The chairman of the
Indonesia National Air Carrier Association (INACA), ) Denon Prawiraatmadja is calling on the Indonesian government to provide incentives to the National aviation industry to recover from the
COVID-19 pandemic.
NusaBali and the
State News Agency Antara, Prawiraatmadja said on Friday, 26 February 2021: “To restore health to the aviation sector, tax incentives and reduced airport use tariffs are needed.”
The INACA chairman stated that aviation demands serious attention from the government because this sector of the economy contributes more than 2.6% of Indonesia’s gross domestic product that provides around some 4.2 million jobs.
Denon complained while all Indonesian aviation operators filed a request in March 2020 for incentives to the
Aviation industry needs incentives to recover: INACA 26th February 2021
Illustration - Airplanes parked at Soekarno-Hatta Airport in Tangerang, Banten. (ANTARA/HO-Transportation Ministry/sh)
For the aviation sector to recover, we need tax incentives and various airport fees. Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesia’s aviation industry, which has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, will need government incentives to recover, chairman of the Indonesia National Air Carriers Association (INACA), Denon Prawiraatmadja, said.
“For the aviation sector to recover, we need tax incentives and various airport fees, Denon said in a statement issued here on Friday.
The aviation industry contributes more than 2.6 percent to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and provides jobs to 4.2 million workers, he noted.