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Indonesia Issues New Air Travel Regulations
The Indonesian Government issued new regulations on air travel during the Covid-19 Pandemic. The rules are stipulated in Transportation Minister Decree Number 88/2021. "It's effective starting on October 24, 2021," said Director-General of Air Transport at the Transportation Ministry, Novie Riyanto, on Friday, October 22. The latest issuance regulates the would-be passengers taking flights from or to airports in Java and Bali, as well as regions under level 3 & 4 PPKM (Covid-19 restriction), must show vaccination card of at least the first dose and negative result of RT-PCR test, maximum 2x24 hours before departure. Meanwhile, for flights from and to airports outside of Java-Bali regions categorized as level 1 and 2 PPKM, would be passengers must show negative result of RT-PCR test 2x24 hours before departure or RT-antigen test 24 hours before departure. Children under 12 years old and people with special health condition are in the exempted category. However, children below 12 years old must be accompanied their parent or family which can be proven by showing family card. Meanwhile, the people with special health condition must show health sertificate from state-owned hospital stating that the individual has yet/can yet to get Covid-19 vaccine. Showing vaccination sertificate is also not mandatory for passengers of small aircraft and airlines that serve underdeveloped and border regions flights. During the implementation period of the air travel new rules, Novie went on, the passengers seat capacity categorized as narrow-body and wide-body jet transport may be increased to over 70 percent. But the airlines must provide three rows of seat dedicated for quarantine area for passengers indicated to have Covid-19 symptoms.

Solutions For Jakarta's Air Pollution Problem
Ricky Amukti from Traction Energy Asia said the source of the capital city’s pollution problems come from three aspects : transportation, power plants, and waste. "The largest air pollution contributor comes from transportation, which constitutes 50 percent, while 30 percent come from the West Java and Banten coal fired power plant, and the rest come from waste," Ricky said in a webinar discussing Jakarta's air pollution problems on Thursday, October 7, 2021.
Ricky cited data stating that there are 16 million motorcycles and 3.6 million cars that pass through Jakarta, which include Banten and West Java, the data excludes the population of public transportation. All of the afore mentioned motor vehicles produce emissions and need a large amount of fuel to operate, which in the end creates air pollution. He believed that there are solutions to overcome these problems and insists that local governments need to produce a grand design to tackle the issue. Amukti offered stakeholders to replace traditional fuel with a more environmentally friendly alternative or completely transition to electric vehicles. Amukti also mentioned the use of cooking oil that can power biodiesel powered engines. He said that there are potentially 12 million liters of biodiesel fuel annually from used cooking oil waste from households, and Micro Small & Medium Enterprises, excluding industries and restaurants. Citing a study by the Royal Academy Engineering, he said that "Emissions from used cooking oil are 80 to 90 percent lower compared to what is currently used." As an electric source, Jakarta can make use of rooftop solar panels which are generally modular and applicable across Jakarta's urban environment. Amukti argued that one megawatt from the solar panels can reduce greenhouse effect emissions by 1,226 CO2 annually.