PT Lion Mentari Airlines, operating as Lion Air, is an Indonesian low-cost carrier. Based in Jakarta, Indonesia, Lion Air is the country's largest privately run airline, the second largest low-cost airline in the Southeast Asia after AirAsia and the second largest airline of Indonesia, flying to more than 79 destinations in Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia, as well as charter routes to China and Hong Kong.
The airline was established in October 1999 by brothers Rusdi and Kusnan Kirana and started operations on 30 June 2000, when it began scheduled passenger services between Jakarta and Denpasar using a leased Boeing 737-200. It was the first low cost airline in Indonesia. In 2003 a subsidiary airline was established, Wings Air, operating flights on lower density routes. Further subsidiaries were developed including Malindo Air in Malaysia in 2012, Thai Lion Air in Thailand in 2013 and domestically, Batik Air, a full-service subsidiary, also in 2013.
In June 2016 Lion Air was removed from the list of blacklisted airlines to fly into the EU.
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Boeing 737-9GP, registration PK-LGL, built 2009, serial number 35729 Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS), Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, 17 May 2016
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Boeing 737-9GP, registration PK-LOF built 2008, serial number 35720 Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS), Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, 17 May 2016
