Indonesia’s Lion Air to Buy 230 New Boeing 737s in $21.7b Deal

[Rui Dias]

Indonesia?s Lion Air to Buy 230 New Boeing 737s in $21.7b Deal | The Jakarta Globe (http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/indonesias-lion-air-to-buy-230-new-boeing-737s-in-217b-deal/479202)

[oceancrosser]

Smoke and mirrors. How can you sign a deal to buy something that has not been fully defined yet and no performance to guarantee is available yet???
I very recently attended a sales presentation by Boeing on behalf of my operator and it is all very vague and "under study".

[racedo]

Got a feeling that this is a non deal made to look good for PR purposes with Osama visiting.

[kwateow]

When a deal is real it's announced by the manufacturer, not the White House or the local massage parlor.

Anyway, don't believe anything Lion Air says. Airbus is smart enough to keep away.

[Rui Dias]

Boeing's New Airplane - Lion Air makes king-size move with 737 MAX (http://www.newairplane.com/737/737Max/LionAir/)

[swp53]

Indonesia’s Lion Air has placed a firm order with Airbus for 234 A320 Family aircraft, comprising 109 A320neo, 65 A321neo and 60 A320ceo.

[kworrall]

Good news. Do you know if they hire European pilots?

[TSR2]

230 B737MAX and 234 Airbus A320 family NEO's.

I find that hard to believe.

[SRENNAPS]

First of all I apologise if there is a thread on this already. I could not see one.

Second, I am not any form of expert in the field of aviation procurement, but am I missing something here:

BBC News - Airbus wins record order for 234 planes from Indonesia's Lion (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-21833501)

The order trumps last year's record order for 230 Boeing planes - also from Lion Air.

Lion currently has just 92 Boeing planes, which fly mainly within Indonesia but also to Saudi Arabia.

.................although Lion Air is banned from flying within both the 27-nation European Union and the US. because of fears that its safety standards are not up to scratch.

Now, no disrespect to Lion Air but to me this is the equivalent of my local taxi cab firm, with his fleet of 20 clapped out Ford Escorts, buying 200 Rolls Royce’s and becoming the poshest Taxi Firm in South Wales :confused::confused:

As I said, Am I missing something here or would I just not make a good aircraft salesperson :E

[SRENNAPS]

Mods,

Thank you for moving my post to this thread. Apologies I had not seen it.