Mengatasi Delay, Lion Air Akan Mengganti Sistem Rotasi Dan Schedule Penerbangannya

Lion Air berencana mengganti sistem rotasi dan schedule penerbangan perusahaan. Pasalnya, sistem yang dipakai saat ini sudah tidak mampu meng-cover jumlah frekuensi penerbangan Lion Air. Sehingga ini menjadi salah satu penyebab seringnya maskapai ini mengalami delay yang merugikan para penumpang.

Daniel Putut Kuncoro, Managing Directur Lion Air Group mengatakan, delay penerbangan disebabkan dua faktor yakni internal seperti kesiapan pesawat Selain itu kondisi kru serta faktor eksternal seperti cuaca,  traffic dan lain-lain.

Lion Air berkomitnen untuk melakukan perbaikan di internal agar permasalahan delay bisa di atasi. Menurut Daniel, penyebab sejumlah delay yang menimpa maskapi Lion Air baru-baru ini diakibatkan oleh sistem rotasi dan schedule yang mereka pakai sudah tidak memadai lagi dengan kondisi frekuensi.

"Sekarang Lion Air sudah melayani 600 rute. Waktu kami beli sistem yang kita pakai saat ini, frekuensi masih di bawah 400 rute. Vendor yang kita pakai memang sudah menawarkan optimalisasi tapi tetap saja belum bisa memadai," jelas Daniel.

Oleh karena itu, perusahaan ini memutuskan mengganti aero sistem dengan yang baru yang bisa mengatur rotasi kru dan pesawat. Daniel menargetkan pergantian sistem ini bisa dilakukan dalam dua bulan ke depan.


Selain itu, lanjut Daniel, pihaknya akan menaikkan set crew pesawat lebih tinggi dari ketentuan minimum dari kementerian Perhubungan 1:3:5 untuk mencegah terjadinya delay. Dengan jumlah pesawat mereka yang terus meningkat, Lion Air akan menaikkan set crew menjadi 1:5 atau setiap satu pesawat memiliki 10 kru.

Kemudian, maskapai ini juga akan melakukan tambahan pesawat standby di beberapa kota yang diindetifikasi mengalami masalah beberapa bulan terakhir. "Kami sudah tempatkan beberapa pesawat standby di beberapa kota sesuai SOP yang kita daftarakan. Kami buat tambahan di beberapa kota. kami juga siapkan pesawat badan lebar untuk meng-cover bandara yang bisa didarati pesawat wide body," tambah Daniel.

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Sementara terkait bocornya avtur di pesawat Lion Boeing 737 900 di Bandara Juanda, Daniel mengatakan pihaknya akan segera melakukan investigasi internal.

"Kami langsung investigasi terkait kemarin terjadi ovefill fuel. Enginering kami akan periksa semua pesawat boeing 737 yang kita punya karena ini yang pertama kami alami." ungkap Daniel. Saat ini Lion Air tercatat memiliki pesawat Boeing 737 NG sebanyak 108 pesawat. Tiga merupakan pesawat 330 airbus wide body dan 2 pesawat 737 400.

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Mulai 31 Maret 2017 Lion Air Grup Membuka Rute Denpasar - Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Lion Air Grup membuka rute Denpasar-Brisbane, Queensland, Australia mulai 31 Maret 2017 melalui perusahaan patungan Malindo Airways dengan menggunakan pesawat Boeing 780-400 Malindo Air.

Penerbangan sekitar 4.492 km dengan waktu tempuh rata-rata dari Denpasar (Bali) ke Brisbane 5 jam 25 menit tersebut akan dilayani setiap hari pada pukul 22.00 WIT dari Denpasar dan pukul 07.00 pagi dari Brisbane.

Penerbangan dengan ongkos Jakarta - Brisbane sekitar Rp2,9 juta per orang, selain membidik wisatawan asing dari Brisbane ke Denpasar juga menyasar penumpang dari Kula Lumpur menuju Brisbane via Denpasar.

Manajer PR Lion Andy Saladin mengakui pasar ini cukup potensial [secara ekonomi]. Ada 22 penerbangan seminggu dari Denpasar (Bali) ke Brisbane.

"Penerbangan ini menggunakan Boeing 780-400 dengan 12 seats bisnis'," ujar Andy.

Malindo Airways [Malindo Air] adalah maskapai penerbangan bertarif rendah yang berbasis di Malaysia. Maskapai ini merupakan perusahaan patungan antara Malaysia National Aerospace and Defence Industries (NADI) (51%) dan Lion Air dari Indonesia (49%).

Nama Malindo berasal dari nama negara masing-masing: Malaysia dan Indonesia. Awalnya Malindo Air direncanakan beroperasi pada 1 Mei 2013 dari terminal baru KLIA2. Akan tetapi, pihak Malindo Air memajukan tanggal peluncurannya menjadi pertengahan Maret 2013 dengan rute domestik. Malindo Air hanya menyediakan kursi kelas ekonomi dan bisnis.

Malindo memiliki total pesawat 45 yakni 16 Unit ATR 72-600, 23 Unit Boeing 737-800 dan enam unit Boeing 737-900.

