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Lion Airlines celebrated the delivery of the airline’s 10th Next-Generation B737-900ER aircraft. The aircraft will be used by the airline to expand its service with new destinations throughout South and Southeast Asia. Boeing launched the B737-900ER programme in Jul-05, when Lion Airlines announced the initial order for 30 of the newest B737 model. The airline received the world’s first B737-900ER in Apr-07 and has ordered a total of 178 B737-900ERs.

The airline’s B737-900ERs are equipped with performance-enhancing Blended Winglets, which improve fuel efficiency and reduce CO2 emissions by up to 4%.

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Lion Airlines – Honeywell had announced that Lion Airlines has taken delivery of the first Boeing 737NG with Honeywell’s next-generation advanced 3-D weather radar system. Honeywell’s RDR-4000 3-D weather radar was recently certified on the 737NG platform and the Lion Air delivery marks the first single-aisle installation of the advanced weather radar.

Lion Airlines will be taking delivery of 120 737NGs equipped with Honeywell’s advanced weather radar through 2013. Lion Airlines also selected Honeywell’s Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS) ensuring its usage of the latest technology of avionics and promoting safety products with this growing Indonesian carrier. Lion Airlines also intends to adopt Honeywell’s “Stable Approach Monitor” (SAM) system for added situation awareness for their flight crew when it is available next year.

Mike Madsen, Honeywell Aerospace Vice President, Airlines said, “Honeywell developed RDR-4000 advanced weather radar after listening to our Airline customers and working with them to create a product that meets their needs by advancing the technology innovations in weather hazard analysis and avoidance,” “By providing longer range weather detection, automatic and more accurate assessment of real weather hazards, and discrimination of non-hazards, this system enables pilots to easily identify the best and most direct routing to avoid turbulence. This ensures a more comfortable ride, while saving fuel. This is a great example of how advanced technology can make things simple – reducing pilot workload, increasing safety and reducing fuel consumption.”

Rusdi Kirana, President Director of Lion Airlines said, “Lion Air’s greatest focus is the safety of our passengers,”, “We selected Honeywell’s RDR-4000 weather radar and other safety products because they offer advanced safety features that aren’t available in other surveillance and information products.”

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Lion Airlines ’s planned launch of services in Australia is expected to trigger an intense bidding war among the country’s airports, which are riding the wave of low-cost carrier entry.

Brisbane-based charter company, SkyAirWorld, which will hold 51% of Lion Air Australia and is sponsoring Lion Airlines Australia’s regulatory approval application, stated that no decisions had been made on where to base the airline. Lion Airlines hopes to be flying in Australia by the end of the year.

SkyAirWorld’s CEO, David Charlton, added that Brisbane Airport had “many attractions”. Other airports, including the Gold Coast, are expected to bid, while the carrier would also be likely to seek state government support.

Lion Airlines Australia plans to connect points not currently serviced, “creating a fantastic new offering for the travelling public”. The carrier is expected to operate from multiple Australian ports to Indonesia and other cities in Asia.

The entry of another carrier into Australia could provide further downward pressure on fares, creating another spike in passenger traffic. Australian airports have enjoyed an almost doubling of passenger numbers in the past decade, with a 7.8% year-on-year increase in 2006/07.

Six B737-900ERs have been allocated to the Australian venture, out of a total 122 of the type on order by the Indonesian airline, Lion Airlines, which will hold a 49% stake in Lion Airlines Australia.

The 215-seat aircraft have a 3,200 nautical mile (5925 km) range, opening the prospect for non-stop services to Asia and the Pacific Islands from Australia. Airports in those regions will also be watching Lion Airlines Australia’s progress with interest.

Lion Airlines, the Indonesian airline with 122 B737-900ERs on order, has confirmed plans to launch Lion Air Australia and Lion Air Thailand subsidiaries shortly. A spokesman for the airline recently stated “we cannot put that many airplanes in Indonesia alone”.

