Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi suddenly made an about-face. In a sudden decision, he called the top brass of the airline companies on Sunday two weeks ago, asking them to push down the current airfares. In fact, the day before, Budi had asked the community to be understanding about the pricey airfares. He iterated that tariff levels were still in accordance with regulation. The government, too, had to protect the airline industry to