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JAKARTA, May 3 (Reuters) - Indonesian low-cost start-up airline Super Air Jet aims to begin flying soon with a business model focused on tech-obsessed millennials with a propensity to travel, the carrier’s chief executive, Ari Azhari, said on Monday.
Industry sources said the airline has links to Indonesia’s biggest airline group, Lion Air Group, though the nature of any ownership overlap is unknown.
Azhari had been the general manager of Lion Air Group and the statement on Super Air Jet’s launch was provided to Reuters by Lion Air’s spokesman. The spokesman did not respond to questions on its links to Lion Air.
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.