Lion Air Group

Indonesian airline holding company

PT Lion Group

Trade name

| Lion Air Group
Company type| Private
Industry| Airline
Founded| 15 November 1999; 25 years ago (1999-11-15)
Headquarters|

Lion Air Tower, Jakarta

Indonesia

Key people

* Rusdi Kirana (Owner)
* Kusnan Kirana (Owner)
* Daniel Putut (President Director & CEO)

Subsidiaries| Airlines:

* Batik Air
* Batik Air Malaysia
* Lion Air
* Super Air Jet
* Thai Lion Air
* Wings Air

Other services:

* Batam Aero Technic
* Lion Bizjet
* Lion Hotel & Plaza
* Lion Parcel

Website|

* www.lionair.co.id/en/home (Lion Air Indonesia)
* www.batikair.com (Batik Air Indonesia)
* www.superairjet.com (Super Air Jet)
* www.lionairthai.com (Lion Air Thai)
* www.malindoair.com (Malindo/Batik Air Malaysia)

PT Lion Group, dba Lion Air Group, holding company, based in Indonesia.[1] The group consists of several airlines from Southeast Asia, currently Lion Air, Wings Air, Batik Air, Batik Air Malaysia, Thai Lion Air, and Super Air Jet. The Lion Air Group primarily competes with the Malaysian-based low-cost carrier AirAsia, Vietnamese-based low-cost carrier VietJet Air, and domestic competitor of national airline Garuda Indonesia.

## History

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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

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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]

In 2021, after the launch of Super Air Jet, rumors arose that the airline belonged to Lion Air Group after the airline was headed by Ari Azhari, a former General Manager of Services for Lion Air Group. The airline however rejected any claims of formal ties with Lion Air and its subsidiaries.[9][10][11]

## Operations

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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 Super Air Jet Airbus A320-200 at Soekarno–Hatta International Airport Malindo Air Boeing 737-800 at Soekarno–Hatta International Airport, Tangerang, Banten A Thai Lion Air Boeing 737-900ER Country  | Company  | Service

|
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Indonesia | Lion Air | Low-cost carrier
Wings Air | Regional airline
Batik Air | Full-service airline
Super Air Jet | Ultra low-cost carrier
Lion Bizjet  | Business jet charter
Lion Parcel | Courier/Freight transport
Lion Hotel & Plaza  | Hospitality
Malaysia | Batik Air Malaysia | Full-service airline
Thailand | Thai Lion Air | Low-cost carrier
Sources: [12][13]

## Operators and fleet

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Lion Air Group Fleet[14][15][16][17][18][19] Aircraft  | In Service  | Operator

|
|

Airbus A320-200 | 108  | Batik Air
Super Air Jet
Airbus A320neo | 1  | Batik Air
Airbus A330-300 | 11  | Batik Air Malaysia
Lion Air
Airbus A330-900 | 8  | Lion Air
Airbus Helicopters EC135 | 1  | Lion Bizjet
ATR 72-500 | 20  | Wings Air
ATR 72-600 | 59  | Wings Air
Boeing 737-800 | 80  | Batik Air
Batik Air Malaysia
Lion Air
Thai Lion Air
Boeing 737-900ER | 67  | Lion Air
Thai Lion Air
Boeing 737 MAX 8 | 17  | Batik Air Malaysia
Boeing 737 MAX 9 | 4  | Lion Air
Hawker Beechcraft 900XP | 2  | Lion Bizjet

## Subsidiary company

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PT Lion Express

Trade name

| Lion Parcel

|

Industry| Courier
Founded| Jakarta
(2013; 12 years ago (2013))
Founders| Rusdi Kirana
Headquarters| Indonesia

Key people

| Farian Kirana (Chief Executive Officer)

Number of employees

|  1.037 (2020)
Parent| Lion Air
Website| lionparcel.com

### Lion Parcel

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PT. Lion Express also known as Lion Parcel is a subsidiary company of Lion Air Group, is the logistic company that serves nationwide and Asia. Their services is door-to-door delivery enhanced with Innovation and Technology.[20]

