Lion Air, Indonesia’s largest domestic carrier, is expanding its routes and training facilities, having ordered 20 Cessna 172s and one Boeing 737-900ER simulator, its third, to shore up an impending need for pilots. The budget carrier has placed orders for more than 500 narrowbodies with Boeing and Airbus; it currently has a fleet of 96 aircraft.
Indonesia’s growing middle class and poorly served air corridors have provided the region’s airlines with opportunities for expansion. In the next 20 years, the Indonesian middle class will grow from 130 million to 240 million people, the World Bank estimates.
Malindo Air of Malaysia, which is 49 percent owned by Lion Air, is launching a daily nonstop 737-900ER service from Kuala Lumpur to Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 28. The carrier awaits regulatory approvals to launch flights to New Delhi, Trichi, Cochin and Mumbai in India, “as demand is there,” said CEO Chandran Ramamurthy. Malindo Air will funnel through-traffic to underserved Indonesia via Malaysia.
12/08/13 Neelam Mathews/AINonline
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Indonesia’s growing middle class and poorly served air corridors have provided the region’s airlines with opportunities for expansion. In the next 20 years, the Indonesian middle class will grow from 130 million to 240 million people, the World Bank estimates.
Malindo Air of Malaysia, which is 49 percent owned by Lion Air, is launching a daily nonstop 737-900ER service from Kuala Lumpur to Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 28. The carrier awaits regulatory approvals to launch flights to New Delhi, Trichi, Cochin and Mumbai in India, “as demand is there,” said CEO Chandran Ramamurthy. Malindo Air will funnel through-traffic to underserved Indonesia via Malaysia.
12/08/13 Neelam Mathews/AINonline
