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Garuda Indonesia lowers ticket prices for Jakarta-Pangkal Pinang route

The move was Garuda Indonesia's response to the issuance of Transportation Ministry Regulation No. 109/2019 on upper limit fare (TBA) alteration.

News Desk (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta
Tue, May 21, 2019 Published on May. 21, 2019 Published on 2019-05-21T12:51:02+07:00

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Garuda Indonesia lowers ticket prices for Jakarta-Pangkal Pinang route The lower prices already include a 10 percent value-added tax, airport tax and insurance. (Shutterstock.com/e X p o s e)

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s the Idul Fitri holidays approach, national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia has decreased the ticket prices for its Jakarta-Pangkal pinang route.

The airline's branch manager in Pangkal Pinang in the Bangka Belitung Islands province, Solpa Puji Harsagi, told Antara on Tuesday that the move was a response to the issuance of Transportation Ministry Regulation No. 109/2019 on upper limit fare (TBA) alteration. Hence, the carrier's Jakarta-Pangkal Pinang ticket price is now Rp 1,216,300 (US$84), about 13 percent lower than the previous fare of Rp 1.4 million.

Meanwhile, for the Pangkal Pinang-Jakarta route, the flight is now priced at Rp 1,131,300. Previously it was Rp 1,315,000. 

Read also: Indonesia issues two new regulations on airfares

"Generally the decrease is about 15 percent, whereas the TBA is Rp 983,000," said Solpa.

The aforementioned prices already include a 10 percent value-added tax, airport tax and insurance. (kes)

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