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  • Lion Air to reduce Ticket Prices From April

    Lion Air to reduce Ticket Prices From April

    Airlines under the Lion Air group, namely Lion Air, Wings Air and Batik Air, operate with reduced airfares on all routes starting Saturday.

    “The reduction in ticket prices is Lion Air group’s answer to challenges and opportunities in the travel business, and aims to accommodate demand for air travel while improving flight operations,” Lion Air spokesman Danang Mandala Prihantoro said in a release on Saturday.

    He went on to say that Lion Air was striving to provide convenience for passengers while prioritizing safety and comfort.

    Lion Air tickets with the new lower fares can be reserved through all travel agents and Lion Air’s website.

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  • Lion Air offers discounted flight tickets from Jakarta to Medan

    Lion Air offers discounted flight tickets from Jakarta to Medan

    Following Garuda Indonesia’s recent decision to lower its ticket prices for flights connecting Jakarta and Palembang, South Sumatra, the country’s largest low-cost carrier, Lion Air Group, announced a promotional program called #liburanmakinmurah (vacationing gets cheaper)  that will start on Friday.

    According to Lion Air statement, the airline will offer 50 percent discounts on a number of domestic routes, with flights from Jakarta to Medan, North Sumatra, for example, starting from Rp 880,000 (US$62.54) and flights connecting Jakarta and Jayapura, Papua, starting from Rp. 2.28 million. These prices do not include both excluding passenger service charges (PSC), value-added taxes (PPN) and insurance.

    “This move is part of Lion Air’s efforts to support the government’s campaign to increase foreign and domestic tourist arrivals, therefore, boosting both the local and national economies,” the statement read.

    The promotional tickets can be purchased on the airline’s official website, Lionair.co.id, ticketing offices and travel agencies.

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  • No More Free Checked Baggage on Lion Air Indonesia

    No More Free Checked Baggage on Lion Air Indonesia

    Flying cheap will soon also mean flying light for many Indonesians after the country’s largest airline, Lion Air, and its subsidiary, Wings Air, decided to start charging for checked baggage on all their domestic flights from today. The airlines, which together served around half of the archipelago’s air travelers last year, will only allow one piece of cabin baggage, such as a suitcase of no larger than 40 x 30 x 20 centimeters, weighing less than 7 kilograms, and one personal item, such as reading material, a handbag, or laptop bag.

    “Both Lion Air and Wings Air, which will enforce the new regulation until further notice, will no longer accept free checked baggage of up to 20 kilograms and 10 kg, respectively,” Lion Air Group spokesman Danang Mandala Prihantoro said in a statement on Friday.

    Checked baggage exceeding 7 kg will be subject to an excess baggage fee based on the rate for the day. Carriers will further no longer allow passengers to bring several items tied together with rope or string into the cabin as these will also be subject to additional fees.

    Passengers will be able to purchase prepaid baggage vouchers through tour and travel agencies, the airlines’ websites, or at their ticket sales offices.

    The carriers have advised passengers to prepay for baggage when they buy their tickets, or alternatively, pay for it up to six hours before departure.

    Power banks with capacities of more than 160 watt-hours (Wh), or 32,000 milliamp-hours (mAh), will no longer be allowed on aircraft, while those with capacities of between 100 and 160 Wh will require special permission by airline staff.

    Passengers will still be permitted to take power banks with a maximum capacity of 100 Wh into the cabin after notifying the ground crew. However, these may no longer be used onboard.

    Passengers who have purchased Lion Air and Wings Air tickets before Jan. 8 would still able to enjoy the respective 20 kg and 10 kg free baggage allowances.

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  • Vietjet to finalize $6.5 billion Airbus order: sources

    Vietjet to finalize $6.5 billion Airbus order: sources

    Vietjet is set to finalize a $6.5 billion jet order with Airbus ​during a visit to Hanoi by French PM Edouard Philippe on Friday. The order for 50 A321neo jets is part of an aggressive investment in the Vietnamese fast-growing budget carrier Vietjet’s fleet that has provided lucrative business for both Europe’s Airbus and its U.S. rival Boeing.

    It is also a boost for Airbus as it seeks to turn a raft of provisional orders put together at July’s Farnborough Airshow into hard revenues, narrowing a gap against Boeing this year.

