Citilink to Drop Free Baggage Allowance Starting January`s End
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16 January 2019 11:17 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Citilink Indonesia would start to impose a paid baggage policy at the end of January 2019. At present, the airliner disseminates the new regulation which will last for the next two weeks.
“We will implement [the policy] but we must first meet the permit requirement,” said Citilink Indonesia CEO Juliandra Nurtjahjo in Penang Bistro, Jakarta, Tuesday, January 15.
Besides running dissemination, Juliandra said the company was currently preparing supporting facilities for the policy, such as a counter service in the airport. He did not expect uproar or queue problems post the new regulation starts to take effect.
“The security and passenger profiling will be tightened,” he said, adding that members of the airline would still obtain free baggage allowance for 10 kilograms.
Juliandra explained the baggage fee adjustment was a company innovation to earn more income other than from ticket sales and advertisement. He expected the airliner’s revenue could raise up to 20 percent of the company’s total income.
Other than Citilink, low-cost carriers Lion Air and Wings Air decided to annul its free baggage allowance policy for all domestic flights.
Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi earlier said that the paid baggage policy is legally allowed. “A corporate is allowed to regulate the tariff, but a transition period [to run dissemination] is required,” Budi noted.
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