Minister Of Transportation Will Revise Upper Limit Tariffs, Airplane Tickets In Regions Will Be Cheaper?

Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi (Photo: between)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub) is reviewing plans to lower the upper limit tariff (TBA) for aircraft tickets. However, this reduction in upper limit rates only applies to certain areas.

Minister of Transportation (Menhub) Budi Karya Sumadi plans to revise the TBA for aircraft tickets to the regions. But not all regions, but only areas with poor purchasing power.

"We still refer to or pay attention to this TBA, but maybe the TBA for certain areas that we do, not all of them," he said at the CEO Talks INACA event at the Park Hyatt Hotel, Jakarta, Thursday, November 2.

Budi said the plan to reduce the regional TBA is considering people's purchasing power to buy aircraft tickets that are still low. Especially, he said, in eastern Indonesia.

"People are also limited in purchasing power. It is proven that many of the eastern parts of Indonesia are unable to board planes, because the price is not cheap," he said.

However, Budi said that the decrease in the TBA for aircraft tickets must be studied comprehensively from various sides. The reason is, the Indonesian aviation industry is still facing challenges. Such as weakening the rupiah exchange rate, increasing the price of aviation fuel to scarcity of aircraft parts.

"So we can't see one side, we have to look at it 360 degrees," he said.

As previously reported, Acting Governor of NTT, Ayodhia GL Kalake revealed that the current obstacle faced by the people of East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) is a very significant increase in aircraft ticket prices.

This was conveyed by Ayodhia at the Celebration of the Peak of National Maritime Day 59 of 2023 in Kupang, Thursday, October 12.

Therefore, Ayodhia asked the Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi to pay attention to the issue of expensive ticket prices.

"Hopefully it is pleased to be the attention of the Minister of Transportation, currently one of the obstacles faced by the people of NTT is a very significant increase in the ticket price for inter-regional aircraft in the province of East Nusa Tenggara," he said.

Furthermore, Ayodhia said the high ticket for this aircraft also made inflation in the regions high.

"This will then contribute to your inflation, please pay attention and ask for your support," said Ayodhia.