REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, PALEMBANG -- The airport management company PT Angkasa Pura will include airport tax in the airline ticket price, effective March 2015, according to Angkasa Pura II General Manager Zulfahmi.
"The move is intended to improve the services and offer convenience to air transportation users," Zulfahmi stated here on Thursday (8/1).
He explained that Angkasa Pura II in Palembang, South Sumatra, has incorporated the airport tax in the airline ticket price, starting January 1, 2015, for departures effective March 1, 2015.
According to Zulfahmi, the policy is being implemented to improve the services offered to passengers, who have to queue up to pay airport tax.
He noted that starting March this year, airline passengers will no longer have to stand in queues for airport tax payment as PT Angkasa Pura will incorporate it in the ticket price.