Palembang-Jakarta Ticket Prices Increase From IDR 450,000 To IDR 1 Million More

The aircraft is ready to serve travelers at SMB II Palembang Airport. (ANTARA/Yudi Abdullah/22)

PALEMBANG - The price of plane tickets for Palembang-Jakarta before the end of the Eid al-Fitr 1443 Hijri or Lebaran 2022 holiday has soared since the last few days due to an increase in demand.

"The price of airplane tickets to Palembang-Jakarta since the last three days has moved up from normal conditions of around Rp. 450,000 to Rp. 900,000 to Rp. 1 million and above," said Wawan, ticket sales officer for Travel Zamzam, in Palembang, South Sumatra, as reported by Antara, Saturday, May 7th.

According to him, towards the end of the Eid holiday, there are no airlines that offer cheap ticket prices below Rp. 500,000.

"Since the last three days until the next few days, all airlines offer an upper limit ticket price," he said.

Airline ticket prices, especially for Palembang-Jakarta destinations, began to move down on Thursday, May 12, the cheapest Citilink flight ticket sold for IDR 871,000/person and the highest for Garuda tickets at IDR 1,097,200/person.

Based on the data, the demand for plane tickets today for the next three days is very high. However, it is starting to decrease because most of the homecomers have returned to their places of origin to return to work, school, trade and other activities.

Airlines that are ready to provide services for this Lebaran return at Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin International Airport (SMB) II Palembang, include Garuda Indonesia, Lion Air, Batik Air, Susi Air, Wings Air, NAM Air, and Citilink.

To take advantage of these air transportation services, the public can choose flights according to their needs starting at 05.25 WIB to 22.00 WIB. Meanwhile, the Executive General Manager of SMB II Palembang Airport Tommy Ariesdianto explained to anticipate the surge in the number of passengers at the peak of the return flow of Eid Al-Fitr 1443 Hijriah for several days to come. the front is optimized for the Lebaran transportation post.

Through this post, the public can obtain various information related to flight schedules to additional flights from all airlines serving the Palembang-Jakarta route and to several other destination cities such as Batam, Pangkalpinang, Bandung, and Surabaya at the peak of the Lebaran return.

In addition, he continued, the public can also use the post for rest or a place to wait for an invite from friends or family.

The Lebaran transportation service through Palembang SMB II Airport is strived to be as good as possible, he said, so that all air transportation service users can enjoy the trip comfortably and arrive at the destination city as planned.