Lion Air
Lion Air PT Lion Mentari Airlines, operating as Lion Air , is Indonesia’s largest privately run airline, capturing the largest share of the domestic market. Headquartered in Jakarta, Indonesia, Lion Air flies to cities within Indonesia and to Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia and some charter routes to China Mainland and Hong Kong. Its main base is Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta. It operates scheduled passenger services on an extensive network from Jakarta to 79 Destinations. Lion Air has been rapidly expanding its fleet to meet the need for medium-haul jets in the world's 4th most populous country. On March 2013 Lion Air & Airbus signed a $24-billion contract - recorded as the most valuable commercial order booked in history - for 234 A320s. The 2nd biggest was also made by Lion Air in 2011, in a $22.4-billion order for 230 Boeing jets. The airline was established in October 1999 and started operations on June 30, 2000, when it began schedule...