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80,586 passengers on 1,381 flights passed through Bali’s I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport in July. 77,245 boarded 1,282 domestic flights and 3,341 passengers took 99 international flights, Herry AY Sikado, general manager of PT Angkasa Pura I (Persero)’s I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport office, said in a statement on Tuesday. In comparison, the …

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Qatar Airways resumed daily flights to Bali from Doha on Wednesday.  The daily flights depart from Doha’s Hamad International Airport (HIA) at 12:45 a.m. and arrive at Bali’s Ngurah Rai International Airport in Denpasar at 3:45 p.m. Meanwhile its QR961 flight will take off from Bali at 10 p.m. and land in Doha at 2:35 …

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Lion Air resumed domestic flights in Indonesia on Wednesday with new health policies in place after a temporary flight suspension this month. Lion Air restarted its operations after the COVID-19 task force issued new requirements for travel during the “new normal” period. Antara/Fauzan According new regulations, passengers only need to provide a letter showing the …

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The Traffic Unit of the North Kuta Police set up an operation on Saturday to enforce traffic safety rules including the use of helmets.  Over 75 people were pulled over in the operation including at least 24 foreigners living in the Canggu area.  North Kuta Police Kanitlantas Iptu I Wayan Sumardiana said that 85 warning …

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A flight departing from Perth to Bali took the wrong runway for takeoff causing the plane to have to make a sharp turn only 250 feet in the air. An investigation by Australia’s transport safety watchdog has revealed the pilot of a budget flight bound for Bali programmed the wrong runway on the aircraft’s system …

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A Perth man accused of a violent assault on a taxi driver in Bali is expected to reach a peace agreement with the victim. Tore Bempasciuto has been behind bars for almost a week after the 23-year-old allegedly bashed a taxi driver outside a nightclub because he thought the driver might have stolen his phone. It is …

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Hundreds of residents began arriving at the Gilimanuk Port in Bali to take part in Mudik and return to Java.  The port has been closed since late April to motorcycle traffic and a ban on Mudik was put in place by the President of Indonesia.  After hundreds of travelers from Bali lined up and overwhelmed …

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Bali and all of Indonesia have banned all air and sea travel until June, officials said, in an apparent effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus during the holiest period on the Islamic calendar. The temporary ban takes effect today, the first day of the fasting month of Ramadan for the Muslim-majority country, and …

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Hundreds of drivers in Gianyar Regency and Bangli Regency were happy to receive the first of three payments of Rp 600k to help get them through the pandemic.  In Gianyar there were 123 drivers who received the financial help and in Bangli 184 people also received the cash payment.  The funding for the payments was …

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A Russian tourist has been left with horrific head injuries after falling off a motorbike while in Bali.  Katya Sadikova, 29, was wearing a helmet when she fell from the motorbike on January 9. But when the helmet shattered Ms Sadikova was left fighting for her life.  She has already had multiple surgeries but still …

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The Head of Pererenan Village, Made Rai Yasa, said yesterday that there have been too many crimes reported in recent times on the shortcut road that connects Canggu and Pererenan and starting from Thursday night, yesterday, the banjar is limiting its operating times. From now vehicles are forbidden to pass along the road from 11pm …

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The Ngurah Rai Bypass underpass in Tuban, Kuta came into the local authorities spotlight on Monday afternoon when unknown persons painted the walls with various graffiti drawings. The National Road Construction Board, who keeps the Bypass maintained, have been gathering information and say that they are ready to report the incident to the police. Commitment …

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