Brisbane adalah ibu kita negara bagian Queensland , Australia. Berdasar data per Juni 2004, Brisbane berpenduduk sekitar 957.010 jiwa di pusat kota dan 1,77 juta jiwa di wilayah metropolitan.

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Lion Air Group Launches Batik Air

Lion Air Group will again hit the Indonesian aviation world with the launch of the latest airline subsidiary Batik Air to serve full service but at a cheaper price than are currently they have.

"Today we launched the latest airline, a subsidiary of Lion Air, the Batik Air, which will serve full services with competitive prices and excellent service," said Lion Air general director Edward Sirait while welcoming the arrival of the first Batik Air aircraft in Terminal 3 Soekarno-Hatta Airport, Cengkareng, Tangerang, on Thursday (25/4).

He adds to this new airline, it will put forward the concept of service excellence and timeliness. Regarding tariffs, of course, will be adjusted and will be more competitive than it already is today.

"We note the condition of the market, that go into the business, if the market vulnerable to price, we will consider. Full service different from the LCC (low cost carrier), frequent flyer passengers, the price is not the main, essential services and the timeliness of the service, "he said.

According to Edward Sirait, the presence of Batik Air not be a contender for full service airline that already exist today that Garuda Indonesia, but to be given the complement of air passenger growth of 20% per year

LION AIR passenger numbers in the first quarter rose 10%

Indonesia national airline PT Lion Mentari Airlines or Lion Air successful a growing number of passengers during the first quarter of this year. The number of airline passengers increased by 10% over the same quarter last year.

General Director of Lion Air, Edward Sirait explain the increase in passenger numbers due to the revitalization of the fleet is carried out by the company. In addition, Lion Air also made additional flight frequencies on domestic routes.

In the first quarter of this year, Lion Air recorded an increase of about 800,000 passengers, up 10% over the same quarter last year amounted to 7.2 million passengers.

"Of the eight million passengers, mostly from domestic flights is 98% or 7,840,000 passengers, while the rest coming from international flight around 160,000 passengers," said Edward. 

Edward said that most domestic routes is Jakarta-Medan route. This route has 20 times flights per day. The load factor for the Jakarta-Medan route stable at 82.5%. While on international routes, the airline is still concentrating on the route from Jakarta to Singapore, Jakarta to Jeddah and Jakarta to Kuala Lumpur.

Although there is the addition of 10% the number of passengers in the first quarter of 2012, but he was pessimistic until the end of this year could raise the overall airline passenger numbers up 10%. Edward argued, the month of July, after the September school holidays and after the Eid holidays are the low season.

Last year, Lion Air transport 24.97 million domestic passengers in 2011, or approximately 41.59% of total domestic passengers nationwide. Edward says, the flight routes which opened earlier this year was a direct route from Jakarta to Manado since last February 2012. While the end of this month Lion Air will open two direct routes namely Surabaya to Ambon and Surabaya to Palu without transit in Balikpapan.

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Lion Air plans to go public delayed

Lion Air to delay plans to go public this year worth more than U.S. $ 1 billion. Rusdi Kirana, chief executive officer (CEO), Lion Air said, the delay made due to the deteriorating condition of the stock market.

As info before, Lion Air has ambitious expansion plans to increase its flight business. Moreover, the Indonesia's airline company already has had a record of buying 200 Boeing aircraft.

"We can not do it (go public) this year because of the situation with the financial crisis is not so good," said CEO Rusdi Kirana. Rusdi said Lion Air currently has a market share of 51% of domestic flights and plans to go public when their market share reached 60%, something which was expected to occur two years into the future.

Rusdi Kirana ever mentioned, he does not need the IPO funds to pay for orders the plane. Some time ago, the airline is the world's attention, because the largest aircraft order valued at U.S. $ 21.7 billion.

Airbus blamed the United States (U.S.) to apply political pressure to secure an agreement to buy the aircraft. More details, Lion Air to buy 230 planes of shorter route, which purchase was signed in the presence of President Barack Obama.

Regarding the case of drug use by Lion Air, Rudi denied. "The rumors say, the pilots I worked too hard, so they use drink and drugs," said Rusdi. He also explained, "People make up stories to discredit us," he said. In addition to developing its business, Rusdi claims to have set up 1,000 homes for his airline's staff.

Rusdi Kirasna also criticized Europe that still apply black list to Lion Air. While Garuda Indonesia and five other airlines to get relief. "I do not care if the EU wants to blacklist Lion Air, Indonesia is a our market, and I want justice," said Rusdi.

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LION AIR to buy 230 Boeing aircraft worth US$ 21.7 billion

Lion Air has signed a purchase of 230 new types of aircraft made ​​by Boeing Co.. Purchase of 737 aircraft jetliner amounted to U.S. $ 21.7 billion is the biggest deal for Boeing.

Purchase agreement will be signed on Friday (18 / 1). U.S. President Barack Obama is following the ASEAN Summit to witness the signing of the sale and purchase contract.

In this sale, Lion Air will buy 201 737 MAX aircraft with engine has been upgraded. In addition, the Indonesia national airline will also buy 29 737-900s air craft types.

