A Garuda Indonesia airplane. (Shutterstock.com/e X p o s e) Mardika Parama The Jakarta Post Jakarta Fri, September 11, 2020 / 06:26 pm National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia expects the domestic market to drive its business this year, which is showing signs of recovery despite the heavy blow to the aviation sector by COVID-19, the company’s top executive has said. Garuda president...
NEWS DESK THE JAKARTA POST Jakarta / Wed, September 2, 2020 / 06:20 pm National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia has resumed flight services to China following months of travel restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic. The company had grounded all commercial flights to China earlier this year. “The Chinese government has now implemented a policy that allows one airline...
Adrian Wail Akhlas The Jakarta Post The pandemic has lowered the income of all kinds of businesses, from small to medium-sized to large, the President said. (Antara/Yusuf Nugroho) The government will start to disburse Rp 2.4 million (US$163) in cash aid for workers starting on Thursday as part of its latest measure to boost spending reeling from COVID-19, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has...
JAKARTA - Indonesia is set to relax property rules soon to make it easier for foreigners to own homes in the country, a Cabinet minister said on Thursday (July 23), in a major change that could spur the slumping economy. Agrarian and Spatial Planning Minister Sofyan Djalil told property tycoons in a webinar that the new property rules set to be ratified into law by the end of next month (August), will...
The Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment, Pak Luhut Binsar Panjaitan, announced that Indonesian officials will not open the tourism sector to foreign tourists until the end of 2020. The Provincial Government of Bali was set to reopen the tourism sector for foreign tourists on September 11, 2020, followed by strict health protocols to reduce the potential for transmission of...