With tigers and maybe soon lions, what will be next?
Lion has a huge order of 739ERs - probably just working out where to fly them all. Anyone has any mail on who the "Australian company" is?
Lion Air eyes expansion into Australia and Thailand
Thursday, 10 January 2008
With the help of local carriers, Indonesian-based Lion Air will be expanding its operations into Australia and Thailand by 2014. The venture will create separate Lion Air Australia and Lion Air Thailand businesses.
"A cooperation agreement with an Australian company in which 49 percent of the shares are owned by Lion and 51 percent by the Australian side is now in the making. Lion will base six of its aircraft in Australia," Lion Air President Director Rusdi Kirana told ANTARA News this week.
Meanwhile, Lion Air will base four of its aircraft in Thailand for its Lion Air Thailand business.
According to the President Director, the carrier was drawn towards expanding into Australia and Thailand because it was relatively easier for foreign investors to obtain permits in these markets. Rusdi added that the expansion plan would prove that Indonesian airlines were also capable of operating internationally.
Source; E-travel blackboard