Lion Air

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Lion Air
IATA JT	ICAO LNI	Callsign LION INTER
Founded		1999
Fleet size		32
Destinations		30
Headquarters		Jakarta
Key people		Rusdi Kirana (CEO)
Website: http://www.lionair.co.id

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Lion Air is a no-frills, low-cost domestic airline based in Jakarta, Indonesia. It operates scheduled passenger services on 50 domestic routes. Its full name is PT Lion Mentari Airlines. Its main base is Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta <ref name="FI">Flight International 5-11 April 2005</ref>.

Lion Air pioneered the Indonesian LCC industry with remarkable success, aggressively marketing lower fares and successfully establishing itself as the purveyor of cheap tickets. Thereafter a wave of other LCC airlines followed, and while Lion has thus far been able to retain its early lead, aggressive growth by its competitors has slashed yields considerably. ^{[citation needed]}

1 History
2 Destinations
3 Incidents and accidents
4 Fleet
- 4.1 2005 & 2006 Aircraft Purchases
5 External links
6 References

[edit] History

The airline was established in October 1999 and started operations on 30 June 2000, when it began scheduled passenger services between Jakarta and Pontianak using a leased Boeing 737-200. It is wholely owned by Rusdi Kirana and family <ref name="FI"/>.

[edit] Destinations

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Domestic destinations: Ambon, Balikpapan, Banda Aceh, Banjarmasin, Batam, Bima, Denpasar, Gorontalo, Jakarta, Jambi, Kendari, Kupang, Makassar, Manado, Mataram, Medan, Padang, Palembang, Palu, Pekanbaru, Semarang, Sorong, Sumbawa, Surabaya, Surakarta, Ternate, and Yogyakarta.
International destinations: Kuala Lumpur, Penang, and Singapore.

[edit] Incidents and accidents

^{[citation needed]} In recent years, Lion has been plagued by a string of accidents and incidents, undermining public confidence:

In 2002 one of their aircraft crashed on take-off and was written off; however no-one was killed.
In November 2004 an MD-82 crashed in Surakarta, killing 25 people. The accident report attributed the cause to poor airport condition. Data however showed pilot error, and lack of reserve fuel forcing the pilot to attempt to land in bad weather.

[edit] Fleet

The Lion Air fleet includes the following aircraft (at August 2006) <ref>Flight International, 3-9 October 2006</ref> :

Lion Air average fleet age is 16.8 years old in June 2006.

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[edit] 2005 & 2006 Aircraft Purchases

On 26 May 2005 Lion Air signed a preliminary agreement with Boeing for the purchase of up to 60 Next Generation Boeing 737 aircraft, valued at $3.9 billion. These would replace the current fleet and provide for further expansion. Subsequently in July 2005, Lion Air confirmed a contract for 30 Boeing 737-900ER plus 30 options. The Boeing 737-900ER can carry up to 215 passengers in a single-class layout, and will be powered by CFM56-7B26 turbofan engines, and the first aircraft is expected to be delivered during the 2Q'2007.

On 17 July 2006, Lion Air announced it has converted options for another 30 Boeing 737-900ER into firm orders (now total of 60 aircraft on order), with deliveries commencing early 2010 through to 2012.