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December 13, 2024 | 10:25 pm
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Ministry of Transportation stated on Thursday that 2,571,528 plane tickets have been sold as of December 5, 2024. The Director of Air Transport at the ministry, Agustinus Budi Hartono, said this figure accounts for 31 percent of the capacity available for this year’s year-end holiday periods.
He said the impact of lower airfare for domestic flights by 10 percent will be visible after a week of sales. "We will see the impact a week or perhaps five days before the Christmas and New Year holiday period,” he said on Thursday, December 12, referring to the projected surge of domestic aviation passengers.
Previously, the Ministry of Transportation's spokesperson, Elba Damhuri, confirmed that the government has decided to lower airfare during the year-end holiday period in all airports in Indonesia. This policy, he said, is a direct directive from President Prabowo Subianto to help lower people’s burden of air travel expenses.
Elba Damhuri mentioned that the government set to lower 10 percent of airfare after a limited meeting between Prabowo and several ministers, including the Minister of Transportation at the Presidential Palace.
"As a result, the government agreed to reduce airfare by 10 percent during Christmas and New Year holidays at all airports in Indonesia," said Elba Damhuri in an official statement received by Tempo on Thursday, November 28.
He stated the 10 percent reduction in airplane ticket prices is without reducing the value-added tax, or VAT. Additionally, Elba Damhuri went on, the lower airfare is also a result of collaboration from various parties, including airlines, PT Angkasa Pura Indonesia, PT Pertamina, and AirNav.
For this year-end holiday period, he mentioned that all airlines are asked to reduce costs such as the fuel surcharge, the passenger service charge, and the aviation fuel price at select airports.
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