    The deal is the biggest economic component of an official visit to Vietnam by Philippe from Nov. 2-4, during which he will oversee deals with French firms and hold talks with Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc, people familiar with the matter said.

    Airbus and Vietjet both declined to comment.

    Vietnam and France also signed an agreement in September to expand defense collaboration, although details are scant.

    VietJet CEO Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao said this week that Vietjet plans to maintain an average fleet age of just three years to keep fuel and maintenance costs low.

    It placed provisional orders for the A321neo jets and 100 Boeing 737 MAX jets in Farnborough and has been negotiating to firm them up, with deliveries expected between 2020 and 2025.

    The formal signing, to take place on Friday, will help to dispel doubts over the substance of deals announced in Farnborough, which was marked by a rash of vague or incomplete order announcements.

    Finalizing such deals can involve tough negotiations as airlines try to squeeze out last-minute concessions.

    However, finance industry sources have expressed concerns about a glut of orders in Southeast Asia from airlines like Vietjet, Malaysia’s AirAsia and Lion Air of Indonesia and question whether all of the several hundreds of planes on order from the Asian low-cost carriers will actually be delivered.

    Vietjet told the Airline Economics conference in Hong Kong this week that low-cost airlines have a relatively low market position in Vietnam, and that those most successful in driving down unit costs would ride out any downturn in the market.

    Vietnam’s expansion has also been peppered with trade sensitivities as Vietjet – which says it enjoys government support – juggled Airbus and Boeing procurements: a strategy also designed to win bigger discounts.

    Two years ago, Boeing upstaged Airbus by clinching an order for 100 737s during a visit by then-U.S. President Barack Obama.

    Until then, VietJet had only bought from Airbus, including an order for 92 jets in 2013.

    Philippe’s visit is the latest example of Western leaders beating a path to Asia’s low-cost carriers, whose orders have secured thousands of manufacturing jobs, trade experts said.

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  • Lion Air to Serve Umrah Flight from Kertajati Airport

    Lion Air to Serve Umrah Flight from Kertajati Airport

    Managing Director of Lion Group, Captain Daniel Putut Kuncoro Adi said that his company will serve the first umrah flight from Kertajati Airport, Majalengka, on Saturday, October 13. Lion Air will use Boeing 737-800 Max8 made in 2018 with the capacity of 176 passengers. “Our hope is it the flight will increase. We are ready to serve every day. For now, we start with one flight in a week,” Daniel said. The flight route is from Kertajati to Madinah, and the return flight is from Jeddah to Kertajati.

    “We start with once a week flight frequency. Up to this year’s Umrah season, the slot is already full,” he said at Gedung Sate, Bandung, Tuesday, October 9

    Daniel said that Lion Air has planned to replace the aircraft with a larger one. “We have an Airbus 330 with a capacity of 440 passengers, then a Boeing 747 with a capacity of 500 passengers,” he said.

    Samira Ali Wisata’s Managing Director, Fauzi Wahyu Muntoro, said his Umrah travel agent DGI (Dini Group Indonesia) could get 90 people in a month, to depart from Kertajati Airport.

    President Director of West Java International Airport (BIJB) Virda Dimas Ekaputra said that Lion Air agreed to serve the Umrah flight from Kertajati Airport twice a week.

    West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil said the Umrah flight service from Kertajati Airport had long been awaited by the West Java people.

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  • Lion Air Temporarily Shuts Down Domestic and International Flights

    Lion Air Temporarily Shuts Down Domestic and International Flights

    Budget airline Lion Air has temporarily shut down 93 domestic and two international flights following harsh sanctions imposed by the Transportation Ministry for an immigration debacle at the Soekarno Hatta Airport last week—when international passengers were taken by Lion Air ground-handlers to the domestic instead of the international arrivals terminal—a ministry official said.

    The ministry’s air transportation director Maryati Karma said Lion Air has temporarily shut down 217 flights on 93 domestic routes and 10 flights on two international routes since the sanctions were imposed.

    The self-imposed shutdown will be effective from May 18 to June 18.

    The ministry handed a five-day suspension to all of Lion Air’s ground handling operators last week. Earlier this month, the ministry also banned the controversial airline from launching new domestic routes in the next five months after a pilot strike.

    Lion Air’s ground handling staff reportedly took 182 passengers arriving on a flight from Singapore on May 10 to Soekarno-Hatta airport’s domestic arrivals terminal instead of its international arrivals terminal, bypassing immigration checkpoints in the process.

