Search 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.