The airline has reportedly reached an agreement to acquire 49% of an unnamed Australian company and base six aircraft in Australia – one more aircraft than Tiger Airways’ start-up fleet in Australia.

An Australian base has not been announced, but would be hotly contested by the country’s airports.

“The move would provide a further influx in capacity to already highly competitive domestic markets in Australia and Thailand. The traveling public would be the main winners from further downward pressure on fares, if Lion Air is successful in launching operations in both countries”, said Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation spokesman, Derek Sadubin.

Last year, Lion Airlines stated it was interested in investing in Vietnam, Bangladesh, Malaysia and the Philippines. The airline envisaged investing USD50-100 million in each venture, to be funded from “internal and external sources”.

However, according to Lion Airlines President Director, Rusdi Kirana, the Australian firm came with immediate offer that it “could not resist”.
Meanwhile, four aircraft are earmarked for the Thai operation.

A target date for the establishment of both companies was not disclosed. Lion Air is scheduled to take delivery of its 122nd B737-900ER in 2014 and is receiving aircraft at the rate of one per month in 2008.

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Lion Airlines – A Lion Air plane with 193 passengers on board skidded upon landing on Sunday at Sepinggan Airport in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan.

“The runway was wet which caused the 10 meter overrun. There were no fatalities,” PT Angkasa Pura I spokesperson Abdullah Husein said.

The incident was reported at 7:30 a.m. after the plane’s rear tires had sunk in a ditch off the runway.

The runway was closed until 2:45 p.m. to make way for the plane’s evacuation, which forced several flights to reroute to nearby airports, including Hasanuddin in Makassar, South Sulawesi, and Syamsuddin Noor in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan.

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Lion Airlines to open new routes to Japan, China, Australia – Private airline Lion Air is expecting to soon open routes to a number of cities in Japan, China and Australia, and will upgrade the capacity of fuel tanks on eight of its aircraft to support the plan.

Lion Air general director Edward Sirait said the new international routes would include Denpasar-Fukoaka, Denpasar-Guangzhou and Denpasar-Melbourne.

“Lion Air will expand its international routes to the north and south in 2012. We’re currently modifying the central tanks of our Boeing 737-900 ER aircraft so that they can fly further.

“We expect to open other international routes by the end of the year,” Edward said Monday in Jakarta, as quoted by kompas.com.

He added that the modifications would be applied to new Boeing aircraft Lion had ordered and expected to be delivered this year.

The fuel capacity of these aircraft would be increased by 50 percent, allowing each plane to travel nine hours non-stop, from the normal six hours.

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Lion Airlines to apply for new AOC for new full-service carrier.
Privately owned airline Lion Air said it would apply for a new Air Operator Certificate (AOC) for its new full-service carrier, which is planned to be launched in November 2012, because it will bear a different company name, an executive said Sunday.

“Lion Air has been committed to being a low-cost carrier and we already have a steady market. As we plan to expand our wings into becoming a full-service carrier, we should have a new airline, which will need a new AOC from the country’s civil aviation authority,” Lion Air’s director of general affairs, Edward Sirait, told The Jakarta Post over the phone.

He added that, in general, an airline cannot be both a low-cost carrier and full-service carrier at the same time.

“Law No. 1/2009 on Aviation also stipulates that one carrier should only choose one type of service,” Edward said. Lion Air decided to expand into the full-service domain because the company had predicted that the full-service market would see continual growth.

“At this moment, the national annual growth of airline passengers has reached 15 percent. We are sure that travelers who opt for full-service amenities will continue to grow as well,” Edward said.

Currently, Lion Airlines has one subsidiary, Wings Air, which serves as a feeder for Lion, linking its main destinations with secondary cities.

Separately, the Transportation Ministry’s air transportation director general, Herry Bakti Gumay, said that a new AOC was not a problem as long as the airline fulfills a series of requirements that new airlines must follow.

However, he indicated the expansion of Lion Air was to gain more profits in the future.

