Indonesian low-cost airline startup Super Air Jet goals to launch flights soon with a business model focused on tech-obsessed and travel-inclined millennials, the carrier’s CEO Ari Azhari said on Monday.
Industry sources say the airline has links with Indonesia’s largest airline group, Lion Air Group, although the character of any ownership overlap is unknown.
Azhari was the CEO of Lion Air Group, and an announcement in regards to the Super Air Jet launch was provided to Reuters by a Lion Air spokesman. The spokesman didn’t reply to questions on the carrier’s relationship with Lion Air.
Super Air Jet, which is within the technique of obtaining a flight license, will start with 180-seat Airbus SE A320 aircraft focused on domestic routes before later expanding internationally, Azhari said in an announcement.
“Super Air Jet was built on optimism that market opportunities, particularly for domestic flights in Indonesia, still exist and are wide open,” he said. “There is a very high demand for air travel in today’s society, especially from the millennial generation.”
He didn’t provide further details on how the brand might be distinguished from Lion Air, also a low-cost carrier.
Privately owned, Lion Air has a portfolio of Indonesian brands including full-service carrier Batik Air and regional airline Wings Air. Super Air Jet said its inaugural flight was scheduled for the “near future.”
A spokeswoman for Indonesia’s transport ministry said some processes still must be accomplished before the license is issued and it was unclear whether this could occur by the top of the primary half.
Independent aviation analyst Brendan Sobie said Super Air Jet was capable of profit from low-cost leasing rates since the pandemic made it tougher for lessors to position planes after leases expired.
Indonesia, an archipelago of hundreds of islands, is currently the world’s sixth-largest aviation market by capability, in accordance with data firm OAG. (Reuters)
