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

S U R A B A Y A – November 18th, 2020. Lion Air (JT flight code) member of Lion Air Group conveyed the latest developments regarding the planned opening of new routes to new destinations, Ternate, North Maluku. The operation will begin on November 23rd, 2020, served directly from Surabaya through Juanda International Airport in Sidoarjo, East Java (SUB).

For the initial stages, Lion Air plans to operate a daily scheduled service, with a flight frequency of 3 (three) times every Monday, Wednesday, Friday round trip (PP). Flight number JT-894 will depart from Juanda International Airport at 08:30 WIB (West Indonesia Time, GMT+ 07) and expect to arrive at Sultan Babullah Airport, Ternate, North Maluku (TTE) at 13:15 WIT (East Indonesia Time, GMT+ 09).

The return flight, Lion Air still serves on the same day, Lion Air numbered JT-895 has a scheduled departure from Sultan Babullah Airport at 14.00 WIT and will land at Juanda International Airport at 14.45 WIB.

Lion Air is optimistic that a new route from Surabaya – Ternate, and Ternate – Surabaya for approximately 3 hours non-stop can provide more value to all passengers such as businessmen and travelers when traveling by aircraft that is affordable, easy, and effective. Passengers also have new alternatives to 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-prime passengers in the domestic segment, efforts to increase the trend of air travel demand, and restore public confidence that flying is safe.

The opening of the route to Surabaya – Ternate – Surabaya is the seriousness of Lion Air in accommodates the needs of aviation services and supports government programs in promo tingling tourism and equalization of new economic growth centers in Indonesia.

Besides, expected to complete the flight schedule option using the right departure time. During this time, Lion Air's operations at Juanda International Airport have become one of Lion Air's largest hubs. Thus the connectivity of Ternate and Surabaya, and other areas became relatively short.

The latest route Surabaya – Ternate – Surabaya became part of Lion Air market expansion in Indonesia, in line, helping to accelerate regional and national economic recovery.

This new route is a continuation of Lion Air's business development domestic area. Previously, Lion Air re-operated the flight route from Balikpapan to Bandung, West Java via Husein Sastranegara International Airport (BDO) from Medan, Palembang, Pekanbaru, Banjarmasin, Balikpapan, Makassar, and Denpasar and Balikpapan – Berau – Balikpapan. In the future, Lion Air will continue to open other routes gradually.

Lion Air would like to thank you for the kind cooperation and coordination of local governments, regulators, airport managers, air traffic controllers, all Lion Air employees, and related parties. So, the synergy of Lion Air's operating plan can run smoothly along with providing the best service.

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

Modern Generation Aircraft

To add to the flying experience for passengers on the flight, Lion Air prepares the latest generation fleet of Boeing 737-800NG single-aisle seats with a capacity of 189 economy class. The operation of new aircraft supported by advanced features will continue to add their own experience for passengers.

In offering comfort during the trip, passengers and crew will feel the serenity, as the aircraft has a low noise level. Lion Air's Boeing 737-800NG has equipped with a Boeing Sky Interior cabin. When entering and being on board, passengers would be pampering with a pleasant, fresh, and warmer atmosphere.

The lighting system has been designing with a futuristic touch that can bring different color choices that are adjusted time or feel, such as soft blue reflecting fresh effect and enjoy at boarding or sunset (sunset) for a relaxed, calm mood.

Sidewalls are more spacious with a larger window view. Certainly provide more value for customers who sit in the window seats, will enjoy the outside view more freely.

The Lion Air aircraft has equipped with a design that creates a more spacious and dynamic impression, which is located in the arrangement of the cabin interior Light-Emitting Diode (LED) lights and reading lights.

Well Maintained Air System

The entire fleet has equipped with High-Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filters or strong particle filtration. HEPA filters work effectively with a rate of 99.9+% eliminated 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 has located.

This matter 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 that prioritize safety as well as efforts to prevent the spreading of Covid-19.

In-flight Entertainment

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