PT Lion Mentari Airlines, operating as Lion Air, is an airline based in Indonesia. Headquartered in Jakarta, Indonesia, Lion Air flies to cities within Indonesia and to Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Saudi Arabia and some charter routes to mainland China and Hong Kong. Its main base is Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta.[2] It operates scheduled passenger services on an extensive network from Jakarta to 79 destinations.[3]
Lion Air has been rapidly expanding its fleet to meet the need for medium-haul jets in the world's fourth most populous country; yet delays still occurs regularly. In March 2013 Lion Air and Airbus signed a $24-billion contract – recorded as the most valuable commercial order booked in history – for 234 A320s. The second biggest was also made by Lion Air in 2011, in a $22.4-billion order for 230 Boeing jets.[3]