    Maryati said Lion Air is still responsible for refunding tickets or offering alternative flights for passengers who have booked seats in the cancelled flights by June 18 at the latest.

    “If they don’t meet the deadline, we will revoke the permits on those routes permanently,” Maryati said during a press briefing in Jakarta.

    Edward Sirait, President Director of Lion Air, confirmed the temporary flight shutdown, saying it will apply on busy routes for the airline, including Jakarta-Makassar, Jakarta-Kualanamu, Jakarta-Singapore and Kualanamu-Penang.

    “The shutdown is not caused by the sanctions, but because of the low season ahead of Ramadan in June,” Edward said as reported by Antara news agency.

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  • Thai Lion Air launches Dhaka-Bangkok direct flights

    Thai Lion Air launches Dhaka-Bangkok direct flights

    Budget airline Thai Lion Air launched direct flights between Dhaka and Bangkok, in an event at Lakeshore hotel on Saturday.

    They will be flying from Bangkok’s Don Mueang Airport to Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.

    At the event, Malindo General Manager (Commercial Strategy) Saravanan Ramasamy said: “The company will play a pivotal role in connecting Bangladesh with Bangkok, China, Nepal, Vietnam, India, and Myanmar.

    “As the second largest Low cost carrier in Thailand, we have already conquered the South East Asian and South Asian market. Soon we will be offering flights to Japan.”

    The airline is offering round trips from Dhaka to Bangkok at a starting price of Tk16,083.

    At the event, the head of sales delivered a presentation on the journey and future expansion plans of the company.

    Thai Ambassador to Bangladesh Panpimon Suwannapongse and Thai Lion Air Managing Director Phillip Pang cut a cake at the launch ceremony.

    In a press statement, chairman of the Board of Thai Lion Air Captain Darsito Hendro Seputro said they will be launching their inaugural flight from Bangkok to Dhaka on October 1 this year.

    “Travelers will be attracted by amazing architectural marvels such as the Ahsan Manjil,” said Capt Septuro. “They will also be able to experience the handicrafts, spices, herbs, gift shops, and local food of the country.”

    The company currently operates aircraft including the Boeing 737-900 ER, with 215 seats, Boeing 737-800, with 189 seats, Boeing 737 MAX 9, with 215 seats, and the Airbus A330-300, with 392 seats.

    Passengers choosing to fly with Thai Lion Air will also be able to enjoy free baggage allowance of 10kg and free allowance for sports equipments of 10kg on domestic flights.

    As per the international flight policy of Thai Lion Air, Dhaka-Bangkok round trips will have free baggage allowance of 20kg.

    Currently, the airlines are offering a new service called Lion Seat Selection, which will let passengers choose their preferred seat locations, either beside a window or the aisle. For passengers who do not use the Lion Seat Selection service, the system will automatically assign a random seat number at check-in.

    Using this service, bookings can be made at least four hours prior to departure via the call centre or through the company’s official website.

    Thai Lion Air is a low cost carrier of Lion Group, founded in 2013, with 12 domestic flights, 2 cross region flights and more than 20 international flights. The airline will provide an alternative travel option for passengers travelling to Bangkok and beyond at very affordable price.

  • Thai Lion Air increases flight frequency from Jakarta to Bangkok

    Thai Lion Air increases flight frequency from Jakarta to Bangkok

    Thai Lion Air, a subsidiary of Indonesia’s largest private airline, Lion Air, increased its Jakarta-Bangkok service from once a day to twice on Monday.

    The additional SL116 flight, which uses a Boeing 737-900ER, will depart from Don Mueang International Airport at 9 a.m. local time and arrive at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport at 12:30 p.m. Meanwhile, the return SL117 flight takes off at 1:10 p.m. and lands in Bangkok at 5 p.m.

    The additional frequency aims to tap into the potential of connecting Asian cities, as passengers from Jakarta will be able connect to other cities from Bangkok, such as Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Phuket, Hat Yai, Singapore, Yangon, Hanoi, Taipei, Mumbai, Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Nanchang, Nanjing, Shanghai, Xi’an and Zhengzhou.

    “This new service is our answer to the high demand for air transportation in Southeast Asia,” said Thai Lion Air CEO and chairman Capt. Darsito Hendro Seputro in a statement.

