Jakarta – The Transportation Ministry is studying a proposal made by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, who suggested inviting foreign airlines to serve domestic routes as an attempt to p
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June 4, 2019
June 3, 2019
Jakarta – The Transportation Ministry has recorded a 30 percent decrease in air travelers during this year's Idul Fitri exodus from last year.
June 2, 2019
Jakarta – The Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI), encouraged the government to apply the open sky system, which will allow foreign airlines to conduct business in Indon
May 31, 2019
Jakarta – Australia's Federal Court has ordered flag carrier Garuda Indonesia to pay 19 million Australian dollars (US$13.13 million) for colluding on fees and surcharges for air freig
Jakarta – Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi has expressed his concern over a Rp 21.9 million (US$1,522) airfare from flag carrier Garuda Indonesia for a Bandung-Medan flight av
May 29, 2019
Jakarta – Thousands of have signed the petition #TurunkanTiketPapua on change.org to urge Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi to regulate airfares to and from Papua.
May 26, 2019
Jakarta – Toll road operators are offering 15 percent discounts on toll roads for Idul Fitri travelers, but the price cut won't apply on the peak days of the holiday season.
May 21, 2019
Jakarta – The government and the Jakarta administration are in a dispute over the reported mismanagement of Pulo Gebang bus terminal in East Jakarta, at a time when Jakartans are geari
May 20, 2019
Jakarta – Domestic car sales dropped 17.8 percent year-on-year to 84,029 vehicles in April from 102,258 in the same month last year, according to a statement issued by the Association
May 15, 2019
Dewi Rina Cahyani, Jakarta – Transportation Ministry determined to lower the upper limit tariff (TBA) of airlines ticket in a bid to suppress the trend on the rocketing airfare.
May 12, 2019
Suara Pembaruan, Jakarta – Bogor in West Java plans to build a tramway that will be integrated with the Greater Jakarta Light Rail Transit system.
May 9, 2019
Jakarta – Homegrown ride-hailing application Go-Jek has said the number of orders for ojek (motorcycle taxis) has dropped in five cities following the increase in fares on May 1.
May 8, 2019
Jakarta – The Indonesia Toll Road Authority (BPJT) has confirmed the toll road operator will increase the rates for the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport toll road or Sedyatmo toll
Jakarta – Early this year, the Immigration Office in Banda Aceh saw an unusual uptick in passport applications, with up to 200 being received daily, up from the usual 50.
May 7, 2019
Jakarta – The government will decide on new price ceilings for airplane tickets within a week to force airlines to lower airfares, after two regulations that had been issued failed to
Norman Harsono, Jakarta – The Research Institute of Socio-Economic Development (RISED) in Surabaya has released on Monday a survey on ride-hailing ojek (motorcycle taxi) customers, in
May 3, 2019
Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – The construction of the Jakarta-Bandung high speed railway will focus on critical spots, such as tunnels, including the main tunnel in Halim, East Jakarta
April 25, 2019
Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – An annual automotive event, the 10-day Indonesia International Motor Show (IIMS), kicked off on Thursday to run until May 5 at Jakarta International Expo
April 24, 2019
Jakarta – The Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) is calling on the government, particularly the Transportation Ministry, not to intervene in airfares, but let airplane
April 18, 2019
Rachmadea Aisyah, Jakarta – Domestic car sales declined by 13 percent in the first quarter of 2019 from the same period last year, the Association of Indonesian Automotive Manufacturer
April 12, 2019
Crammed conditions on the KRL Commuterline on regular days can be suffocating, but today the commute between Bekasi and Jakarta Kota was reportedly a whole lot more nightmarish than us
April 11, 2019
Fadli, Batam, Riau Islands – Tourism Minister Arief Yahya has called on Transportation Minister Budki Karya Sumadi to issue a regulation that would require airlines to lower their pric
April 9, 2019
More families of victims of the Lion Air crash in Indonesia are suing Boeing after its chief executive apologised and said a software update for the MAX 8 jet would prevent further dis
Jakarta – Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi has blamed the West Java administration for the lack of activity at Kertajadi International Airport in Majalengka, saying that the i
Jakarta – The uptrend in airline tickets is hitting the domestic tourism industry hard.
April 8, 2019
Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – The Transportation Ministry issued on March 29 new regulations on airfare, namely Transportation Ministerial Regulation No.
April 7, 2019
Silkina Ahluwalia – After months of investigation and two deadly crashes involving their 737 Max jets, Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg has finally apologized and admitted their mistakes c
April 4, 2019
Jakarta – The Communications and Information Ministry has announced that it has completed the refarming of 800 and 900 hertz frequencies, giving customers faster speed for internet ser
Jakarta – The Transportation Ministry issued two regulations last week with the aim of pushing airfares down, however it said that it may issue another regulation if prevailing regulat
April 1, 2019
Three months after the Lion Air plane her husband was piloting plunged into the sea, Garima Sethi sat with senior officials at the Indonesian carrier in January and urged them – again
Given the capital's high prevalence of both smokers and motorcyclists, seeing a biker taking a long drag at an intersection is a pretty common sight in Jakarta.
March 31, 2019
Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – The Transportation Ministry has issued two new regulations on airline tickets that will determine the calculation of airfares and price ceilings.
March 29, 2019
Tiara Maharani – With rising airfares in Indonesia impacting the local travel and tourism industry, the Indonesian government is strongly urging Indonesian air carriers, especially the
March 28, 2019
Jim Zarroli – When a friend texted him the news that a Lion Air plane carrying 189 people had crashed off the coast of Java early on the morning of Oct.
March 26, 2019
Jakarta – The government has decided to keep discounts on trans-Jakarta toll roads in place until the Idul Fitri holiday season, as the relevant parties are still calculating the tolls
March 25, 2019
Jakarta – The government on Monday announced the various fares for app-base ojek (motorcycle taxis) in a bid to end the disputes between the drivers and ride-hailing providers that hav
March 21, 2019
Hannah Beech and Muktita Suhartono, Jakarta – As the seconds ticked by on the doomed Lion Air flight, the pilot handed the controls to his co-pilot and flipped through the pages of a t
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
Cindy Silviana, Jamie Freed and Tim Hepher, Jakarta/Singapore/Paris – The pilots of a doomed Lion Air Boeing 737 MAX scoured a handbook as they struggled to understand why the jet was
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
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 – 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
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
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 – 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
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 – 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
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 – 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 – 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