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Supporting description: Lion Air Boeing 737-800NG aircraft type. Photo by Taufiq Nur.

B A L I K P A P A N - September 3, 2020. Lion Air (JT Flight Code) member of Lion Air Group announced the latest information regarding planning to open a new route to a new destination, Berau, East Kalimantan. This flight will be held on September 9, 2020, served directly from Balikpapan via Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman Sepinggan International Airport, East Kalimantan (BPN).

For the initial stage, Lion Air will operate a daily scheduled service, with the frequency one (1) time a day round trip. Flight number JT-934 will depart from Balikpapan at 08.20 WITA (GMT+08) and is expected to arrive at Kalimarau Airport, Berau (BEJ) at 09.20 WITA.

Return flight on the same day, Lion Air numbered JT-935 has a scheduled departure from Berau at 10.00 WITA, and will land in Balikpapan at 11.00 WITA.

Lion Air is optimistic that the flight from Balikpapan to Berau ranging from 50 minutes non-stop can provide more value to all travelers such as business people and travelers in traveling that is affordable, easy, and effective, has new alternative flight services and the opportunity to continue to travel to other cities more and more widely.

The availability of these flight schedules is Lion Air's main focus in responding to the demand of inter-primed passengers and efforts to increase the trend of air travel demand. Also, it is expected to complete the flight schedule option using the right departure time. Thus the connectivity of East Kalimantan and other regions became relatively short.

Lion Air with Lion Air Group (Batik Air and Wings Air) offers flight options that will give passengers the opportunity to continue their air travel directly and connect to Tanjung Selor, Berau, Nunukan, Malinau, Samarinda, Tarakan, Palangkaraya, Banjarmasin, Kotabaru, Batulicin, Pontianak, Ketapang, Jakarta (Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang and Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport) , Medan, Padang, Pekanbaru, Batam, Palembang, Tanjung Karang-Lampung, Pangkalpinang, Bandung, Yogyakarta Kulonprogo, Yogyakarta Adisutjipto, Semarang, Solo, Surabaya, Denpasar, Lombok, Labuan Bajo, Kupang, Tambolaka, Rote, Makassar, Kendari, Palu, Gorontalo, Manado, Ambon, Ternate, Sorong, Manokwari, Jayapura, Merauke and other cities.

The opening of the route to Berau is the seriousness of Lion Air in accommodates the needs of aviation services as well as supporting government programs in promo tingling tourism and the equalization of new economic growth centers in Indonesia.

New Route from Balikpapan to Berau is a continuation from Lion Air business development on the domestic area, previously starting (21/ 08) Lion Air re-fly on the route Balikpapan to Bandung, West Java through Husein Sastranegara International Airport (BDO). In the future, Lion Air will continue to open other routes gradually.

Lion Air would like to thank you for the cooperation and good coordination of local governments, regulators, airport managers, air traffic controllers, all Lion Air employees, and related parties, so that lion air's operating plan can run smoothly to provide the best service.

All Lion Air flights are carried out by prioritizing aspects that meet security, safety, comfort (safety first), and as well as health protocol guidelines.

For information, one of the ease of traveling by airplane that until now included the completeness of documents in accordance with the provisions, Lion Air Group in Balikpapan cooperates with local health facilities to provide Rapid Test Covid-19 services according to what has been run by Lion Air Group, affordable with a validity period of 14 days. Each passenger will get a certificate of rapid health test results.

Juanson Clinic

Jalan Letkol. Pol. H. M. Asnawi Arbain Ruko Bintan Rubiz No. 18 - 19, Gn. Bahagia, South Balikpapan Sub-distric, Balikpapan, East Kalimantan 76114

Service Time:

• Everyday at 08.00 - 16.00 WITA
• Sunday and Public Holiday - Open (continue to serve)

Alinka Health Care (Panacea Clinic)

Jalan M.T. Haryono, Blok AB 2 No. 18 - 20, Mal Fantasi Complex - Balikpapan Baru Mall, Gn. Bahagia, South Balikpapan Sub-distric, Balikpapan, East Kalimantan 76114

Service Time:

• Monday - Friday at 08.00 - 16.00 WITA
• Saturday at 08.00 - 14.00 WITA
• Sunday and Public Holiday - Closed (not serving)

To provide the best service to all passengers, Lion Air prepares the latest generation fleet of Boeing 737-800NG with a capacity of 189 economy class. The entire fleet is equipped with High-Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filters or strong particle filtration. HEPA filters work effectively with a rate of 99.9+% eliminating particles such as viruses, bacteria, and fungi before the air is re-distributed (circulation) to the cabin.

The improvement of the aircraft cleaning activities of Lion Air Group periodically with the Aircraft Exterior and Interior Cleaning (AEIC) method is run at the maintenance center of Batam Aero Technic (BAT) and in various base stations where the Lion Air aircraft is located.

This is Lion Air's seriousness to ensuring the health and safety of passengers, flight crew, technicians, ground handling officers, and other related employees, in carrying out flight operations which prioritizes safety as well as efforts to prevent Covid-19 spreading.

In-flight Entertainment

To provide the best service to all passengers, in adapting the new normal era, to providing comfort during the flight for the passengers through in-flight entertainment in aircraft types of Boeing 737-800NG and Boeing 737-900ER.

An easy way to access Lion Air Entertainment, first, change the phone's settings to airplane mode or airplane mode. Secondly, change in the WiFi connection on the phone and select "Lion Entertainment" in Lion Air. After successful, you can enjoy the inflight entertainment Lion Air Group.

All passengers can enjoy it for "free" without having to spend additional fees (extra). This entertainment is connected via wireless inflight Entertainment (W-IFE) from AirFi (PT Dua Surya Dinamika) accessed from all smartphones, tablets, laptops with the operating system software that manages resources such as iOS, Android, Windows, BBM, Linux, and others.

Passengers will be pampered through available content such as various movies, playing games, reading magazines, and much more. For this period, the most interesting thing was watching films for free from genres such as Indonesia, Hollywood, and Korean films.

Passengers can enjoy entertainment comfortably and securely through in-flight entertainment that can be accessed through their gadgets. It was an attempt by Lion Air to prevent the spread of Covid-19.