High-speed boats between Bali, the Gili islands, Lombok and Nusa Penida
2 boats, 6 offices on 6 islands, contract with Travelier Group (12go.asia, Bookaway). Net profit ≈ $4.6M per year.
The idea
PT Bali Fastest Ferries (the WATERJET.id brand) is a fully operating business: an active fleet, passenger maritime transport licenses, routes and sales. We run between six islands and keep our own office on each of them: Bali (Padang Bai), Sanur, Nusa Penida, Gili Trawangan, Gili Air and Lombok.
The company owns two high-speed passenger boats with 120 seats each; together they run 4 trips a day. The boats are fully refitted: new engines, safety systems and AI video monitoring with Face ID — automatic head count on board cross-checked with tickets sold, eliminating revenue leakage.
More than 80% of tickets are sold through Travelier Group (12go.asia, Bookaway.com), Asia's largest boat ticket reseller. We also run our own waterjet.id website and iOS/Android apps accepting Apple Pay, Google Pay, Stripe, Visa and Mastercard through a Dubai entity.
Each of the 6 island offices hosts a rental of premium 2026 equipment: E-Foil, underwater scooters and oxygen masks, water bikes — an additional ≈ $90,000 in net profit per year, not included in the base model.
Why it matters
Already operating
An active fleet, licenses, routes, offices and sales — not a startup, an operating business with confirmed revenue.
80% of sales — Travelier
Contract with Asia's largest ticket reseller: a steady client flow via 12go.asia and Bookaway with no marketing cost.
Closed market, sold out year-round
The busiest maritime tourism route in the world: new government high-speed boat licenses on these routes are no longer issued; tickets are booked a week ahead year-round — no off-season, no revenue dip.
Economics for the investor
Simple arithmetic for the operating fleet and the expansion plan — no marketing magic, just tickets, trips and costs.
One operating boat · 100 seats
- Capacity
- 100 passengers
- Trips per day
- 4
- Passengers per day (full load)
- 400
- Average ticket
- $30
- Revenue / day
- $12,000
- OPEX (fuel, salaries, taxes)
- 30% · $3,600
- Net profit / day
- $8,400
- Net profit / year (80% load)
- ≈ $2.3M
Base scenario at 100% load on one boat. The holding's operating model assumes 80% average load.
Operating fleet · 2 boats
- Net profit / day (100% load)
- ≈ $16,800
- Net profit / day (80% load)
- ≈ $13,440
- Net profit / year (80% load)
- ≈ $4.6M
- Investor return guidance
- 35–45% p.a.
- Stake payback
- 9–12 months
Return is calculated on the investor's capital based on a stake in the operating entity PT Bali Fastest Ferries and the current Travelier Group contract structure.
Expansion plan · +2 new boats
- Cost of one new boat
- $6,000,000
- Capacity
- 300 passengers
- Engines
- Next-gen biodiesel WATERJET
- Fuel cost vs gasoline
- 3x lower
- Margin impact
- Cuts the largest line in OPEX — fuel
- Expected net profit / year per boat
- $3.5–4.5M
- Return guidance on $6M invested
- 55–75% p.a.
- New boat payback
- 16–22 months
The new boats are 3x more revenue-rich per trip and cheaper to operate — this is the main driver of net profit growth in the direction.
Operating asset
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