Source: Super Air Jet
Source: Super Air Jet
Source: Super Air Jet
Source: Super Air Jet
In response to a query FlightGlobal sent to Lion’s communications team, a spokesman sent a statement about the new airline – although the statement makes no mention of Lion. Further, Reuters reports that the new carrier will be run by Ari Azhari, formerly a general manager in Lion Group.
The statement indicates that the airline will commence services with Airbus A320 family jets, and that it will operate a low cost model.
Cirium fleets data suggests that the new airline has already secured its first aircraft, a A320 on lease from CDB Aviation. The aircraft (MSN 4488) was operated by IndiGo from 2010 to 2020, and is now in storage at Batam’s Hang Nadim International Airport.
Lion Air’s Founders Planning to Launch New Airline in Indonesia
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about 19 hours agoThe founders of Indonesia’s PT Lion Mentari Airlines are planning to start a new airline, according to people familiar with the plan, a development that could aid the carrier’s efforts to move beyond one of aviation’s biggest disasters. The new carrier is a project started by Lion’s founders including Rusdi Kirana, said the people, who asked not to be named because they’re not authorized to speak publicly on the plan. Lion Air has been trying to move forward from a deadly crash in 2018, which… (www.bloomberg.com) More.
By Cirium2021-02-03T01:53:00+00:00
Several lessors to Lion Group airlines have agreed to restructure their leases after months of bilateral negotiations, Cirium understands.
“We have reached our agreement and money has started flowing again in December and we are expecting money… for January,” one of those lessors tells Cirium.
Source: Greg Waldron/FlightGlobal
A Lion Air 737-900ER
Given the private nature of the negotiations, it is not clear exactly how many lessors have arrived at agreements, but four with exposure to Lion tell Cirium they heard that multiple lessors had done so. One puts the number at about a dozen or more.