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Lion Air is the Indonesia’s largest domestic carrier and Asia’s first hybrid carrier which offers both economy and business class seating, based in Jakarta, Indonesia. It operates scheduled passenger services on an extensive domestic network from Jakarta to 40 destinations with 210 daily flights (as per May 2008). Lion Air also fly to Singapore, Vietnam and Malaysia. Its full name is PT Lion Mentari Airlines. Its main base is Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta .

History

The airline was established in October 1999 and started operations on 30 June 2000, when it began scheduled passenger services between Jakarta and Pontianak using a leased Boeing 737-200. It is wholly owned by Rusdi Kirana and family .

1 October 2007: A Boeing 737-900ER's (registered as PK-LFJ) tail struck the ground while taking off, causing a 2.5 m tear in cargo area of the plane.

December 2007 : The engine cover and tail pipe of a McDonnell Douglas MD-90 fell off on the runway of Soekarno-Hatta Airport.

Fleet

From 2007 until 2012, 144 Boeing 737-900ER's will be delivered from the total 178 aircraft ordered to strengthen Lion Air fleets. The 737-900ER is the newest member of Next Generation 737 family with the most advanced single aisle commercial airplane in the world.

Type	Number	Seats	Routes	Notes
Boeing 737-300	2	148	Domestic short haul	To be phased out: 2009
Boeing 737-400	10	158	Domestic medium haul	To be phased out: 2011
Boeing 737-900ER	10 (out of 178 firm order)	212	Domestic and International medium haul	Launch Customer
McDonnell Douglas MD-82	15		Domestic medium haul	one aircraft is operated for Myanmar Airways International
McDonnell Douglas MD-83	1		Domestic medium haul	To be phased out: 2010
McDonnell Douglas MD-90-30	5		Domestic short haul	To be phased out: 2010
Dash 8	3		Remote and rural airports only
Total	46 (+168 orders)

Lion Air average fleet age is 13.1 years old in April 2008.

First to fly Boeing 737-900ER

On 26 May 2005 Lion Air signed a preliminary agreement with Boeing for the purchase of up to 60 Next Generation Boeing 737 aircraft, valued at $3.9 billion. These would replace the current fleet and provide for further expansion. Subsequently in July 2005, Lion Air confirmed a contract for 30 Boeing 737-900ER's plus 30 options. It can carry up to 215 passengers in a single-class layout, and will be powered by CFM56-7B26 turbofan engines.
   On 17 July 2006, Lion Air announced it has converted options for another 30 Boeing 737-900ER's into firm orders (now total of 60 aircraft on order), with deliveries commencing early 2010 through to 2012.
   On April 27 2007, Boeing delivered the first Boeing 737-900ER to the launch customer Lion Air. The airplane was delivered in a special dual paint scheme that combines the Lion Air lion on the vertical stabilizer and the Boeing livery colors on the fuselage.
   On June 18 2007, Lion Air announced at the Paris Air Show orders for an additional 40 737-900ER planes bringing its orders to 100.
   On December 04 2007, Lion Air announced 22 addition order of 737-900ER's, bringing the total order to 122.
   On February 19 2008, Lion Air added 56 of the 737-900ER's which adds the order to 178 planes during the 2008 Singapore Airshow.

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