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A handout photo shows the new Indonesian budget airline Super Air Jet's livery and air crew members in the airline's uniform. (Photo courtesy of Super Air Jet)
Super Air Jet Sets Up Wider Post-Pandemic Moat for Rusdi Kirana's Empire
BY :HERMAN, THRESA SANDRA DESFIKA, DION BISARA
MAY 05, 2021
Jakarta. New budget airline Super Air Jet's surprise attempt to break into the country's limping air-travel industry would only ensure Lion Air's founder Rusdi Kirana's dominance in the country's post-pandemic travel, providing the billionaire with a wider moat to dissuade aspiring entrants to the market.
The airline would be the Southeast Asia country's first new airline in the past ten years, which saw the domestic airline industry consolidating into a duopoly: Lion Air Group in the budget segment and flagship-carrier Garuda Indonesia and full-service segment.