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  • AirAsia, Garuda cancel flights to and from Yogyakarta due to Merapi eruption

    AirAsia, Garuda cancel flights to and from Yogyakarta due to Merapi eruption

    AirAsia and Garuda Indonesia have cancelled a total of at least 26  flights to and from Yogyakarta after the eruption of Mount Merapi forced the ancient Javanese city’s airport to close.

    The cancelled AirAsia flights are AK 346, AK 347, AK 348 and AK 349 (Yogyakarta – Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur – Yogyakarta), QZ 659 (Singapore – Yogyakarta), QZ 7557, QZ 7550, QZ 7551, QZ 7552 and QZ 7553 (Yogyakarta – Jakarta, Jakarta – Yogyakarta), XT 8448 and XT 8449 (Bali – Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta – Bali).

    Passengers of cancelled flights will be given the option of rescheduling, rerouting their journey or a refund or credit. AirAsia also advised passengers to check AirAsia’s website and social media accounts for further updates.

    Meanwhile Garuda, Indonesia’s national carrier, cancelled 14 flights.

    Yogyakarta’s Adisutjipto International Airport, 520km south-east of Jakarta, was closed at about 10:42am on Friday local time, and reopened at 2:17pm, state air-navigation operator AirNav Indonesia said in a statement Friday.

    Mount Merapi’s eruptions are minor, caused by accumulation of volcanic gases, and shouldn’t lead to further outbursts, the Centre for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation at the nation’s Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry, said in a statement, adding its status is “normal.”

    Other airlines that canceled flights include those operated by the Lion Group.

    It said it would inform passengers of affected flights through email and text message.

    “AirAsia strongly encourages all guests to update their contact details at airasia.com to ensure that they are notified of any updates to their flights,” AirAsia said in a statement on Friday.

    Indonesia is located on the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, an arc of volcanoes and geological fault lines surrounding the Pacific Basin. According to the Volcanological Survey of Indonesia, the archipelago has about 120 active volcanoes. It has had two of the world’s biggest volcanic eruptions in the past two centuries: Mount Tambora in 1815 and Krakatau in 1883.

    Last year, Mount Agung on the neighbouring island of Bali erupted and forced the airport at the popular holiday destination to close several times. Yogyakarta is also a prominent tourist spot for Buddhist pilgrims.

    The volcanic ash and gases spewed can be dangerous to planes passing through the plume. In 1982, all four engines on a British Airways Boeing Co. 747 stalled when the plane encountered the debris from Mount Galunggung in Indonesia.

    The plane dropped for almost four miles before the pilot was able to restart three engines and make an emergency landing in Jakarta.

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  • President Jokowi calls for better transportation between Sumatra and Java

    President Jokowi calls for better transportation between Sumatra and Java

    President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), during a closed-door meeting on Monday, emphasized the need for improving transportation services between the islands of Sumatra and Java by operating better ferries.

    “We are concerned about the operation of the toll road from Lampung Province to Palembang, which leads to vehicle queues in Merak-Bakauheni crossing lane,” the Lampung Governor M Ridho Ficardo stated here on Monday.

    Jokowi and Vice President M. Jusuf Kalla (Jokowi), along with Ricardo and other officials, held a meeting in the Presidents Office to discuss the National Strategic Project and Prioritized Program.

    Ficardo stressed that the transportation authority should deploy several ferries of better quality to improve cargo transportation between Merak and Bakauheni ports that connect Sumatra and Java islands.

    According to Ficardo, the authority should operate ferry trips every hour to transport cargo and passengers.

    He reiterated that the authority can increase the ticket price to provide better services and deploy faster ferries.

    “The improved toll road should be offset by better crossing access. It is fine to increase the price to provide better services,” Ficardo pointed out.

    The meeting also discussed the development of industrial areas in Tanggamus District that builds maritime industry, Mesuji District, and Waypisan District.

    The governor added that the industrial area in Mesuji District could be developed, because the region has a mine of low calorie coals that can supply fuel for power plants.

    The Trans Sumatera toll road has entered the second phase of construction with the development of toll road of 250 kilometers. The government is targeting its completion in 2018.

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  • China interested in establishing direct flight to West-Java

    China interested in establishing direct flight to West-Java

    The Executive Director of PT Bandara Internasional Jawa Barat, Virda Dimas Ekaputra, said that the Chengdu administration of China has stated its interest in establishing direct flight to Kertajati Airport of West Java Province.

    “They were excited when they knew that the West Java administration was to build a new international airport in Kertajati of Majalengka District,” Ekaputra said here on Tuesday.