Lion Air President Director Rusdi Kirana said the new aircraft that have advanced technology and highly efficient Lion Air will help develop low-cost carrier. "The addition of these aircraft will also add new routes," he said, Friday (18/11).

RBC Capital Markets analyst Rob Stallard said, the purchase of plane by Lion Air made as an big deal for Boeing. "It means a lot to improve security to Boeing and MAX," he said.

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LION Air and SRIWIJAYA Air will work on FULL SERVICE carrier

Lion Air plans to upgrade the flight service from low cost carrier into a full-service airlines. For this full service, Lion Air to establish a new subsidiary, PT Space Aviation Service.

General Director of Lion Air, Edward Sirait claimed to have been taking care of the completeness of the business license for this Air Space. "The filing is already running, we are currently completing the documents in accordance with government regulations," said Edward.

Lion Air sees the potential flight for full services is very large. Edward saw its market continues to grow. Because of that, he hopes this Air Space could soon be operational next year. "We are targeting November 2012," he said.

To work on the full market these services, Lion Air will allocate around 10-12 aircraft. Already, it is reviewing the routes to be served. "So the market to be clear," he said.

Sriwijaya Air is also will follow to upgrade their flight service. Vice President Director of Sriwijaya Air Hasudungan Pandiangan claimed to have been collecting documents to transform into full flight carrier. "We are filling but do not propose the SIUP becuase not opening a new company. The name of the airline still remain the same, Sriwijaya Air," explains Hasudungan.

He also admitted it is reviewing the routes to be served. "We are targeting this transformation is completed in mid 2012," he said. So far Sriwijaya Air applying service to its passengers with the concept of medium service. The concept of rule-based medium may only provide a maximum tariff of 90% of the rate above the specified limit. The airline allowed to provide service snacks and beverages.

According to Bambang S Ervan, Head of Communications and Information Ministry of Transportation when the airline moved from medium service to full services without creating a new subsidiary then simply report to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation only. "Then after that the process is published to the public. While to open up a new subsidiary must submit SIUP first, "said Bambang.

The Director General of Civil Aviation Herry Bakti admitted that Lion Air’s SIUP is in the process. As for reports of Sriwijaya Air had not yet received their request for a report to the next grade to full service.

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LION Air passengers increased during the Islamic holiday

PT Lion Mentari Airlines recorded an increase in the number of passengers during the  Islamic holiday this year, which is reach 1.2 million passengers, increase 20%compared with the last transportation year's period.

Edward Sirait, Managing Director of Lion Air, the frequency of flights during Islamic holiday transport until today reached 157 scheduled flights, an increase of 40.2% where in the past year serving 112 flights.

He revealed the number of seats to provide in the current year is about 30 thousand seats. Moreover, according to Edward, the level of on time performance (OTP) also showed a positive trend which reached 82%. "The OTP of Lion Air has exceeded the recommended average of 80%," said Edward Sirait.

According to Edward, during the Islamic holiday, Lion Air routes increased significantly are Surabaya-Balikpapan, Surabaya-Banjarmasin, Jakarta-Jogjakarta, Jakarta-Solo and Jakarta-Padang. The increase in the routes, he added, reaching 15% compared to a normal day.

Edward said they had added 200 seats per day during to serve the increasing demand for flights on the busy routes . "Lion Air also increase the frequency of four flights for four days with a total of 4800 additional seats to serve the reverse flow. We have budgeted an additional flight on demand," he said.

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LION AIR as the WORST airline in the On Time Performance

Lion Air was recorded as the worst airline in the timeliness - the on time performance (OTP) in Indonesia. Based on the results recap of the Ministry of Transportation during the I quarter of 2011, the Lion Air’s OTP average only reaches 66.45%.

According Ministry of Transportation, this is not the first time of the airline that owned by PT Lion Mentari Airlines has record a poor performance in the OTP. During January - April 2011, the Lion Air on time perfomance had reached a low of 54.30% in February. Whereas the highest achieved in April OTP at 77.30%.

Batavia Airlines OTP rate slightly better, reaching 68.83%. While the best OTP is still held by Garuda Indonesia 86.98%, while the OTP of Merpati Airlines 75.60%, Sriwijaya Air 74% and AirAsia 71.96%.

Director General of Civil Aviation, Herry Bakti, ask the airline who has punctuality rate into a bad category to improve its performance so that it can reach 80%. "They have to arrange the schedule according to ability," he said.

Herry said, airlines are often late is usually caused by high frequency of flights, but not matched with the fleet and adequate human resources. As for Lion Air, Ministry of Transportation has given sanction in the form of six-unit reduction in the frequency of plane flights.

Flight Observer, Ruth Hannah Simatupang, argues, to improve the on time performance, the airline should work with other airlines during a delay or cancellation. "So far, the only Garuda Indonesia has did it and it was for international routes," said Ruth..

Edward Sirait, General Director of Lion Air, pledging it will continue to improve the on time performance. Since reducing the frequency of flights, the OTP has increased. "Our last July OTP 76%," said Edward. In addition to reducing the frequency, Lion Air also increase the OTP by adding ground time from 35 minutes to 45 minutes.

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