    Established in 2013, Thai Lion Air boasts 12 domestic networks and operates two regional flights and over 20 international destinations.

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  • Lion Air opens new Surabaya-Haikou charter route

    Lion Air opens new Surabaya-Haikou charter route

    The country’s largest private low-cost carrier, the Lion Air Group, has opened a new charter route from the East Java capital of Surabaya to Haikou, the capital of the Chinese island province of Hainan.

    Flying once a week, the fleet’s Boeing 737-900 ER aircraft will serve the new route, accommodating up to 215 passengers starting Friday.

    “We are very proud to be able to expand our international connectivity by opening a charter flight to China from Indonesia’s second biggest city, Surabaya. The new route will increase our service to customers and provide more options for those traveling from China to Indonesia,” said Lion Air Group CEO Edward Sirai in a statement?

    In collaboration with Hainan United Airlines Travel Group Co., the JT 2661 flight will depart on Fridays at 5:40 p.m. local time from Surabaya’s Juanda International Airport  and arrive at 11:45 p.m. at Haikou Meilan International Airport. The Indonesia-bound flight JT 2660 will fly Saturdays at 12:55 a.m. from Haikou and land in Surabaya at 5 a.m.

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  • Lion Air signs GDS agreement with Sabre to fuel its growth

    Lion Air signs GDS agreement with Sabre to fuel its growth

    Sabre Corporation, the leading technology provider to the global travel industry, today announced a new content distribution agreement with Lion Air, the largest privately-owned airline in Indonesia, and its subsidiary, Wings Air, as the preferred global distribution system (GDS) to offer Lion Air content in the carrier’s home market.

    Sabre has served as a strategic partner to Lion Air and supported both the airline’s reservations and planning and scheduling capabilities through its innovative SabreSonic passenger services system and AirVision portfolio of solutions since the carrier first began operations 18 years ago. Now the airline strives to achieve even more ambitious growth, including a plan to quintuple the size of its fleet with the world’s largest number of aircraft on order. As Indonesia remains a rapidly growing travel market, Lion Air is expanding operations and its relationship with Sabre, selecting them as their primary GDS to distribute content across its innovative global travel marketplace.

    “With our content now available to 425,000 travel agents across the globe, the extension of our agreement with Sabre will be instrumental to our continued success and will provide us with the visibility needed to support our growth objectives throughout Asia Pacific and beyond,” said Rudy Lumingkewas, CEO, Lion Air.

    “As the leading GDS in Indonesia, we are in a unique position to best support Lion Air’s growth through the distribution of new bookable content on the Sabre platform,” said Rakesh Narayanan, vice president, air line of business, Sabre Travel Network Asia Pacific. “This new agreement is a testament to the solid, longstanding partnership that has developed between Lion Air and Sabre over the years. Our industry-leading solutions will serve as a solid technological foundation for Lion Air as it continues to expand operations while our global marketplace will help fuel the aggressive growth the airline is looking to achieve,” he added.

    Lion Air and Wings Air operate an extensive domestic and international network of routes with 166 aircraft based in the main hub of Jakarta.

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  • Wings Air to open new route to three cities from Jakarta

    Wings Air to open new route to three cities from Jakarta

    Wings Air, a subsidiary of Indonesia’s largest airline, Lion Air Group, will soon open a new route from Jakarta via Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport to three destinations in one go, namely Bandung, Malang and Makassar.

    “The new route will only be served once every day and will use ATR ‪72-500/600 aircraft that have a capacity of 72 passengers,” said Lion Air Group president director Edward Sirait.

    The route will launch on July 2, with departure from Jakarta scheduled at 1:55 p.m., from Bandung to Malang at 2:15 p.m. and from Malang to Makassar at 4:35 p.m.

    On July 3, the plane will fly back from Makassar to Malang at 6 a.m., then from Malang to Bandung at 7:25 a.m. and from Bandung to Jakarta at 9:35 a.m.

    “Currently, Wings Air flies to more than 86 domestic destinations with more than 293 daily flights and owns 52 ATR ‪72-500/600 aircraft,” Edward added.

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  • Lion Air welcomes Indonesia’s first Boeing 737 MAX-8

    Lion Air welcomes Indonesia’s first Boeing 737 MAX-8

    Indonesia’s largest low-cost carrier Lion Air welcomed on Tuesday the arrival of the first of hundreds of Boeing 737 MAX-8 aircraft it ordered from the United States planemaker, paving the way for the company to move forward with its expansion plan.

