KPPU Lion Air Group fined Rp. 3 billion. The Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) has decided that the Lion Air group of companies has been proven to have practiced market discrimination in relation to cooperation in marketing the transportation service capabilities at a number of airports in Indonesia.
This happened at Hang Nadim Airport, Soekarno-Hatta Airport, Halim Perdanakusuma Airport, Juanda Airport, and Kualanamu Airport.
KPPU imposed a fine of Rp. 1 billion to the three airlines that joined the Lion Air Group. Based on PT Lion Mentari, PT Batik Air Indonesia and PT Lion Kilat.
Overall, the KPPU imposed a fine of Rp. 3 billion to the Lion Air Group, said the confession received by KPPU, Monday (29 March 2022).
However, by considering various reasons based on the cooperative character of the investigation, the negative impact of the epidemic, and the evidence that the agreement has been completed, KPPU has decided that fines are not required.
The stipulation is that the Lion Air Group does not commit the same violation within a year, because the decision has permanent legal force.
The case involving Lion Air was due to the hoarding of expeditions from goods to posts that occurred at Batam’s Hang Nadim Airport during the period from July to September 2022.
The results of the interrogation found evidence of a cooperation agreement between PT Lion Mentari, PT Batik Air Indonesia and PT Wings Kekal as commercial aviation actors operating in the transportation service sector.
PT Lion Kilat is now a service for transporting package goods to be picked up and documents throughout Indonesia using Lion Air Group flights.
In this cooperation, the KPPU decided that PT Lion Kilat has a limited or exclusive right to use a 40-tonne expeditionary per day for 4 approved flight routes.
This operation seems to have ended and made it difficult for transportation agents who were registered as legal agents except PT Lion Kilat to have access to the transportation of goods.
Based on various evidence in the trial, the Commission Council finally decided that PT Lion Mentari, PT Batik Air Indonesia and PT Lion Kilat could be proven legally and gave conviction if they violated Article 19 (d) of Law Number 5 of 2005. 1999 regarding prohibition against violating monopolistic practices and business competition. Unhealthy,” notes CPPU.
