Cheap Airlines Increasingly Needed
Low-cost or cheap flights are part of commercial strategies for airlines that are looking to provide an opportunity for consumers to choose comprehensive services or services that are truly needed. Their existence gives consumers more opportunities to travel by airplane.
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A banner ad for the Citilink low-cost carrier adorns a wall on Saturday (24/11/2018) at Terminal 1, Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten. Low-cost carriers have helped boost the number of air passengers on both domestic and foreign flights.
JAKARTA, KOMPAS — Low-cost or cheap flights are part of commercial strategies for airlines that are looking to provide an opportunity for consumers to choose comprehensive services or services that are truly needed. The existence of low-cost flights gives consumers more opportunities to travel by airplane.
In 2013, there were 3.05 billion airplane passengers in the world. The number increased to 3.98 billion in 2017. In Indonesia, there were 208.04 million airplane passengers in 2017, a jump from 169.24 million in 2013. The data, calculated by Kompas on Sunday (25/11/2018), looked at airplane passengers from both the domestic and international markets, as compiled by the technical executive unit of PT Angkasa Pura I, PT Angkasa Pura II and the Air Transportation Business Entity.