About Indonesia
- Geography
- Flora and Fauna
- History
- Culture and Education
- Languages and Dialects
- Government
- The People
- Religious Life and Traditions
- Provinces
- Transportation
- Science and Technology
- Telecommunication
- Agriculture
- Mining
- Health
- Mass Media
- Tourism & Travel
Transportation
The development of transportation services is directed to improving the efficiency and accountability of transportation services in general, in the aspects of maintenance and rehabilitation of transportation infrastructures and to add to the transportation services. Meanwhile, to develop the scope of transportation services, the activities in the remote area are carried out with subsidy, considering the need of the operation of land, sea and air transportation.
To continue the restructuring program, the government has made studies and reformed the policy, organized institutions, reviewed transportation regulations and improved the human resources in the transportation sector.
Inland Transport
In 2000, the number of domestically assembled motor vehicles was 128 million units. This is an increase of 92.75 percent compared to the of the previous year.
Railway in Indonesia is found only in Java and Sumatra; other islands do not have any railroad facilities. In 2000, the number of railway passengers in Java was 188 million. This is an increase of 19.75 percent compared to 1999. In Sumatra people travelling by train leaved increased by 18.8 percent, from 3.3 million in 1999 to 3.9 million in 2000.
Railway freight transported in Java was 5.9 million tons and the average distance per ton travelled 218 km per ton in 2000. In Sumatra, these figures reached 13.6 million tons and 272 km per ton, thus the total freight was 19.5 million tons and average distance 256 km per ton compared to the previous year. The railway freight transported in Java increased by 11.19 percent, while the average distance decreased by 6.03 percent. The railway freight handled in Sumatra decreased by 2.41 percent while the average distance of freight transported was the same with that of 1999. The total railway freight increased by 1.34 percent and the average to freight transported decreased 1.92 percent.
Sea Transport
In 1999, volume of international loaded sea cargo reached 139.3 million tons, which is increased by 4.22 percent from that of 1998. International unloaded sea cargo declined from 47.14 million tons in 1998 to 43.48 million tons in 1999. The volume of loaded cargo was bigger than the unloaded cargo going on international ocean liners. It is different with inter-island cargo. The volume of inter-island loaded cargo was 113.63 million tons or an increase by 0.13 percent in 1999. The seven areas with the most loaded cargo were East Java, Riau, East Kalimantan, West Java, Central Java, South Kalimantan and DKI Jakarta.
Air Transport
In 2000, the number of aircraft of the government owned airlines and those of the private sector decreased from 910 units to 512 units. This shows a decreased of 43.74% compared to 1999.
Government airline services for domestic and international flights cover scheduled flights only. In 2000, the number of departures was approximately at 55.9 thousand, a decrease of 47.32 percent compared to that 1999.
In 2000, private airline services of domestic flights were estimated to decrease by 44.56 percent compared to 1999.
At the same time, domestic departures were recorded around 258.200 flights and the arrivals 357.796 flights. It is an increase of 12% and 27% respectively compared to that of the previous year.
In 2000, the number of international departures was 38,324 flights and 37,796 flights for arrival aircraft. That means that departure flights increased by 7% and arrivals increased by 4% in 1999. Foe the same period, departing, arriving, and transit passengers increased by 2.36 percent, 2.62 percent and 27.00 percent respectively.
