Lion Air Logo — PT Lion Mentari Airlines , which operates as Lion Air is the largest airline in Indonesia and the first in Asia to offer both flights in economy class seats and business, one based in Jakarta , Indonesia . Lion Air also flies to Malaysia , Singapore , Vietnam and Saudi Arabia . Its main base is Soekarno-Hatta International Airport , Jakarta . operates scheduled passenger flights in its extensive domestic network to 42 destinations with 226 daily flights (December 2009). Like many other airlines Indonesia , Lion Air is on the list of airlines banned within the EU due to safety reasons since December 2009.
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The airline was founded in 1999 and began operations on June 30, 2000, when he began regular passenger flights between Jakarta and Pontianak using a Boeing 737-200 . It is owned by Rusdi Kirana and family. The airline currently is considering becoming a member IATA and become the second airline Indonesia IATA member after Garuda Indonesia . In early 2010, Lion Air increased the number of flights to Jeddah to meet the five weekly. This route is served by two Boeing 747-400 that have 496 seats each. In January 2008, Lion Air announced plans to begin operating from Australia . 4 The new airline, to be called Lion Air Australia , planned to operate as a carrier of domestic and international flights. He has not be new news since then. More