Indonesia prepares airfare, rail and toll discounts ahead of Lebaran 2026
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- Indonesia will roll out transport and toll discounts for Ramadhan–Lebaran 2026 to manage the mudik surge and keep travel moving smoothly.
- Airlangga says the plan covers flights, trains, sea and land transport, plus toll roads, and will be accompanied by rice and cooking oil assistance.
- The policy follows Nataru 2025–2026 incentives that met or exceeded targets across aviation, rail and sea travel, with ferry performance slightly below target.
The government is preparing a program of transport ticket discounts, along with toll road tariff incentives, to support public mobility during the Ramadhan and Lebaran 2026 holiday season.
The policy will cover discounted fares for flights, trains, sea transportation, land transport, as well as toll road tariffs.
“Ahead of Lebaran, several programs have been prepared, including transport discounts—whether for planes, trains, sea transport, land transport and toll roads—those have been readied,” Coordinating Economic Minister Airlangga Hartarto said after a coordination meeting of the Central Inflation Control Team (TPIP) in Jakarta on Thursday.
The programs are being prepared to anticipate a surge in public travel during the annual mudik season.
Beyond transport incentives, Airlangga said the government is also preparing social assistance in the form of rice and cooking oil.
“Likewise for social assistance, both rice and MinyaKita cooking oil are being prepared as well, and we will hold another inflation coordination meeting in June this year,” he said.
The government previously introduced cross-mode discounts during the 2025–2026 Christmas and New Year (Nataru) holiday period. The program was seen as helping boost mobility, smooth travel flows and maintain momentum in national economic activity.
Implementation data from the Nataru transport discount program showed results above target in several modes.
In the rail sector, a 30 percent discount for commercial economy-class tickets operated by state railway company PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) ran from Dec. 22, 2025, to Jan. 10, 2026, covering 156 regular trains and 26 additional services. Against a target of 1.5 million passengers, realized ridership reached 1.7 million, or 112.6 percent.
For sea transport, state-owned shipping firm PT PELNI offered a 20 percent discount off base fares, excluding insurance and port passes, from Dec. 17, 2025, to Jan. 10, 2026. The program covered 25 passenger vessels across all routes. Of a 405,000-passenger target, realized ridership exceeded 406,000, or about 100 percent.
For ferry crossings, PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry provided discounts on port service fees of up to 100 percent, equivalent to around 19 percent of the average integrated tariff. The program applied at 16 ports on eight routes from Dec. 22, 2025, to Jan. 10, 2026. Realization was recorded at around 206,000 passengers (90.9 percent of the target) and 465,000 vehicles (94.5 percent).
In aviation, incentives were delivered through a value-added tax scheme borne by the government (PPN DTP) for economy-class tickets, fuel surcharge discounts, cuts to airport service charges and extended airport operating hours. The measures lowered airfares by around 13–14 percent, with realized passenger numbers reaching 3.7 million, or 104.2 percent of the 3.5 million target.
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