Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 52 minutes ago

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If you try to book a short, two-hour domestic flight from Jakarta to Bali on Garuda Indonesia, you will often pay significantly more than you would for a flight of the exact same distance in Malaysia, Thailand, or Vietnam. Many passengers assume this is just the premium for flying a "5-Star" full-service carrier. But the real reasons are deeply structural.

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