Thresa Sandra Desfika, Jakarta – Gojek Indonesia and Grab, the top two ride-hailing companies in Indonesia, are facing a regulatory hurdle that could make a significant dent in their l

Jakarta – Railway operator PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) is offering discounts for long-distance trips to the elderly, Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel, National Police personnel, I

Vela Andapita, Jakarta – In its bid to improve services train operator PT Kereta Commuter Indonesia (KCI) has revealed that it has purchased a total of 192 new cars, 64 of which have b

Novy Lumanauw, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has signed into effect a presidential regulation that will accelerate the development of electric cars in Indonesia.

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – People in 88 cities across the country will need to fork out more for hailing ojek (motorbike taxis) through their smartphones starting on Friday, as a po

Saurabh Markandeya – Indonesia recently passed a number of incentives for electric car drivers and manufacturers, designed to help the country compete with Singapore and Thailand as hu

Jakarta (Bisnis) – The potential tax losses from the overflowing distribution of illegal mobile phones in Indonesia drove the government to impose a regulation that validates IMEI.

Johnny Blades – Papua's provincial government is frustrated over a lack of action by Indonesia's central government to open up direct international flights to Papua.

Jakarta – Emergency services have said they were alerted only three days after a fishing boat carrying 37 people sank on Tuesday off Matasiri Island in Kotabaru regency, South Kalimant

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – To offset the limited state budget allocation for infrastructure development, the government is inviting the private sector to participate in building tra

Jakarta – PT Gudang Garam Tbk (GGRM), one of the country's major cigarette producers, will expand into the road construction business to increase the company's sources of revenue, alth

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – The revision of its 2018 financial report has revealed that national flag carrier PT Garuda Indonesia suffered significant losses after the airline initia

Jakarta (Antara) – As the search for Mega Tug Boat's four missing crew members is still under way, the Search and Rescue (SAR) Office in Pontianak, West Kalimantan Province, was report

Jakarta – West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil has made plans to allocate Rp 240 billion (US$17.24 million) to disentangle Depok city's infamous traffic congestion.

Thresa Sandra Desfika, Jakarta – Garuda Indonesia has dropped its defamation charge against a local vlogger who posted a photo on social media of a handwritten menu he was handed in bu

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Jakarta – The Depok Administration has pressed ahead with a plan to revise a 2012 bylaw on transportation that includes a mandatory provision for car owners to have a garage and fine t

Jakarta – Depok residents have asked their city administration to come up with a concrete solution for worsening traffic congestion instead of just playing music at traffic lights to c

Bambang Nurbianto, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has signed a government regulation that will give fiscal incentives to airlines after all relevant stakeholders in the aviat

Relatives of people killed in the Boeing 737 Max crash in Indonesia last year have been cheated out of compensation, their lawyers say.

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – Aviation observer and member of the Republic of Indonesia's Ombudsman, Alvin Lie, said the government has intervened airlines' businesses too far.

Riza Roidila Mufti, Yogyakarta – Yogyakarta International Airport (YIA) is not yet in full operation, as the developer is still working to complete facilities in the new airport in Kul

Jakarta – The Transportation Ministry has issued a regulation that requires all public transportation companies to install a global positioning system (GPS) device in every vehicle for

Vicky Amin, Jakarta – Pointing at somewhere in the distance, a middle-aged woman asked a bajaj driver: "How much to the station?"

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – AirAsia Group CEO Tony Fernandes has called on the government not to overregulate the aviation industry, arguing that it could kill the business itself.

Jakarta – The Transportation Ministry has prohibited ride-hailing transportation companies from offering promotional discounts for its ojek (motorcycle taxi) services that exceeded the

Muhammad Hendartyo, Jakarta – The Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI) chairman Tulus Abadi considered the decrease in airlines tariff that would be valid starting this week was only

Jakarta – The government plans to block the use of cell phones bought in the black market to curb the distribution of such phones.

Jakarta – The government has been urged to scrap the import tax for aircraft components to incentivize airlines to adhere to a request that they cut airfares for domestic flights.

Leonard A.L. Cahyoputra, Jakarta – The government is finalizing a regulation to curb the use of illegal mobile phones in Indonesia.

Jakarta – The government has been advised to learn from mistakes made in the shipping industry before implementing its plan to introduce an open skies policy in its effort to lower air

Herman, Jakarta – The government plans to lower minimum airfares on certain routes, cut fuel price and offer fiscal incentives to airlines starting next week in its latest attempt to k

Thresa Sandra Desfika, Jakarta – The government has decided that all domestic flights to Bandung, West Java, have to land at Kertajati International Airport by July 1.

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – At least 20 people have died in two separate shipping accidents within a week in East Java and East Nusa Tenggara, while five were still missing as of Tuesday

Christy Francisca R and Andi Ibnu, Jakarta – The Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) said they found strong indications of duopoly behind the expensive airplane ticket p

Jakarta – At least two people died and five are still missing after a passenger boat carrying 52 people including the skipper and three crew members sank before dawn on Saturday (June

Jakarta – The Transportation Ministry said it would not prohibit online ojek (motorcycle taxi) service providers from giving tariff discounts, canceling its earlier statement that it w

Jakarta – No foreign airline is planning to operate domestic routes in Indonesia, said Air Transportation Director-General Polana Pramesti according to a report by news site Tempo.

Jakarta – President Joko Widodo's proposal to allow foreign airlines to operate Indonesian domestic routes with the aim of bringing down ticket prices has sparked a robust debate among

Jakarta – A University of Indonesia (UI) international law expert has cautioned the government over its plan to invite foreign airlines to serve domestic routes in an attempt to push d

Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – This year's mudik road rush saw far fewer road accidents than in previous years, thanks to improved awareness of road safety and beefed up preventive measur

Seventeen people were missing after a cargo boat sank off eastern Indonesia, authorities said Wednesday, the latest maritime accident to hit the sprawling archipelago nation.

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

Jakarta – The Transportation Ministry has recorded a 30 percent decrease in air travelers during this year's Idul Fitri exodus from last year.

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

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

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.

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.

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