Indonesia cracks down on cheap fares to boost airline safety

印尼設廉價航空最低票價引爭議

Indonesia cracks down on cheap fares to boost airline safety

Indonesia has cracked down on the sale of cheap tickets for domestic flights to ensure that airlines do not cut corners on safety, the transport ministry said on Thursday.

印度尼西亞交通部8號表示,印尼嚴厲打擊國內航班銷售廉價機票,確保航空公司不會在安全問題上偷工減料.

The decision to tighten the rules on the fares came into effect on Dec. 30, two days after AirAsia flight QZ8501 crashed into the Java Sea en route from Indonesia to Singapore. There were no survivors among the 162 people on board.

這項嚴格管理機票價格的規定于2014年12月30日付諸實施.12月28日,亞航QZ8501航班從印尼飛往新加坡的途中在爪哇海墜毀,機上162名人員無一生還.

The price floor for economy class domestic flights has been raised, according to ministry documents seen by Reuters, with airlines prevented from selling tickets at less than 40 percent of a ceiling price set by the ministry. The previous floor was 30 percent, though the ministry could grant certain exemptions.

據英國路透社報道,印尼交通部文件顯示,已提高國內航班經濟艙票價的下限,并規定航空公司售票價格不得低于交通部限價的40%.過去這一比例是30%,不過交通部也會給予一些免除條款.

The ministry's intention is to help to increase airlines' profit margins, allowing them to spend more on safety.

交通部此舉意在提高航空公司利潤,使其能夠在安全方面加大投入.

"We want the aviation sector to be healthy, not cheap. If it's cheap, there are many things that might not be done," Transport Minister Ignasius Jonan told reporters on Thursday.

印尼交通部長納希尤斯•佐南（Ignasius Jonan）告訴記者,"我們希望航空部門健康發展,而不是只圖便宜.如果票價過低,航空公司或許在很多方面沒有投入".

Some Indonesian airlines have been pricing tickets below their operating costs on certain routes to attract passengers in what is one of the world's fastest-growing commercial aviation markets.

一直以來,一些印尼航空公司某些航線的票價低于其運營成本,以尋求在這個全球發展最迅速的商業航空市場上搶占份額.

Its safety record, however, has been patchy and in 2007 the European Commission banned all Indonesia-based airlines from flying to the European Union after a series of accidents.