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