“Let’s take a look at Garuda Indonesia. The airline also has Citilink to provide low-cost services. I think Lion Air will try to compete with other airlines that provide dual types of service,” Herry said.

He added that in 2015, there would be an ASEAN Open Sky Policy, an international policy concept which calls for the opening of a free market for the airline industry.

“By creating a full-service airline, Lion Air will possibly be able to compete with the regional giants, such as Singapore Airlines and Malaysia Airlines,” Herry said.

Currently, Lion Air is mired with delayed flights due to tight schedules, and the ministry has ordered the airline to have a number of its airplanes on standby in case of delays.

Edward, however, was upbeat that the airline will be able to attract a large number of passengers who will opt for the full-service carrier.

“As of today, our on-time performance [OTP] has reached 80 percent. We are very sure of our plan,” he said.

He added that the new full-service airline would offer a huge surprise to customers, offering a totally different type of service compared to other airlines that already provide such services.

Edward, however, refused to elaborate on the planned fullservice system other than it would have in-flight meals.

Edward added that as a full-service carrier, the new airline will target business travelers and those from the upper echelons of society, as well as those people who merely prefer full-service rather than a low-cost one.

He also refused to reveal more information on how many pilots would be hired for the new airline.

Edward only said the new airline would use 12 Boeing 737-900ERs as a start-up.

Lion Air received its 50th 737-900ER on Saturday, with the total due to rise to 54 by the end of this year, and 178 by 2016.

“We are still calculating that. Much will depend on which routes we want to serve. We are still in the process of determining the destinations for our new airline,” he said.

He added that the full-service airline might possibly cover both the busiest and quieter airports, meaning both small and big cities. (fem)

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LionAirlines.net – Lion Airlines is a low-cost airline based in Jakarta, Indonesia. It operates scheduled passenger services on an extensive domestic network from Jakarta to 40 destinations with 210 daily flights. Lion Air also flies to Singapore, Vietnam and Malaysia and plans to add flights to the Middle East. Its main base is Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta.
Current Lion Air destinations include:

Indonesia
Ambon (Pattimura Airport)
Banda Aceh (Sultan Iskandarmuda Airport)
Balikpapan (Sepinggan International Airport)
Banjarmasin (Syamsudin Noor Airport)
Batam (Hang Nadim Airport)
Bengkulu (Padang Kemiling Airport)
Bima (Bima Airport)
Denpasar – Bali (Ngurah Rai Airport)
Fakfak (Fakfak Airport)
Gorontalo (Jalaluddin Airport)
Jakarta (Soekarno-Hatta International Airport)
Jambi (Sultan Thaha Airport)
Jayapura (Sentani Airport)
Kaimana (Kaimana Airport)
Kendari (Wolter Monginsidi Airport)
Kupang (El Tari Airport)
Manado (Sam Ratulangi Airport)
Mataram (Selaparang Airport)
Medan (Polonia International Airport)
Nabire (Nabire Airport)
Padang (Minangkabau International Airport)
Palembang (Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II Airport)
Palu (Mutiara Airport)
Pangkal Pinang (Pangkal Pinang Airport)
Pekanbaru (Sultan Syarif Kasim II Airport)
Pontianak (Supadio Airport)
Semarang (Achmad Yani Airport)
Solo (Adisumarmo International Airport)
Sumbara (Sumbawa Besar Airport)
Sorong (Sorong Airport)
Surabaya (Juanda International Airport)
Tahuna
Tarakan (Juwata Airport)
Ternate (Babullah Airport)
Tual
Ujung Pandang (Hasanuddin International Airport)
Yogyakarta (Adisucipto International Airport)

Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur (Kuala Lumpur International Airport)
Penang (Penang International Airport)

Singapore
Singapore (Singapore Changi Airport)

Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City (Tan Son Nhat International Airport)

Saudi Arabia
Jeddah (King Abdulaziz International Airport) (planned mid 2009)
Riyadh (King Khalid International Airport) (planned mid 2009)