Good News From Indonesia

Garuda Indonesia is set to confirm an order for Bombardier regional jets in the next few weeks, most likely at the Singapore Airshow on 14-19 February. Indonesia’s flag carrier had been assessing both the Bombardier CRJ1000 and Embraer 190 for its 18-aircraft sub-100 seat regional jet requirements since early 2011. It decided on the CRJ [...]

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Mandala Airlines says it will be back in the air next month, despite failing on a previous occasion to meet a resumption deadline it set itself. The airline is racing to meet a Feb. 15 deadline set by the Transportation Ministry to resume its operations, a deadline its 51 percent owner, private equity firm Saratoga [...]

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Jika Jepang terkenal dengan kereta Shinkansen, maka Indonesia pun siap merencanakan kereta yang serupa dengan nama Argo Cahaya yang memiliki rute Jakarta-Surabaya, sedangkan biaya yang diperkirakan akan mencapai Rp 150 triliun sampai Rp 180 triliun. “Pengembangan KA Indonesia masa depan ada Argo Cahaya, Jakarta-Surabaya. Mengadopsi sistem Shinkansen Jepang. Studi awal sudah dilakukan,” ujar Bambang Susantono [...]

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Japanese carmaker Toyota Motor Corp (TMC) will add a further Rp 1.3 trillion (US$141 million) to its investment in Indonesia this year, in order to increase its production capacity to 230,000 vehicles by 2013. “TMC has already agreed to add 50,000 vehicles more to the annual production capacity in Indonesia,” PT Toyota Astra Motor (TAM) [...]

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By Akhyari Hananto Pagi ini saya mendapatkan kabar bahwa Batavia Air akan memulai penerbangan perdana Manado – Guazhou. Sebuah langkah berani, karena bagaimanapun langkah ini tentu saja ingin memanfaatkan market di Guagzhou yang terus meningkat, dan membawanya ke Manado. Sementara Manado sendiri bukanlah sebuah destinasi utama di dunia penerbangan di Indonesia, masih jauh di bawah [...]

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Penjualan mobil tahun 2011 di tanah air diyakini mendekati angka 1 juta unit, sebuah milestone baru yang ditunggu-tunggu industri otomotif Indonesia. Bukan apa-apa, penjualan mobil dari Januari – Desember 2011 saja sudah melewati penjualan mobil di Thailand, negara yang telah bertahun-tahun merajai penjualan mobil di Asean dalam hal jumlah. Tahun lalu lah untuk pertama kalinya, [...]

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Saya bertemu Pak Dahlan Iskan kemarin di Surabaya. Tetap seperti dulu, tetap bersahaja, bahkan cucunya memakai setelan kaos ‘murahan’ khas pasar tradisional. Selalu menarik mengikuti sepak terjang beliau. Dan ini adalah tulisan beliau mengenai satu maskapai yang saya sayangi. Merpati. – Kadang libur itu penting. Pada hari tanpa kesibukan itulah persoalan yang rumit bisa dibicarakan [...]

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[The Jakarta Post]: The Indonesian Soccer Association (PSSI) says it will not extend its naturalization programs to hire more soccer players in an effort to give more opportunities to local talent. Five foreign national football players, Victor Chukwuekenzie Igbonefo, Johnny Rudolf van Beu Kering, Tonnie Harry Cousel, Greg Nwokolo and Stefano Janite Lilipaly, were naturalized [...]

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The natural resources and technical abilities as well as research facilities which actually could be optimized further made President Susilo Bambang Yudhyono to believe that in some time to come Indonesia will emerge as a country playing an important role in food production regionally and globally. “I say that this country has good food prospects. [...]

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Busway service operator PT Transjakarta announced plans to install cameras on buses in efforts to improve services and prevent sexual harassment on its services. “We have installed cameras on one bus for a trial period, and will soon install them on on the rest of our fleet,” Transjakarta spokesman Muhammad Akbar said Tuesday as reported [...]

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