Minister of Transportation (Menhub) Budi Karya Sumadi warned airlines not to increase the price of arbitrary tickets ahead of the Eid Al-Fitr 2023 holiday.
Budi said that the need for plane tickets will increase in the 2023 Eid season. Given that many people want to go home.
"There are important things we convey to operators, please don't increase arbitrary rates, we know our brothers need to go home, or take a vacation, operators should not be cooperative in raising one excessive tariff," he said at a press conference at the State Palace, quoted from the Presidential Secretariat, Saturday, March 25.
Furthermore, Budi emphasized that he did not hesitate to impose strict sanctions on operators who increase ticket prices beyond the specified upper limit.
"We have an upper limit, if it exceeds the upper limit then we will be reprimanded with strict sanctions," he explained.
Budi said that the government has made two efforts to overcome density problems at airports, especially Soekarno Harta Airport during this year's Eid homecoming season. First, it increases the number of planes.
"If we increase the number of aircraft from the start, we have ramp checked. So, the capacity or number that can fly is a lot. Yesterday the Director General did that," he said.
Second, continued Budi, airport operations from those that close at 16.00 will now be asked to operate until 20.00 WIB. Then, airports operating until 12.00 are asked to operate for 24 hours.
"Why? So that the aircraft rotation does move optimally. If usually only six flights, this can be eight flights. So the number transported is greater," he said.
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