Lion Air will launch daily Surabaya-Palembang, Palembang-Medan, and Yogyakarta-Pekanbaru services on 10 May.
The low-cost carrier will deploy on Boeing 737s on the three routes.
FlightGlobal schedules data shows the airline will compete with Citilink on the Surabaya-Palembang and Yogyakarta-Pekanbaru routes. It will also compete with Garuda Indonesia and Indonesia AirAsia on the Palembang-Medan route.
Source: Cirium Dashboard
American Airlines’ operations were disrupted by a nationwide ground stop on the morning of 24 December, the height of the winter holiday air travel period.
Cathay Pacific expects a “strong” showing for the second-half financial results, as it approaches full capacity recovery January next year.
A former US Marine Corps pilot who allegedly helped train Chinese military pilots will be extradited from Australia to the USA.
United Airlines is seeking to bolster its transpacific dominance with a newly proposed route to China from the West Coast of the USA.
US start-up carrier Avelo Airlines plans to soon launch its first-ever international flights, to Mexico and the Caribbean, as it establishes new operational bases in Connecticut and Florida.
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has tentatively awarded 10 hotly contested slots for long-distance domestic flights out of Ronald Reagan National airport in Washington, DC.
