Lion to start Australian Airline Aussie Batik within 12 months

[markis10]

By the end of this year, Lion Air and state-controlled PT Garuda Indonesia (GIAA) will surpass Singapore Airlines Ltd. (SIA) as Southeast Asia’s biggest carriers by fleet size, the CAPA Centre for Aviation, which advises airlines, said last year. Boeing Co. (BA) and Airbus SAS, the world’s two biggest planemakers, both count on Asian airlines to buy more aircraft in the next two decades.


Lion Group plans to order a few dozen more planes soon, said Kirana, without specifying the type, and plans to have a fleet of 1,000 planes. Lion Air agreed to buy 230 Boeing 737 planes in 2012 and followed that with an order for 234 Airbus planes last year. The group will open an Australian airline in the next 12 months, called Aussie Batik, Kirana said.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-...-post-after-cheap-flights-southeast-asia.html

 

[zainman]

1000 aircraft?? Wouldn't that make them the largest airline in the world (with respect to number of aircraft)?

 

[hossein_au]

Talk is cheap; without proper management no business can remain viable. This is no where more true than extremely competitive industries such as commercial aviation. Good luck to them, I say.

 

[zainman]

Talk is cheap; without proper management no business can remain viable. This is no where more true than extremely competitive industries such as commercial aviation. Good luck to them, I say.

I wonder if they have actually put some money down for planes/orders or if it's all just a MoU lol..

 

[hossein_au]

I even give them the benefit of doubt and presume they have the money in the bank. Even then, running an airline is far more than buying planes.

 

[Major]

I would be more concerned as to where they are going to find the pilots and ensure they are suitably trained

 

[TomVexille]

1000 aircraft?? Wouldn't that make them the largest airline in the world (with respect to number of aircraft)?

It would.

I'm interested in seeing if they can maintain their growth at the present rate. It seems unsustainable, but good luck to them.

 

[Awesom Andy]

They have some flights here (in SIN). Works reasonably well for the price.

 

[Aussie_flyer]

They have setup a Thai division and even opened a base in Hat Yai with an ATR72-600 and opened quite a few new routes never before or not currently served. It's called Thai Lion Air, they have a couple of 737-900 also.

In Malaysia they operate Malindo but it operates more as a full service airline with business class, different model to their Indo and Thai airlines.

 

[sjd]

All we need now is a Canadian Bear LCC, oh my!