{"id":660211,"date":"2026-10-29T03:11:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T03:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/660211\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T03:11:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T03:11:32","slug":"southeast-asias-largest-economy-to-cut-domestic-airfares-by-up-to-13-for-year-end-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/660211\/","title":{"rendered":"Southeast Asia’s largest economy to cut domestic airfares by up to 13% for year-end holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tIndonesia, which posts the highest nominal GDP in Southeast Asia, will cut domestic economy-class airfares by 11% to 13% during the 2026 Christmas and 2027 New Year holiday periods under a government stimulus package.\t\t\t<\/p>\n

The fare reductions will apply to flights from Dec. 22, 2026, to Jan. 10, 2027, to ease travel costs during the year-end peak season, Antara News Agency reported.<\/p>\n

Eligible flights have been available for booking since Oct. 20, 2026.<\/p>\n

\"Visitors<\/p>\n

Visitors walk in Tangerang, on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, Jan. 1, 2021. Photo by Reuters<\/p>\n

The measures aim to ease travel costs during the year-end holiday period through discounts on several modes of transport and tax incentives for domestic air travel, Jakarta Post reported.<\/p>\n

The government will cover 100% of the value-added tax (VAT) on eligible airline tickets and offer a 50% discount on airport charges.<\/p>\n

The reductions apply to passenger service charges and aircraft landing, parking and storage fees.<\/p>\n

Indonesia recorded 842.15 million domestic tourist trips in the first eight months of 2026, up 4.29% from the same period last year, according to official data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Indonesia, which posts the highest nominal GDP in Southeast Asia, will cut domestic economy-class airfares by 11% to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":660212,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[114,184,85,46,15020],"class_list":["post-660211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-southeast-asia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=660211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/660212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=660211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=660211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=660211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}