Articles tagged “lion air”

Airlines

Alaska Airlines Grounds Boeing 737 Max 9 Fleet After In-Flight Cabin Panel Blowout

Passengers on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 de-boarded relatively unscathed with a large hole in the plane's fuselage. This occurred just days after Japan Airlines passengers safely exited Flight JL516 after a fiery runway collision with a Coast Guard plane. Count your blessings.

Reuters | 3 months ago

Alaska Airlines Grounds Boeing 737 Max 9 Fleet After In-Flight Cabin Panel Blowout

Airlines

Indonesia Lifts Ban on Boeing 737 Max

The Boeing 737 Max is back with grounding orders now lifted just about everywhere around the world, including in Indonesia and Ethiopia.

Reuters | 2 years ago

Airlines

Lion Air Postpones Planned IPO Amid Global Fears Over Travel Demand

Things are going to get worse for most of the world's airlines before they get better. This is no time for an airline to sell a public offering.

Anshuman Daga and Scott Murdoch, Reuters | 4 years ago

Online Travel

The Dirty Business Targeting AirAsia Indonesia Just Got Dirtier

It appears that AirAsia has a bigger problem on its hands than it can possibly imagine. Now, even the largest local tour operators have stopped selling its flights on their online platforms. Whatever the outcome, one thing is clear: Online travel booking is such a powerful weapon.

Raini Hamdi, Skift | 5 years ago

The Dirty Business Targeting AirAsia Indonesia Just Got Dirtier

Online Travel

Did AirAsia’s Rivals Arm-Twist Online Travel Agencies to Stop Selling Its Low Airfares?

Any form of industry players conspiring to protect their self-interests should be thoroughly investigated. Hopefully this unsettling episode in Indonesia will end soon and everyone can go back to booking the best deal they can get without lame invisible hands interfering with the process.

Raini Hamdi, Skift | 5 years ago

Did AirAsia’s Rivals Arm-Twist Online Travel Agencies to Stop Selling Its Low Airfares?

Airlines

United Airlines Warns Pilots on Issue That Plagued Fatal Lion Air Flight

It seems like operators were caught off guard about some advanced functionality on the Boeing 737 Max. This is both odd and unusual.

Brian Sumers, Skift | 5 years ago

United Airlines Warns Pilots on Issue That Plagued Fatal Lion Air Flight

Airlines

Lion Air’s pilot describes how the plane fell out of the sky

Lion Air has been making high-profile moves to buy more aircraft and to expand AirAsia-style, so this accident will be scrutinized closely to see if it slipped up on safety issues.

Tim Hepher, Reuters | 11 years ago

Lion Air’s pilot describes how the plane fell out of the sky

Airlines

Lion Air crash probe begins with wind shear one of possible causes

Lion Air is currently banned from flying in Europe, and this incident won't hasten any change in policy.

Firdia LisnawaitI, Associated Press | 11 years ago

Lion Air crash probe begins with wind shear one of possible causes

Airlines

Lion Air jet overshoots Bali runway and plunges into sea

Lion Air has a shoddy safety record, and this has to be a wake-up call for regulatory authorities to clamp down on the airline.

Lia, O'Brien, The Daily Telegraph | 11 years ago

Lion Air jet overshoots Bali runway and plunges into sea

Airlines

Lion Air co-owner shuns limelight as airline draws global attention

Rusdi Kirana is hands-on and no-nonsense as he builds a foundation for Lion Air to become the dominant airline in Indonesia.

Tim Hepher and Neil Chatterjee, Reuters | 11 years ago

Lion Air co-owner shuns limelight as airline draws global attention