Ignasius Jonan – Indonesia Transportation Minister
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Indonesia to include airport departure tax – Update
The newly appointed Transportation Minister, Mr Ignasius Jonan, has instructed airlines to include the Passenger Service Charge (airport tax), to be included in the ticket. The deadline for the implementation was initially January 1st, 2015 but has been moved backward to March 1st, 2015 to give some more time to airlines both domestic and foreign.
At a recent annual meeting of the Indonesia National Air Carriers Association (INACA), the Minister said that “Airlines have no other choice but to follow”.
So how about the readiness of the airports?
Daryanto, Corporate Secretary of the airport operator (Angkasa Pura II), explains they are finalizing the implementation of the integration of airport tax payments with tickets. PSC, or more commonly called airport tax, is a levy that is charged by the airport operator as a source of income.
“Our target is 1st January. That is what we are working towards to now and we will start the bilateral talks” said Daryanto to detikFinance, Friday (11/14/2014).
The state-owned airport operator will hold talks with PT Angkasa Pura I (AP I) which is a sister company to Angkasa Pura II. “We will first talk with AP I, and then talk with the airlines and listen to their input” he explained.
AP II is also considering the integration of PSC to comply with the standards of the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The reason for the meeting was looking for a solution that is mutually beneficial between the airlines, passengers and the airport operator.
Meanwhile, airlines are responding positive but still have several questions.
Garuda for example chose to implement the airport tax in 2012 with the hope that others would follow. Garuda recently decided to stop including the PSC in October 2014 as they were making losses of about Rp 2 billion (US$163,961) per month. These losses came from uncollected payments as Garuda was using the IATA system but the airport was using a different system.
Edward Sirait, LionAir’s general affairs director, asked for clear instructions on how to deal with PSC on multi stop flights. “For example, if someone buys a ticket to Gunungsitoli Airport in North Sumatra, which requires a stop at Kuala Namu, will the passenger be charged on Kuala Namu’s airport tax? The government needs to be clear about this,” he continued.
Arif Wibowo, the Indonesian National Air Carriers Association (INACA) chairman, said that a meeting was held recently between the ministry, airlines, airport operators and the IATA to discuss the procedure.
Source : Finance Detik & Jakarta Post
Hi There… Please advice if i need to pay departure tax going back to Japan today, with Garuda
The departure tax has been included in the ticket price since February 2015.
So just to make this clear, I’m leaving Bali with Philippine airlines, my ticket was booked after the 9th of Feb, I won’t need to pay any departure tax, correct?
Hi Ronnie, yes, all airlines have started including the airport tax in the price of the ticket from 9 February 2015 onwards (except for AirAsia who started on 25 Feb). If you have bought your Philippine Airline flight after 9 Feb 2015 then you would have already paid the airport tax.
Does this means we dont have to carry cash for departure from indonesia airport? Now it is inclusive in our tickets? This is the 250000rp airport tax is it?
Hi Ashley, that is correct. If you booked a flight after 9 February 2015 (or 25 February for AirAsia), then the Rp 200,000 Indonesian International airport departure tax is included in the ticket price. Please read this update; https://www.balistoreluggage.com/blog/indonesia-to-include-airport-departure-tax-update/
hello teman-teman, apa khabar?..
one more reason among so many others
to love Indonesia!!..
the govt in Indonesia is doing
all the right things and i love it,
including this tax, hard on crime
& illegal drugs, infrastructure
projects going on, etc etc.
please govt of Indonesia continue
this way!.. looking forward
to visiting and staying there.
(meanwhile Philippines lagging behind.
been there done that. 🙂 )
Indonesia, one of the new top successful
countries of Asia!.. a new Malaysia
kind of country.. 🙂
if you visit Indonesia frequently
or if you live or plan to live there,
especially if u been to Java & Sumatra,
please friend me on fb, search my name. thank you.
sincerely,
mr. Loren Kote
(a young albanian-american entrepreneur,
marketer, writer, english teacher.)
Hi Loren, I couldn’t agree with you more!
how come it is “Updated on 9 December 2015”?? (see at the start of the article). Today is still 20 January 2015….
Hello Hafid, thank you for spotting the error, that should have been 9 December 2014 (not 2015). Already fixed 😉
Have a nice day
Congratulations… for years now we have been asking why do we have to wait in line to pay for a visa. Lets hope now this will assist the government in stamping out corruption.