Lion Air Group

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Lion Air Group
Lion Air Group logo.svg
IATA ICAO Callsign
* Lion Air : JT * Lion Air : LNI * Lion Air : MENTARI
SubsidiariesAirlines:

Other services:

Fleet size320
HeadquartersLion Air Tower, Jakarta,  Indonesia
Key peopleRusdi Kirana (Owner)
Kusnan Kirana (Owner)
Website

PT Lion Group is a privately owned, airline holding company, based in Indonesia.[1] The group consists of several airlines from Southeast Asia, currently Lion Air, Wings Air, Batik Air, Malindo Air, and Thai Lion Air. The Lion Air Group primarily competes with the Malaysian-based low-cost carrier, AirAsia and domestic competitor and national airline Garuda Indonesia.

History[]

Main article: Lion Air

The airline group is founded on the success of Lion Air, which was founded in 1999. With the growth of aviation and travel within Indonesia, Lion Air founded Wings Air in 2003, a regional carrier wholly owned by Lion Air.

Regional Expansion[]

With the expansion of regional rival AirAsia into the Indonesian aviation market, the Lion Group established Malindo Air in 2012, to compete with AirAsia in the Malaysian aviation market.[2] The airline's name derived from a combination of the countries Malaysia and Indonesia.

Local competition from national airline Garuda Indonesia also arose in 2012, as Garuda announced intentions to form an off-shoot of its Citilink brand into its own low-cost carrier. Further intentions to expand Citilink were announced, such that it could compete with Lion Air in the domestic low-cost travel market.[3] In response, Lion Group announced a full-service competitor to Garuda Indonesia in the form of Batik Air.[4][5]

To further expand into the region, Lion Air announced its intention to launch Thai Lion Air, based in Bangkok, Thailand. This would allow the group to further encroach on AirAsia's market share, as well as compete with local low-cost carrier Nok Air.[6][7]

In 2017, the Lion Air Group managed to surpass 50% market share domestically for the first time.[8]

Operations[]

The Lion Air Group are based in three different countries in Southeast Asia and have several operations, most of which are airlines.

A Lion Air Boeing 737-900ER at Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali, Indonesia
A Wings Air ATR 72–500
A Batik Air Airbus A320 at Juanda International Airport in Surabaya, Indonesia
Malindo Air Boeing 737-800 at Soekarno–Hatta International Airport, Tangerang, Banten
A Thai Lion Air Boeing 737-900ER
Country Company Service
 Indonesia Lion Air Low-cost carrier
Wings Air Regional airline
Batik Air Full-service airline
Super Air Jet Low-cost carrier
Business jet charter
Courier/Freight transport
Hospitality
 Malaysia Malindo Air Hybrid/medium service airline
 Thailand Thai Lion Air Low-cost carrier
Sources: [9][10]

Operators and Fleet[]

Lion Air Group Fleet[11][12][13][14][15]
Aircraft In Service Operator
Airbus A320-200 49 Batik Air
Super Air Jet
Airbus A320neo 1 Batik Air
Airbus A330-300 6 Lion Air
Batik Air
Airbus A330-900 6 Lion Air
ATR 72-500 20 Wings Air
ATR 72-600 59 Wings Air
Malindo Air
Boeing 737-800 78 Lion Air
Batik Air
Malindo Air
Thai Lion Air
Boeing 737-900ER 89 Lion Air
Batik Air
Malindo Air
Thai Lion Air
Boeing 737 MAX 8 10 Lion Air
Boeing 737 MAX 9 3 Thai Lion Air

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Lion Group PT - Company Profile". Bloomberg. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  2. ^ Sithraputhran, Siva (11 September 2012). "Lion Air to launch Malaysia-based budget airline". Reuters. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Citilink regional expansion will further intensify competition between Garuda Indonesia and Lion Air". CAPA. 8 November 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Competition between Indonesian market leaders Lion and Garuda to intensify as Batik Air launches". CAPA. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  5. ^ Govindasamy, Siva (9 June 2012). "IATA: Lion's Batik Air to up the competition in Southeast Asia". FlightGlobal. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  6. ^ Osman, Nurfika (2 November 2013). "Thai Lion plans large expansion to capture Asian market". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Lion Air new Thailand affiliate plans late 2013 launch, providing new competition for AirAsia & Nok". CAPA. 24 September 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Indonesia domestic airline market: rapid growth, rivalry intensifies". CAPA. 30 April 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  9. ^ Sakzewski, Emily (30 October 2018). "Who owns Lion Air and what do we know about its safety record?". ABC News. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  10. ^ Kurniawan, Frendy (2 November 2018). "Konglomerat Kusnan & Rusdi Kirana: Bisnis dan Politik Lion Air". tirto.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  11. ^ "Lion Air fleet details". Airfleets.net. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  12. ^ "Wings Air fleet details". Airfleets.net. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  13. ^ "Batik Air fleet details". Airfleets.net. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  14. ^ "Malindo Air fleet details". Airfleets.net. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  15. ^ "Thai Lion Air fleet details". Airfleets.net. Retrieved 19 April 2021.

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