    The aircraft will be the first of its kind operated by an Indonesian airline.

    Lion Air is part of the Lion Air Group, together with Wings Air, Batik Air, Lion Bizjet, Malaysia-based Malindo Air and Thailand-based Thai Lion Air.

    The aircraft delivery is the second this year for Lion Air Group as Malindo Air earlier welcomed a similar type of aircraft in May.

    “This new aircraft will help us develop our routes to other destinations and to offer affordable air fares,” Lion Air Group public relations manager Andy M. Saladin said in an official statement.

    Lion Air Group has ordered 218 Boeing 737 MAX-8, eight of which will be delivered this year.

    The Boeing 737 MAX-8 can fly for seven and a half hours without refueling and is the first Boeing aircraft to have a double winglet feature.

    Lion Air currently operates 113 aircraft to serve 630 flights to 44 domestic and international destinations.

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  • Lion Air Pilots to Sue Management

    Lion Air Pilots to Sue Management

    Labor Union-Pilot Association of Lion Group (Serikat Pekerja Asosiasi Pilot Lion Air / SPAPLG) is planning to file a lawsuit against the management Indonesia’s low-cost airline Lion Air.

    SPAPLG Chief Eki Adriansjah said the move is made following the alleged union busting by the company’s management.

    “We will file a lawsuit against the management because of the union busting it has committed,” Eki said in Jakarta on Sunday (7/8).

    It is planned that lawsuit will be filed to the National Police’s Criminal Investigation Deparment on Tuesday next week, Eki said.

    He added that management also violates Law Number 21 of 2000 on Labor Union and said that SP-APLG had been formally registered at Tangerang Manpower Agency with the registration number 558.4/2529-HI/2016.

    Lion Air, however, does not recogzine the Union.

    On Wednesday (3/8), Lion Air President Director Edward Sirait annouced that the company does not recogzine the union labor within the company.

    Edward also said the pilots who claimed to become members of the union are ‘troublesome pilots who often make mistakes’.  Edward even called those pilots ‘swindlers’.

    The use of the company’s name without permits, he added, is an act of ‘forgery and fraud’.

    “They often violate regulations of the management; they don’t work according the schedules and they are now undergoing a training,” Edward said.

    Eki further said that the management’s rejection to the union has caused anxiety and surprises among the pilots.

    According to him, the establishment of a labor union does not need an approval from the company’s management but only needs a written notification to Lion Air management.

    “We sent a written notification to Lion Air management on a letter dated June 3, 2016,” he said.

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  • Direct flight links MSAR to Manado, Indonesia

    Direct flight links MSAR to Manado, Indonesia

    Some 205 Chinese travellers took off from Macau International Airport and arrived in Ratulangi International Airport, North Sulawesi, Indonesia by Lion Air’s Boeing 373 on Monday, reported Chinese News Agency. This represents the opening of the direct link between the SAR and Manado, a city on an Indonesian island.

    North Sulawesi Governor Olly Dondokambey expects that direct visits from a number of cities in China can be done regularly so that the Indonesian government’s target to increase tourist arrivals can be achieved.

    Lion Air is seeking to attract 30,000 Chinese tourists to Manado by year-end. “From now, we will have daily flights from six Chinese cities to Manado,” said Rusdi Kirana, Lion Group boss, and a member of the Presidential Advisory Board.
    The six cities are Macau, Shenzhen, Chongqing, Wuhan, Shanghai and Changsha. Rusdi said the six cities have huge market potential, large populations and high purchasing power.

    The Indonesian Government has expressed its target of attracting 1.2 million Chinese tourists to the country and North Sulawesi can be one of the main attractions, says its governor. “We believe North Sulawesi is a proper travel destination [for tourists] from Asia Pacific, particularly China with its huge market,” said the governor.

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  • Indonesia’s Lion Air removed from EU air safety blacklist

    Indonesia’s Lion Air removed from EU air safety blacklist

    Indonesia’s Lion Air, a major buyer of Airbus and Boeing jets, was removed from the European Union’s air safety blacklist, the European Commission said in a statement on Thursday.

    That means Lion Air is no longer banned from flying in the 28-nation EU.