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 : 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 per cent to 13.3 per cent while minimum fares for the first 4km of travel were also raised. The new fares will take effect three days from Wednesday, Hendro said.
(This story corrected day to Wednesday)