JAKARTA - PT Pelayaran Nasional Indonesia (Persero) or Pelni provides a 30 percent discount on ship fares for the 2026 Lebaran holiday period.
The discount is part of the economic stimulus issued by the government.
Pelni President Director Tri Handayani said that the discount given was much higher than last year which was recorded at 20 percent.
"Last year, the first discount was 20 percent and only in certain sections. Well, for this Lebaran, the discount has been added by the government by 30 percent and applies to all sections or routes of our ships," he said in a press conference, in Jakarta, Wednesday, March 4.
You said that the discount on the ship ticket rate would continue until all discounted tickets were sold out. He said that after all the discounted tickets were sold out, people would buy ticket rates at normal prices.
Currently, said Anda, the discounted tickets have been sold as many as 185,000 out of a total of 641,000 projected for Lebaran 2026.
"This is our peak season, which will be from March 6 to April 6. So yes, it is extraordinary that people are interested in going to their hometowns or going on vacation," he said.
In addition to ticket discounts, you said Pelni also presented a free homecoming program as a result of collaboration with a number of SOEs. He said, Pelni together with a number of SOEs provided a total of 2,757 free homecoming tickets with SOEs.
"This program includes 1,000 tickets from Pelni, 1,050 tickets from PLN, 250 tickets from Batam Persero, 256 tickets from Pegadaian, and Telkomsel with 200 tickets," said Anda.
"You said that to make it easier for the public, Pelni also provides various channels for purchasing tickets that have a wide coverage. Such as, digital channels and payment partners are expanded so that public access is easier.
Among them are the Pelni Mobile application, the Pelni website, the contact center 162, branch outlets, the Lifestyle BCA Mobile feature, my BCA, Sukha by Livin Mandiri, BNI agent46, BRI agent link BRImo, OVO, Dana, Telkomsel, Indomaret network and OMI partner Indogrosir, Alfamart and Alfamidi network, ATA Tour, Fastpay, easybook.com, via.com, MMBC, Darmawisata Indonesia to Versa and Topindo.
"This effort aims to increase the ease of access to information, schedule transparency, and convenience in the ticket purchase process," he said.
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