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Thu, 03/12/2009 - 22:21
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LION AIR TO BUY 2 MORE BOEING 737-900 ERs
Jakarta, March 12 (ANTARA) - Lion Air plans to buy two more Boeing 737-900 ERs this month, bringing its fleet to 20 planes, its president director said.
"Lion Air will go ahead with its rejuvenation program by, among other things, strengthening its fleet including buying Boeing 737-900 ERs," Edward Sirait said in a press statement on Thursday.
Currently, the airline company is operating 18 Boeing 737-900 ERs.
The two Boeing 737-900 ERs are part of 178 such planes the company has ordered from the Boeing Commercial Airplane in the United States.
On Wednesday, the Transportation Ministry issued a decision banning Lion Air from operating all its MD-90s for three to four days.
The decision came two days after a Lion Air Boeing 737 - 900 jetliner skidded off runway at Soekarno-Hatta airport on Monday.
The ill-fated plane with 168 passengers on board landed in bad weather marked by heavy rain. There were no casualties in the incident.
In response to the ban, Lion Air on Thursday stopped operating all its five MD-90s pending the results of an investigation conducted by the Directorate General of Air Transportation.
"Lion Air will go ahead with its rejuvenation program by, among other things, strengthening its fleet including buying Boeing 737-900 ERs," Edward Sirait said in a press statement on Thursday.
Currently, the airline company is operating 18 Boeing 737-900 ERs.
The two Boeing 737-900 ERs are part of 178 such planes the company has ordered from the Boeing Commercial Airplane in the United States.
On Wednesday, the Transportation Ministry issued a decision banning Lion Air from operating all its MD-90s for three to four days.
The decision came two days after a Lion Air Boeing 737 - 900 jetliner skidded off runway at Soekarno-Hatta airport on Monday.
The ill-fated plane with 168 passengers on board landed in bad weather marked by heavy rain. There were no casualties in the incident.
In response to the ban, Lion Air on Thursday stopped operating all its five MD-90s pending the results of an investigation conducted by the Directorate General of Air Transportation.
