Low-Cost Airlines Before 1999, flying was too expensive for many Indonesian people

Low-Cost Airlines

Before 1999, flying was too expensive for many Indonesian people. Buses, ships, and trains were much cheaper. In 1999 the first Indonesia’s low­cost airline was introduced. The low­cost (or no frills or budget) airlines began in the early 1990’s in the USA. The term low­cost doesn’t always refer to the price of the ticket, but to the operating costs. These airlines can operate more cheaply than regular airlines because the reduced quality of the service can reduce the cost of training the staff. Employees sometimes have to work in two jobs­the flight attendants sometimes clean inside the aircraft after each flight. Since 1999 several budget airlines have been operating in Indonesia.

As a matter of fact, the emergence of discount carriers has enormous benefits for travellers. Middle class-people, who could not aford full fare, would pay for cheaper seats. It’s not surprising that many people prefer taking these no­frills airlines than spending more money to travel on regular planes. Moreover, early ticket booking allows people to get lower ticket price. Budget regular flights are cheaper because they do not give free in­flight food or drinks.

However, bad safety records have been showed by plane crashes that have mostly happened to low­cost airlines. An Indonesian low­cost airline vanished without a trace; another plane cracked open upon landing; a flight overran the runway in Yogyakarta and caught ire, and another discount aircraft went of the runway in Java.

Budgets flights may be less time ned energy consuming, but safety is surely not less important.

According to the text, the term ‘low­-cost’ is associated with ....

   A.   the price of the ticket

   B.    the cost of the flight

   C.    the cost of the operation

   D.   the low quality of the service

   E.    the minimum maintenance

Pembahasan:

Dijelaskan dalam kalimat ke-5 dan 6 paragraf 1: The term low-cost doesn’t always refer to the price of the ticket, but to the operating costs. These airlines can operate more cheaply than regular airlines because the reduced quality of the service can reduce the cost of training the staff.

Jawaban: D

(2)  The text argues that for many customers of budget lights, ....

    A.   safety is to be improved in budget airplanes

    B.    low cost is more important safety

    C.    the highest demands for budget flights are in Indonesia

    D.   safety is still well guaranteed in budget flights

    E.    many low­cost airlines operating in Indonesia are not safe

Pembahasan:

Kesimpulan ini bisa dipahami dari paragaf 3. Yaitu “many low­cost airlines operating in Indonesia are not safe”

Jawaban: E

(3)  “An Indonesian low­cost airline vanished without a trace ...” (Paragraph 3)

      The closest meaning to the underlined word is ....

      A.   tell

      B.    sank

      C.    disappeared

      D.   dropped

      E.    damaged

Pembahasan:

Vanished artinya sama dengan disappeared: (hilang)

tell: menceritakan), sank: tenggelam), dropped: (jatuh), damaged: (rusak).

Jawaban: C

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