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Airport Tax Removed, AP II: Airplane Ticket Prices Can Be Cheaper

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The government provides a stimulus in the form of eliminating service fees Passenger Aircraft (PJP2U) otherwise known as Passenger Service Charge (PSC) to para passenger planes departing from 13 airport to encourage the revival of the aviation and tourism industry.

“This stimulus is very positive because it can lighten the community. Airline ticket prices can be cheaper, “said President Director of PT Angkasa Pura II Muhammad Awaluddin, in his statement in Jakarta, Friday (23/10/2020).

Previously, the Government through the Director General of Air Transportation of the Ministry of Transportation Novie Riyanto signed a joint agreement to provide stimulus for service tariff flights airplane passengers air together with Space Pure I (Persero), PT Angkasa Pura II (Persero) and the Indonesian National Aviation Company Association (INACA).

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PSC alias removal airport tax This is given to passengers on aircraft for domestic departures at 13 airport from 23 October – 31 December 2020, before 00.01 on 1 January 2021.

According to Awaluddin, the PSC will still be paid to PT Angkasa Pura II, but not from airplane passengers but from the government using the state budget.

He explained that the elimination of PSC fees for passengers applies at the five domestic departure airports of Angkasa Pura II, namely Airport Soekarno-Hatta (Tangerang), Kualanamu (Deli Serdang), Halim Perdanakusuma (Jakarta), Silangit (Siborong-borong) and Banyuwangi.

So far, PSC rates are added to passenger tickets for departures from Terminal 3 Airport Soekarno-Hatta Rp. 130,000 per passenger, Terminal 2 Soekarno-Hatta Airport Rp. 85,000 per passenger.

Then Halim Perdanakusuma Airport Rp 50,000 per passenger, Silangit Airport Rp 60,000 per passenger, Banyuwangi Airport Rp 65,000 per passenger, Kuala Namu Airport Rp 100,000 per passenger.

“With this stimulus PSC costs are no longer imposed on passengers,” he said.

He assessed that this PSC incentive can encourage airlines to reopen / add domestic route services, then airlines increase the frequency of flying on existing routes, and airports can increase the utilization of flight slot times.

“This stimulus is believed to be able to make aviation more optimally contribute to the economy, and also support the National Economic Recovery (PEN) program,” he said.

The expected impact of this incentive is also to increase the movement of passengers at the airport and increase the level of passenger occupancy on the plane (load factor).

According to Awaluddin, during January – September 2020, the total number of passenger movements (departing, arriving, transiting) at PT Angkasa Pura II’s 19 airports, both international and domestic routes, reached 27.30 million people.

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In the same period, the number of passengers departing on domestic routes at 5 airports under the PSC incentive scheme (Soekarno-Hatta, Halim Perdanakusuma, Kualanamu, Silangit, Banyuwangi) was 7.40 million people or 68 percent of the total passengers only departs on domestic routes at 19 airports.

Especially at Soekarno-Hatta Airport, the number of passengers departing on domestic routes reached 5.51 million people or about 75 percent of the total passengers departing at these 5 airports.

“This data indicates that the 5 airports that are included in the PSC incentive scheme have a significant contribution to aviation traffic at PT Angkasa Pura II’s 19 airports. We will coordinate with airlines so that this stimulus program can be utilized properly in an effort to increase flight utilization, “said Muhammad Awaluddin.

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