Lion Air signs largest ever order in Boeing history

Boeing confirmed (17-Nov-2011) Jakarta-based Lion Air signed a commitment for the airline to order 201 B737MAXs and 29 B737-900ERs. The agreement also includes purchase rights for an additional 150 aircraft. With 230 aircraft at a list price of USD21.7 billion, this agreement will be the largest commercial aircraft order ever in Boeing’s history by both dollar volume and total number of aircraft. [more - original PR]

You may also be interested in the following articles...

• Singapore Airshow 2012: Pacific Royale launch to intensify full service competition in Indonesia
  17-Feb-2012

  Competition in Indonesia is about to intensify further as Pacific Royale prepares to launch services next month with an initial fleet of two Fokker 50s and two A320s based in Surabaya and Batam. Pacific Royale is targeting Garuda and Indonesia’s other full service carriers with a low-density two-class product on its A320s that includes lightweight fibre optics-based in-flight entertainment (IFE) systems in both cabins. The carrier’s business plan envisions rapid growth including 20 to 25 A320s, which will form the backbone of Pacific Royale’s fleet, within three years.

  Pacific Royale will launch with domestic services but regional international services, primarily from Indonesia’s second largest city of Surabaya, are planned as part of a second phase which is slated to begin by mid-2012. Medium to long-haul international services with A330s are also being considered as part of a third phase which could begin as early as late 2012. While Pacific Royale will have several routes from Jakarta, where it has established its headquarters, it will focus primarily on relatively underserved point-to-point markets which bypass the congested capital.

• Singapore Airshow 2012: Garuda Indonesia, Citilink and Lion accelerate fleet expansion
  15-Feb-2012

  Indonesia’s two largest airline groups, Garuda Indonesia and Lion Air, are further accelerating the expansion of their fleets as they look to capitalise on their leading positions in one of the world’s biggest emerging markets.

  The two groups – which include Garuda budget carrier Citilink, Lion Air regional subsidiary Wings Air and soon Lion Air’s new full service unit Space Jet – are now committed to at least triple the size of their combined fleets from the current figure of about 180 aircraft.

  Other Indonesian carriers, including Indonesia AirAsia, Batavia, Mandala and Sriwijaya, are also expected to rapidly grow their fleets as the total number of commercial aircraft operating in Indonesia could approach 1000 aircraft towards the end of the next decade.