    According to the director, the Chengdu administration has proposed the direct flight to Soekarno-Hatta Airport of Tangerang City.

    However, Soekarno-Hatta Airport could not accept their proposal due to the flight slot being full.

    Ekaputra stated that all ASEAN countries, except Indonesia, have maintained connection of their cities with Chengdu.

    He hoped that the establishment of the airport in West Java Province could develop the tourism sector in the area.

    Thus, the company will cooperate with West Java Cultural and Tourism Service to promote tourism in the region.

    “West Java would be one of the tourism destinations. The development would contribute to achieve 20 million foreign tourists,” Ekaputra added.

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  • Indonesia-Singapore partnership to open 4,000 jobs in Central Java

    Indonesia-Singapore partnership to open 4,000 jobs in Central Java

    Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) have issued a joint statement, that a cooperation project being built in Central Java is estimated to create 4,000 jobs.

    Prime Minister Lee and President Jokowi issued the joint statement at Wisma Perdamaian here on Monday.

    The visiting prime minister said there were many Singapore companies investing in Indonesia not only in the free trade areas of Batam-Bintan-Karimun (BBK) in Riau Islands, but also in other areas in the country.

    “Including in the Kendal Industrial Park to be officially commissioned today,” he said.

    According to Lee, the project in Kendal is an important cooperation project with big scale that could create 4,000 new jobs in Semarang especially in Kendal.

    He said the cooperation project constitutes a step of win win outcome between the two countries.

    “We also discussed development of cooperation in other sectors including tourism and we agree to increase tourist traffics mutually beneficial to the two countries,” he said.

    The two countries are designing joint destinations enabling tourists to visit to Singapore and Indonesia in a one trip.

    Lee hopes that the signing of the cooperation agreement on the tourism sector between Indonesia and Singapore, would lead to opening the route of tourist boats to boost development of cruise industry.

    “We encourage capacity building of Indonesia in hospitality and tourism sector,” he said.

    Both sides also discussed investment cooperation between the two countries, such as in the energy sector like energy that could be contributed to Indonesias 35,000 megawatt power generating program.

    Lee suggested to Jokowi, who agreed, the forming of Indonesia-Singapore Business Council to give added value to the partnership of the two countries.

  • Central Java to build high quality salt factory

    Central Java to build high quality salt factory

    The Central Java administration plans to build factories to produce high quality salt to improve the welfare of the local salt farmers.

    “Currently five pilot projects of salt factory are being prepared,” Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo said here on Tuesday.

    Ganjar said factories to produce high quality salt need to be built immediately in Central Java as the province is a potential producer of salt especially its northern coastal areas.

    Unfortunately the quality of farmers salt in that area is relatively low that the price is also low, he said.

    The provincial administration has discussed the plan with a number of relevant experts, the governor said.

    “There has been talk on the possibility of producing high quality salt,” he said.

    He said so far the price of farmers salt in northern coastal area of Central Java has been very low at around Rp350 per kilogram.

    With the factories the quality of salt would be improved and the price could rise to an ideal level of Rp650 per kg, he said.

    Deputy chairman of the regional legislative assembly Yudi Sancoyo asked the regional administration to address the condition of the salt farmers in the region.

    “It is feared that the price of farmers salt would drop in this years grand harvest. Instead of gaining from the grand harvest the farmers would likely suffer losses,” he said.

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  • Indika Consortium to Build $1.4b Power Plant in Cirebon

    Indika Consortium to Build $1.4b Power Plant in Cirebon

    Integrated mining and energy company Indika Energy will lead a consortium that includes Japanese and South Korean companies to invest between $1.2 billion and $1.4 billion to build a power plant in Cirebon, West Java.

    Indika Energy will work with Japanese trading company Marubeni Corporation, South Korean electricity production and supply company Korea Midland Power, and South Korean resources and energy company Santan Corporation.

    The 1,000 megawatt power plant construction is a way to support the government’s plan in infrastructure development.

    The government will build a 10,000 MW power plant and private companies are expected to build the remaining 25,000 MW power plant.

    “We would like to be a part of the government’s plan,” Indika Energy president director Wishnu Wardhana said on Tuesday. “We hope that we can own 25 to 30 percent of the shares in this project,”

    The new power plant will be in addition to the company’s 660 MW power plant, also in Cirebon.

    Indika owns a 20 percent stake in the existing power plant, while Marubeni owns 32.5 percent,and Korea Midland Power 27.5 percent.