Jakarta – The Indonesian Consumer Protection Foundation, or YLKI, has warned the government about potential data breaches if the latter follows through on its plan to force mobile phone users to re

Jakarta – Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi has said he wants to increase flight frequency at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport to 120 takeoffs and landings per hour from the 81 currentl

Jakarta (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network) – Indonesia's air traffic controllers have warned of the risk of aircraft collisions and accidents unless their workload is eased, as the country's main

Jakarta – The government's effort to improve services at seaports has suffered a setback, as indicated by the worsening dwell time to 3.6 days in the first half of 2017 from 2.9 days in late 2016.

Ganug Nugroho Adi, Surakarta, Central Java – Hundreds of people expressed disappointment when they failed to get free bus tickets for their trips from Central Jakarta's city of Surakarta to Jakarta

Jakarta – The number of road accidents during this year's Idul Fitri exodus, known as mudik, declined across the country compared to last year's figures, police said.

Jakarta – A rally by dozens of Grab hail-riding drivers staged in front of the online transportation company's head office in Pademangan, North Jakarta, almost turned violent on Tuesday.

Jakarta – Industry Ministry Airlangga Hartarto has expressed his hopes that logistical activities will return to normal after the government has lifted a ban on trucks for several routes that were

Eveline Danubrata and Cindy Silviana, Jakarta – With its towering new cranes and wharves that can handle some of the world's biggest ships, Indonesia's main international port has been shaking off

Aman Rochman, Malang, East Java – Asri Anjani and Prayogo Bintang, mechanical engineering students of the University of Brawijaya in Malang, East Java, have created a device they claim is capable o

Jakarta – The Transportation Ministry has handed an ultimatum to Lion Mentari Airlines, the parent company of budget airline Lion Air, to improve services by the end of May or face crippling sancti

Venidora Oliveira – Police registered 1741 traffic accidents in 2016, which caused the deaths of 71 people.

Jakarta – Transjakarta patrol officer, Susilo Purwanto, was attacked by several people in corridor 4, serving Jl.

Arya Dipa, Bandung – The Bandung city administration in West Java has launched a premium angkot (public minivan) service, which will lure passengers with its modern facilities, such as flat-screen

Fergus Jensen and Henning Gloystein, Jakarta/Singapore – Road blockages and bad weather in Kalimantan on the Indonesian side of Borneo island are being blamed for a disruption of coal supplies from

Jakarta – The government is going back to the drawing board with an express train that would connect two major airports of Jakarta, after a study indicated the track would not generate enough retur

Corry Elyda, Agnes Anya and Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – The fatal Zahro Express ferry accident in the Jakarta Bay has forced the government to revisit safety standards of sea transportation as

Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa, Jakarta – Twenty-three people have been killed and at least 17 have been injured after a fire on board a ferry on the way to one of Indonesia's Thousand Islands, a

An Indonesian budget airline has fired a pilot suspected of trying to fly a plane while he was drunk, and two of its executives are resigning.

Jakarta – Following an incident involving an allegedly drunk on-duty pilot, the Transportation Ministry says it will enhance its supervision over airlines to ensure passenger safety.

Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa, Jakarta – A sign warning cables had snapped on a rickety suspension bridge connecting two islands off Bali was erected four days before it collapsed on Sunday night

Viriya P. Singgih, Jakarta – Among the cars passing along the Prof. Dr. Ir.

Jakarta – Five out of ten of the world's worst cities for driving are in Indonesia, a survey of popular navigation app Waze revealed recently.

Jakarta – Indonesia will become the largest business jet market in Southeast Asia by 2019 overtaking neighboring Singapore, due to Indonesia's robust economic growth, vibrant business climate and r

Farida Susanty, Jakarta – The government said Monday it would tighten supervision on the management of Soekarno-Hatta International Airport's Terminal 3 to ensure immediate service improvement amid

Farida Susanty, Jakarta – A recent strike staged by Lion Air pilots has opened the lid on the previously closed box of the woes of local airline pilots.

Jakarta – The police's explanation that Idul Fitri traffic management was overseen by various government agencies, at both central and local levels, helps to shed light on why last week was so chao

Recent incidents of international passengers being dropped off at domestic terminals in Jakarta and Bali, busts on transnational crime syndicates and terror attacks on transportation hubs elsewhere

Jakarta – The government, through Home Minister Tjahjo Kumolo, has apologized for all hassles and troubles faced by people during the Idul Fitri exodus, especially related to public services.

Jakarta – The National Police's traffic unit said in its most recent update on Thursday (07/07), that at least 244 people have died in traffic accidents during this year's Idul Fitri holiday exodus

Twelve people have died after being stuck in a three-day traffic jam in Indonesia at an intersection known as "Brexit".

Jakarta – Chairman of the Indonesian Police Watch has called on the National Police to publicly apologize for casualties resulting from traffic in Central Java's East Brebes Toll exit, popularly kn

Venidora Oliveira – National Police (PNTL) Commander Julio Hornai said the data was taken in 13 municipalities and showed that 417 people were seriously injured, while 1399 suffered minor injuries.

Farida Susanty, Jakarta – Private port operators have lauded the government's recent decision to extend the time for them to prepare for a concession for operating bigger terminals, previously only

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – Clayton Lane, the new CEO of the Institute of Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP), asked a basic question of the audience during a discussion on the future of urban

Jakarta – The Indonesian Air Force declared on Wednesday that none of its airbases had been sold to private parties.

Venidora Oliveira – The Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communication (MOPTC) Gastso de Sousa said the government has allocated $10 million out of the 2016 state budget for rural roads reha

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Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – Despite concerns raised by an environmental impact analysis (amdal), the government is insisting on proceeding with construction of the country's first high-speed railway,

Ayomi Amindoni – Twelve transportation projects will be started in the first quarter of the year as President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo witnessed the signing of 12 contracts totaling Rp 2.07 trillion (U

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Indonesia's accident-plagued aviation industry has more airlines with the lowest safety ranking than any other country in the world according to an annual survey.

Jakarta – Safety and security concerns will remain top challenges for Indonesian airlines in 2016 after several accidents were recorded last year despite the government's ambitious plan to improve

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Amid growing concerns over safety standards in the country's aviation industry, the government will tighten regulations on aircraft maintenance and flight

Joe Cochrane, Jakarta – The pilots of an AirAsia passenger jet that crashed off Indonesia last year appear to have reset the circuit breaker of a computer system that regulated the airc

Dylan Amirio, Dili, Timor Leste – Low-cost carrier Citilink Indonesia has opened a new route connecting Denpasar in Bali to Dili in Timor Leste in cooperation with Air Timor as part of efforts to b

Montreal/Toronto – Indonesia scored poorly on a 2014 safety audit by the United Nations' aviation agency largely because its Transportation Ministry is understaffed, said two sources familiar with

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Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – The Transportation Ministry has been placed in the spotlight for its quiet response to flight delays that have left thousands of Lion Air passengers stranded at Soeka

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – The country's airline industry may have grown fast over the past 15 years, but it has scored significantly lower on the effectiveness of its safety oversight system than