargo.

January 3, 2019

Reuters - January 3, 2019

indy Silviana, Fanny Potkin, Jakarta – Lion Air has ended its search for the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) from its Boeing 737 MAX jet that crashed into the Java Sea in October, but Ind

December 30, 2018

Jakarta Globe - December 30, 2018

Sheany, Jakarta – The family of an Indonesian man who was killed in the crash of Lion Air flight JT-610 sued Boeing this week, alleging that the Boeing 737 MAX 8 jet was "unreasonably d

December 28, 2018

Jakarta Post - December 28, 2018

Ramadani Saputra, Jakarta – Youth and Sports Minister Imam Nahrawi might have been considered the happiest person in the country following Indonesia's success in hosting the Asian Games

December 19, 2018

Jakarta Post - December 19, 2018

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Surabaya – A giant sinkhole has appeared in the middle of a busy road in Surabaya, East Java, on Tuesday night, swallowing part of the four-lane Jl.

December 17, 2018

Agence France Presse - December 17, 2018

Jakarta – Lion Air announced Monday it was funding a multi-million dollar search effort using a Dutch company for the second black box and missing victims from doomed flight JT-610.

December 14, 2018

ABC News - December 14, 2018

Anne Barker – In a rare move, Lion Air has agreed to foot the bill for a new, more advanced search to find the cockpit voice recorder from its 737 Max-8 plane that crashed in Indonesia

November 30, 2018

Jakarta Post - November 30, 2018

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – The National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) is claiming the media erroneously reported that the Lion Air jetliner that crashed into the Java Sea last

November 29, 2018

Agence France Presse - November 29, 2018

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – Bumpy runways, hair-raising safety lapses, remote airstrips with no navigation systems and a dire shortage of experienced captains and maintenance crews.

November 28, 2018

The Guardian - November 28, 2018

Indonesian investigators have said the Lion Air Boeing 737 jet that plunged into the sea, killing 189 people in October, was not airworthy on a flight the day before it crashed.

New York Times - November 28, 2018

James Glanz, New York – Data from the jetliner that crashed into the Java Sea last month shows the pilots fought to save the plane almost from the moment it took off, as the Boeing 737'

November 23, 2018

Straits Times - November 23, 2018

Jakarta – Lawmakers on the House of Representatives Commission V overseeing transportation and infrastructure have called on the government to act firmly against private airline Lion Ai

November 21, 2018

Jakarta Post - November 21, 2018

Jakarta – For decades, the Jakarta Pedicab Drivers Union (Sebaja) has been fighting for permission to work in certain neighborhoods in North and West Jakarta in peace, without risking r

November 15, 2018

Jakarta Post - November 15, 2018

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – Every year, at least 1 million new cars and about 6 million new motorcycles hit the roads in Indonesia with the drivers having the freedom to break traffic regul

November 6, 2018

Jakarta Post - November 6, 2018

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – A Sriwijaya Air flight bound for Jakarta from Bengkulu on Monday was reportedly delayed for an hour after passengers objected to the pungent aroma of durian

Bloomberg - November 6, 2018

Angus Whitley, Eko Listiyorini and Alan Levin, Jakarta – The Lion Air plane that crashed in the Java Sea last week had faulty airspeed readings during its last four flights and Indonesi

The Guardian - November 6, 2018

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – Data from one of the black boxes retrieved from the Lion Air plane that crashed into the Java Sea last Monday has revealed the aircraft experienced problems with it

November 3, 2018

The Guardian - November 3, 2018

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – "I heard the plane from Bali already had a problem, right.

November 1, 2018

Asian Correspondent - November 1, 2018

Clara Chooi – Why did Lion Air JT610, operating a near-new Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, crash just 13 minutes after take-off from Jakarta on Monday?

ABC News - November 1, 2018

Erwin Renaldi – Indonesia's peak body for broadcasting has warned local journalists not to sensationalise the reporting of the Lion Air plane crash, in a bid to stop widespread "unethic

October 30, 2018

Sydney Morning Herald - October 30, 2018

James Massola, Karuni Rompies & Amilia Rosa, Jakarta – The Lion Air flight that crashed into the ocean on Monday, killing 189 people, had suffered problems on the previous day's fli

The Guardian - October 30, 2018

Kate Lamb in Jakarta and agencies – The Lion Air Boeing 737 Max jet that crashed in Indonesia on Monday flew erratically the previous evening and its air speed readings were unreliable,

October 29, 2018

Sydney Morning Herald - October 29, 2018

James Massola, Karuni Rompies, Amilia Rosa & Jenny Noyes, Jakarta 00 Indonesian authorities have predicted there will be no survivors after a passenger plane carrying 189 people, op

July 6, 2018

Jakarta Post - July 6, 2018

Jakarta – The Transportation Ministry will punish drivers of overloaded and oversized freight trucks, which are believed responsible for premature damage to roads.

July 5, 2018

Jakarta Post - July 5, 2018

Jakarta – Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi has said that there is room for improvement in monitoring ferry services, which have long been the backbone of inter-island transport

July 4, 2018

Reuters - July 4, 2018

Jakarta – The captain of a sinking Indonesian ferry managed to steer his ship onto a reef to enable the evacuation of more than 100 passengers, but 31 people drowned as the vessel floun

June 26, 2018

ABC News - June 26, 2018

Indonesian police have named four people as suspects in a criminal probe into the sinking of an overloaded ferry on a volcanic lake in which it is believed some 200 people died.

June 23, 2018

World Socialist Web Site - June 23, 2018

John Harris – A passenger ferry capsized on Lake Tabo, in northern Sumatra, Indonesia on Monday evening. Only 18 people have been rescued and three have been declared dead.