Laila Ramdhini, Hari Gunarto & Tabita Diela, Jakarta – The disappearance on Sunday of an Indonesian passenger jet with 162 people on board has put the country's aviation safety reco

Terrence McCoy – For so many years, it came easy to Tony Fernandes, a man who now finds himself at the center of Southeast Asia's latest aviation saga.

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The disappearance of Air Asia Flight QZ8501 carrying 162 people en route to Singapore from Surabaya remains a mystery, with aviation experts on Sunday saying tha

Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia is to open a new route from Denpasar, Bali, to Dili in Timor Leste, in October, in an attempt to tap into the growi

Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – Urgent reform in the Indonesian maritime transportation system is needed after a recent string of fatal boat accidents, analysts say, adding that the in

Hayat Indriyatno, Jakarta – A road expert has joined in the chorus of criticism against the Jakarta and central governments for the poor state of roads in the capital, long stretches of

Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – Cash-strapped carrier Merpati Nusantara Airlines has suspended all flights in early February as falling revenue continued to push the struggling state-owne

SP/Yoseph Kelen, Kupang – Police on Monday said they named the head of the East Nusa Tenggara district of Ngada as a suspect after he ordered the forced closure of a local airport follo

Ezra Sihite & Farouk Arnaz – Police on Tuesday said 15 public order agency (Satpol PP) officers in Ngada district, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), have been named suspects in an investiga

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – Indonesian businessman Rudi Gunawan, 44, is a premium carmaker's prime target.

Lenny Tristia Tambun – In anticipation of the wave of new vehicles that are expected to hit the capital following the government's low-cost green car (LCGC) policy, the Jakarta administ

Anushka Shahjahan – Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo's rejection of the so-called low cost green cars has received wide support as analysts unanimously agreed that such cars are not the sol

Lenny Tristia Tambun & Ezra Sihite – Indonesia's traffic-clogged capital needs a comprehensive mass transit system, not cheaper cars, Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo reiterated in a le

Public ownership of infrastructure in the eastern part of Indonesia has moved a step forward with agreement by US-owned gold and copper mining company Freeport Indonesia to hand over ma

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Francezka Nangoy, Dili, East Timor – Telekomunikasi Indonesia aims to gain a 60 percent market share of cellular phone users in East Timor by 2015, while preparing to enter Australia's

Timor-Leste (East Timor) is preparing to liberalise its telecommunications market in the first quarter of 2013, which is expected to drive prices down and expand the country's telecommu

Jakarta – Any expectations of immediate measures to build new national roads have been put on the back burner, at least until 2014, despite crumbling infrastructure that has created hig

The number of fatal traffic accidents during this year's Idul Fitri exodus nearly doubled, according to the latest statistics.

Jakarta – Police say 686 people were killed in 3,927 traffic accidents during this year's Idul Fitri holiday exodus between Aug. 11 and Aug. 21.

Rabby Pramudatama, Jakarta – The government's highly touted program to convert official vehicles to natural gas from gasoline and diesel fuel is likely to miss all its targets this year

Damiana Ningsih Simanjuntak – The Minister of Industry on Tuesday said that the government has no plan to curb the production of local vehicles, despite admitting that traffic jams are

Dozens of fledgling airlines that have sprung up to serve Indonesia's island-hopping new middle class could jeopardize the archipelago's recently improved safety reputation, aviation ex

Rizky Amelia – A senior Indonesian pilot said that unwanted dangdut songs and even phone sex often clog radio communications as pilots enter Indonesian airspace, distracting them from t

Mary Anugrah Rasita – The deaths of at least 44 people in a series of accidents involving buses this year has prompted commuters, operators and analysts to call for a complete rethink o

Jakarta – Jakarta residents who use public transportation account for only 11 percent of the total population due to poor management and safety, said Tulus Abadi from the Indonesian Con

Farouk Arnaz & Tri Listiyarini – With already 1,547 people killed in 9,884 road accidents this year, authorities and transport industry experts are pointing to weak implementation o

Kate Lamb – Travellers in Indonesia struggling with the usual rough landings and delayed flights now have a new cause for concern: was the pilot smoking crystal meth before take-off?

Ambon – Officials say a passenger ferry with more than 150 people on board sank off the Maluku Islands in eastern Indonesia.

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – His job might not be as exciting as a pilot, but Riski Ramadhan, 24, an air traffic control (ATC) officer in Hang Nadim International Airport in Batam, Riau

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – "Vested interests" are behind sluggish official efforts to upgrade the nation's antiquated and overburdened air traffic control (ATC) system, despite the pot

Jakarta – Bowing to pressure from the Indonesian Telecommunications Regulatory Body (BRTI), 10 cellular service providers, all members of the Indonesian Cellular Phone Provider Associat

Indonesian activists are encouraging mobile phone users to turn their cellphones off on Saturday to protest against unwanted mobile phone service costs.

Ulma Haryanto – A campaign in Central Jakarta to reclaim sidewalks for pedestrian use was foiled by a lack of support from the city, a nongovernmental organization claims.

Yuli Krisna, Bandung – The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology launched close to 2,000 Mobile Internet Service Centers on Monday to cater to rural areas in six province

Tiny East Timor has its first airline. Timor Air was launched yesterday and will operate daily flights between Dili, and Darwin in northern Australia.

Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja – Soft drinks vendor Sutarto was shocked when he saw a sedan drive into a fountain and tip over with a loud splash last month.

Dwi Lusiana, Malang, East Java – The 40-meter minaret outside Sabilillah Mosque looks like any other in this Muslim heartland.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Camelia Pasandaran – Saturday's crash of a Merpati Nusantara Airlines flight in Papua in which all 25 aboard were killed has raised questions about the mu

Ulma Haryanto & Eras Poke – As the drama continues over a recent display of supposed arrogance by a lawmaker involved in an argument over an airplane seat, flight experts have point

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Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The National Commission of Transportation Safety (KNKT) revealed Tuesday that the number of maritime casualty reports had increased to 128 cases in 2010 from 124

Neil Chatterjee, Jakarta – Indonesia is selling cars faster than it is building roads, increasing gridlock in cities and doing its efforts to attract foreign investment no favors.

Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – The government has announced plans to overhaul the air transportation sector in an effort to address the country's patchy record for flight safety and avia

Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – The National Police are questioning 11 people in connection with two deadly train crashes in Central Java that left 35 people dead over the weekend.

Jakarta – An angry President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono ordered his officials to roast the management of state-owned Telekomunikasi Selular Indonesia after he experienced technical diffic

Jakarta – Indonesia has gained the notorious distinction of being among seven countries that are home to two-thirds of the world's one billion undernourished people, an upcoming report

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – National airline Garuda Indonesia has been criticized for delaying two flights over the last few days to accommodate a senior politician and one of President Su

Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Indonesia – Despite Garuda Indonesia's first-half nosedive, which saw profit plummet 80 percent, the flagship carrier still expects to meet its 2010 earnings targ

Kupang, Indonesia – At least 11 people were killed and more than 30 are missing after a passenger boat went down in waters off eastern Indonesia on Monday, the country's search and resc