Say Good Bye to Low Fare
Say good bye to Low Fare, in near ticketing fare will run up, the change is very strong indication if Government finished their revision on Minister of Transportation No.9 2002; Scheduling on Tariff on Air Plane and Trade for Economy Class. Government puts their reason that their assumption on airplane fuel 2.700/liter IRD is not relevant anymore; the fact, government shows that present airplane fuel price is 12.000/liter IDR, Tri Sueiadjie, Chair of Air Transportation in Jakarta yesterday.
We have 1 main point to revision the airplane tariff is present airplane fuel tariff, and the impact is clear that, low fare is not happen anymore, high limited price for ticketing is run high. We don’t know about the new price, and we are in discussing and estimating it and we hope in September we get new price, Tri Suriadjie Said.
Airlines Dilemma
So far, Indonesian airlines have difficult action to set ticketing price as running high airplane fuel, because government still use old rules with lower price standard than current fuel price. Airlines have no reason to change the price because they scare about government punished on their action.
Not up to date fuel pricing creates many problems, included complain from passenger that most airlines sold ticketing higher that government highest set price. But Tri complain and stayed behind the airlines, he said, I think Airlines are still in the rule.
Airlines appreciation on Government decision to revision the old airline pricing.
PT Merpati Nusantara Airlines secretary, Purwanto said that the revision will give us new rules and we appreciate it, It makes us a standard law to create new pricing, higher pricing. Otherwise, Tengku Burhanudin, Secretary of Indonesian National Air Carriers Association (INACA) said that the government decision to revision on highest pricing set on airlines and carriers isn’t relevant. His statement based on the opinion, that highest setting price is not only dependence on airplane fuel only.