#### Environmental record

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Lion Parcel has taken measures to control their environmental effect by use of electric vehicles produced by GESITS (PT Wika Industri Manufaktur). Lion Parcel changed vehicles in certain delivery fleets in order to use electric vehicles. Certain new vehicles use electricity, to which Lion Parcel hopes to reduce air pollution in Indonesia and carbon emission produced by conventional vehicle. With this initiative, they become the first logistic company in Indonesia that has implement the use of electric vehicles.[21][22][23]

#### Awards

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* Gold Predicate from Indonesian Contact Center Association (ICCA) during The Best Contact Center Indonesia 2021'2 event for category "The Best Digital Media"[24]
* Impactful Digital Marketing Campaign of The Year for JAGOPACK, Marketeers Editor's Choice Award 2021.[25]
* Industry Marketing Champion 2021 for the Logistics Sector, Marketeer of the Year 2021, MARKPLUS, INC.[26]

## See also

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* List of airline holding companies

## References

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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. ^ Sari, Desi Intan (16 December 2022). Prasetya, Anggara Wikan (ed.). "6 Fakta Super Air Jet". Kompas.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 23 March 2023.
10. ^ Tirta (4 May 2021). "Lion Bantah, Super Air Jet Seberapa Super Maskapai Baru Ini?". CNBC Indonesia (in Indonesian). Jakarta. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
11. ^ Persada, Gading (4 May 2021). Muliya, Deni (ed.). "Terbongkar! Ini Dia Sosok di Balik Super Air Jet, Maskapai Baru yang Bidik Konsumen Milenial". Kompas TV. Jakarta. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
12. ^ Sakzewski, Emily (30 October 2018). "Who owns Lion Air and what do we know about its safety record?". ABC News. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
13. ^ Kurniawan, Frendy (2 November 2018). "Konglomerat Kusnan & Rusdi Kirana: Bisnis dan Politik Lion Air". tirto.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 19 April 2021.
14. ^ "Lion Air fleet details". Airfleets.net. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
15. ^ "Wings Air fleet details". Airfleets.net. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
16. ^ "Batik Air fleet details". Airfleets.net. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
17. ^ "Malindo Air fleet details". Airfleets.net. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
18. ^ "Thai Lion Air fleet details". Airfleets.net. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
19. ^ "About". Lion Bizjet. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
20. ^ "Lion Parcel". Tech in Asia. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
21. ^ "Kerja Sama dengan GESITS, Lion Parcel Dorong Penerapan Praktik Bisnis Berkelanjutan" (in Indonesian). Kontan. 14 October 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
22. ^ Rohman, Chairul (14 October 2021). "Motor listrik GESITS jadi armada antar paket Lion Parcel" (in Indonesian). Antara News. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
23. ^ Silfia, Imamatul (14 October 2021). "Dukung Keberlanjutan Lingkungan, Lion Parcel Gunakan Kendaraan Listrik GESITS". Wartaekonomi. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
24. ^ "Terus Berinovasi, Lion Parcel Menangkan Penghargaan The Best Digital Media Pada The Best Contact Center Indonesia 2021". Kontan. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
25. ^ Hamdhi, Akmalal (30 June 2022). Winarto, Yudho (ed.). "Lion Parcel Sukses Meraih Penghargaan Marketeers OMNI Brands of The Year 2022". Kontan (in Indonesian). Jakarta. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
26. ^ "Pimpinan Kami". Lion Parcel (in Indonesian). Retrieved 23 March 2023.

