Indonesia raises fares for app-based motorbike transport after fuel price hike


FILE PHOTO: An employee at a Total fuel station fills up a motorcycle in south Jakarta February 12, 2015. Picture taken February 12, 2015. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside/File Photo

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's Transport Ministry has raised fares for app-based motorbike transport services to account for the recent fuel price hike, senior official Hendro Sugiatno said on Wednesday.

The fares per kilometer were increased by between 6% to 13.3% while minimum fares for the first 4km of travel were also raised. The new fares will take effect three days from Wednesday, Hendro said.

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