Maskapai penerbangan berbiaya rendah Indonesia AirAsia, unit lokal dari AirAsia yang bermarkas di Malaysia dan salah satu maskapai penerbangan berbiaya rendah unggulan di dunia, akan berusaha mengumpulkan 250 juta dollar AS selama dua tahun ke depan melalui sebuah penawaran saham perdana (initial public offering/IPO) di Bursa Efek Indonesia (BEI) serta penerbitan obligasi konversi. Obligasi ini senilai 110 juta dollar AS (yang akan memiliki tingkat kupon rendah dengan waktu jatuh tempo 2 tahun), sementara IPOnya (yang dijadwalkan untuk 2017) diprediksi untuk menghasilkan sekitar 150 juta dollar AS.

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Small Indonesian airlines face difficult times ahead of the implementation of a new law (UU No. 1 2009 on Aviation) which stipulates that per 1 July 2015 all Indonesian airlines have to operate at least ten aircraft. Of this ten airplanes, at least five aircraft have to be owned by the airline, while the remainder can be leased. The Indonesian government emphasized that if domestic airlines fail to comply with the new law per July 2015, then their flight permits will be revoked.

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On Tuesday 12 March there will be no transportation possible to the island of Bali, Indonesia's most popular destination in terms of tourism. On that day Hindus celebrate Nyepi, i.e. the Day of Silence or the Hindu New Year in the Balinese Saka calendar. Bali still contains a Hindu majority population amid Indonesia's Muslim-majority population. The island's traditional Hindu culture and customs is one reason for the annual millions of foreign arrivals.

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