Lion Airlines facts for kids
| Founded | 19 October 1999 |
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| Commenced operations | 30 June 2000 |
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| Frequent-flyer program | Lion Passport |
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| Fleet size | 118 |
| Destinations | 126 |
| Company slogan | We make people fly |
| Parent company | Lion Air Group |
| Headquarters | Lion Air Tower, Jalan KH. Hasyim Ashari, Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Key people | Rusdi Kirana (Chairman) Rudy Lumingkewas (CEO) Edward Sirait (President Director) Daniel Putut (Managing Director) |
PT Lion Mentari Airlines, known as Lion Air or Lion Airlines is the largest private airline in Indonesia. Lion Air have their headquarter office in Jakarta, Indonesia. Lion Air goes to places like Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia. The airplanes go to 56 different places in Indonesia and world with a fleet of 89 airplanes.
Lion Airlines cannot fly in European Union because they did not passed safety laws set by officials.
On 18 November 2011, the airline informed about order of Boeing planes setting the record for the world's bigge
st single order of 230 planes for a commercial airline worth $21.7 billion.
Images for kids
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A Yakovlev Yak-42D, the first aircraft of Lion Air, landing in Singapore
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A Lion Air McDonnell Douglas MD-82 at Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport
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A Lion Air Boeing 747-400 at Soekarno–Hatta International Airport
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A Lion Air Boeing 737-900ER at Changi Airport
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A Lion Air Boeing 737-900ER in '50th 737-900ER built' livery, also at Changi Airport
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A Lion Air Airbus A330-300 at Ngurah Rai Airport
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Lion Air was the launch customer of the 737-900ER, seen here on the type's first flight
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An Airbus A310 formerly of Lion Air in the Mojave Desert, California
See also
In Spanish: Lion Air para niños
