Different From Airplanes, KAI Explains Reasons Not To Lower Ticket Prices During Lebaran Homecoming

EVP of Corporate Secretary of KAI Raden Agus Dwinanto Budiadji. (Photo: Mery Handayani/VOI)

JAKARTA - PT Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero) or KAI has opened its voice about train ticket rates that do not experience price reductions such as airplanes during the peak season for Eid Al-Fitr 2025.

KAI's EVP of Corporate Secretary Raden Agus Dwinanto Budiadji said the reason was because KAI never raised train rates on peak season or peak traffic during Eid homecoming and return.

"If you ask why the train doesn't lower the tariff? Yes, because we don't increase the tariff either," said Raden when met at the KAI Jakarta Railway Center, Gambir, Jakarta, Friday, March 7.

Moreover, continued Raden, the services available on trains are more economic class, both public service obligation (PSO) and commercial services. Thus, train fares are still considered affordable.

"Because if we look at our class, we won almost 60 percent of the economic class, yes, although part of it is commercial, as well as PSO. So the increase in this segment will not change much compared to usual weekends," he explained.

Although it did not lower ticket prices, continued Raden, KAI presented a promo in the form of discounted ticket prices of up to 25 percent.

In addition, KAI also provides free homecoming with a quota of 400 seats and has run out.

"We give discounts, yes, because it is known that the pattern of passengers is usually if the homecoming flow and the return are empty. We also serve free homecoming," he said.

Previously, the Minister of Transportation (Menhub) Dudy Purwagandhi stated that the ticket price for domestic aircraft for the economy class fell 13-14 percent during Eid 2025 transportation, to provide easy transportation for people who will travel during the holiday at that momentum.

"The policy of decreasing plane ticket prices is a form of the government's real commitment, to provide convenience and relief for people who want to celebrate Eid al-Fitr in their hometowns," said the Minister of Transportation in a statement in Jakarta, quoted by Antara, Monday, March 3.

It is known, the Government officially lowered the ticket price for domestic aircraft in the economic class by 13 to 14 percent during the 2025 Eid Transport period.

This policy is in line with President Prabowo Subianto's direction to reduce the price of aircraft tickets to ease the burden on the community, and aims to support the smooth running, ease, and comfort of community travel during the Eid Transport period.