## External links

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Lion Air Group

Subsidiaries|

* Lion Air
* Batik Air
* Batik Air Malaysia
* Thai Lion Air
* Wings Air

Incidents and accidents|

* Flight 538
* Flight 610
* Flight 904
* Batik Air Flight 7703

Destinations|

* Lion Air Group destinations

* Destinations
* Media related to Lion Air at Wikimedia Commons

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Airlines of Indonesia

Full service|

* Garuda Indonesia (Flag carrier)

Hybrid/medium service|

* Batik Air
* Pelita Air
* Sriwijaya Air
* TransNusa

Low cost carriers|

* Citilink
* Indonesia AirAsia
* Lion Air
* Super Air Jet

Regional|

* FlyJaya
* Jhonlin Air Transport
* NAM Air
* SAM Air
* Susi Air
* Trigana Air
* Wings Air

Charter|

* Air Born
* Airfast Indonesia
* Asian One Air
* BBN Airlines
* EastIndo
* Indonesia Air Transport
* Mission Aviation Fellowship
* Premiair
* Transwisata Prima Aviation
* Travira Air

Cargo|

* Asia Cargo Airlines
* Cardig Air
* Cargo Garuda Indonesia
* Dimonim Air
* Jayawijaya Dirgantara
* My Indo Airlines

Defunct|

* Adam Air
* Air Efata
* Air Paradise
* Air Regional
* Airmark Indonesia
* Asia Avia Airlines
* Auvia Air
* Aviastar
* Bali Air
* Batavia Air
* Bayu Indonesia
* Bouraq Indonesia Airlines
* De Kroonduif
* Deraya Air Taxi
* Dirgantara Air Service
* Garuda Indonesia Explore
* Gatari Air Service
* Indonesia AirAsia X
* Indonesian Airlines
* Jatayu Airlines
* Kalimantan Air Service
* Kalstar Aviation
* Kaltim Airlines
* Kartika Airlines
* KLM Interinsulair Bedrijf
* KNILM
* Linus Airways
* Lorena Airlines
* Manunggal Air Service
* Megantara Air
* Merpati Nusantara Airlines
* Nurman Avia
* Nusantara Air Charter
* Nusantara Buana Air
* Pacific Royale Airways
* Papua Indonesia Air System
* Penas Air
* Post Ekspres Prima
* Republic Express Airlines
* Riau Airlines
* Sabang Merauke Raya Air Charter
* Sempati Air
* Seulawah Nad Air
* Sky Aviation
* Star Air (Indonesia)
* Tigerair Mandala
* Top Air
* Xpress Air
* Zamrud Aviation Corporation

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Airlines of Malaysia

Mainline|

| Full service|

* Malaysia Airlines (Flag carrier)
* Batik Air Malaysia

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Low-cost|

* AirAsia
* AirAsia X
* Firefly

Regional|

* MASwings

Cargo|

* MASkargo
* Raya Airways
* World Cargo Airlines

Charter|

* Amal
* Berjaya Air
* Hornbill Skyways
* Layang Layang Aerospace
* MHS Aviation
* Sabah Air
* Weststar Aviation

Defunct|

* Awan Inspirasi
* Borneo Airways
* Eaglexpress
* Federation Air Service
* Malaysia–Singapore Airlines
* MYAirline
* Pelandok Airways
* Pelangi Air
* Rayani Air
* Sabah Airways
* Saeaga Airlines
* SKS Airways
* Vision Air Malaysia
* Wearne's Air Service

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Airlines of Thailand

Full service|

* Thai Airways (flag carrier)

Low-cost|

* Nok Air
* Thai AirAsia
* Thai AirAsia X
* Thai Lion Air
* Thai Summer Airways
* Thai VietJet Air

Regional|

* Bangkok Airways

Charter|

* MJets

Cargo|

* Air People International
* K-Mile Air

Defunct|

* Air Andaman
* Air Phoenix
* Air Siam
* Angel Airlines
* Asia Atlantic Airlines
* City Airways
* Happy Air
* Intira Airlines
* Jet Asia Airways
* Kan Air
* New Gen Airways
* NokScoot
* One-Two-Go Airlines
* Orient Thai Airlines
* P.C. Air
* PBair
* Phuket Air
* R Airlines
* SGA Airlines
* Siam Air
* SkyStar Airways
* Solar Air
* Thai Air Cargo
* Thai Airways Company
* Thai Pacific Airlines
* Thai Regional Airlines
* Thai Sky Airlines
* Thai Smile
* Thai Tiger Airways
* ThaiJet
* U Airlines
* Wisdom Airways

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