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Nowadays is greatest era of PT Dirgantara Indonesia as the only one local airplane maker nationwide and also in ASEAN neighborhood. The state-owned enterprise which is commonly called PT DI is currently actively securing many projects from Government itself and even foreign buyers ranging from Malaysia, and even South Korea.

In addition, one of fastest asia's growing airline Lion Air group which is recently well-known due to purchasing many airplanes from global airplane maker ranging from Boeing and also Airbus was recently stated that they were keen to buy airplanes from local airplane maker PT DI, they also stated that it is one of the way to support national airplane industry which is currently trying to ramp up after getting trouble in their financial system.

The step which was taken by Lion Air Group is like nice route for PT DI to expand their own business after getting special treatment from state owned enterprise in their funding. Lion Air Itself is planned to buy around 50 units of airplane N219 in the next 2 years. This plan also quite reinforces Lion Air Group as the largest carrier nationwide. And extending their shopaholic after acquiring many airplanes from Boeing and also Airbus.

Time goes by PT DI is increasingly becoming bigger and also much more healthy in their financial system due to bunch of orders. Other than from domestic buyers and foreign traditional buyers like Malaysia and South Korea, PT DI and government is also intensifying to promote their products into new market like in ASEAN neighborhood, Middle-East and even Africa.

PT DI should be taking major role over growing airplane passengers in Indonesia amid steady grow of Indonesia's economic. Indonesia which is the biggest archipelago economics world wide absolutely requires adequate air transportation to spur economics development across nation wide which is currently still having gap development.

PT DI should taking leverage this country as their potential market, small airplanes like N219 is so much match with our geographical which is made up of thousands islands. Before foreign airplane maker like ATR, Embraer and even from China's airplane maker catch this potential market, PT DI should be the first player.

Ragarding to what PT DI should do in the future, what Lion Air Group did is really nice to stimulate PT DI's growth. What Lion Air Group did is also good step in their business to catch potential market over indonesia's thousand islands. So, what we need is synergy over local airlines with local airplane maker in order to be "We All Rise"

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The news actually is not surprised any longer because since Lion Air ordered more plans from both biggest airplane maker Boeing and Airbus they seem intensifying to enlarge their market into potential market such as Malaysia, Thailand, Australia etc. Even their last expansion into Malaysia by launching Malindo Airways which is joint venture with Malaysian Business entity.

The Jakarta-based airline itself  has already started recruiting pilots, cabin attendants and ground staff. Thai Lion Air intends to start its operation strongly with the deployment of up to six single-aisle twin-jet Boeing 737-800s and by using Bangkok's Don Mueang airport as its base, according to people with knowledge of the matter, quoting from businessweek.

Woradej Harnprasert, director-general of the Civil Aviation Department, yesterday confirmed Lion Air is launching a Thai subsidiary, although the department has not yet received an application for air operator's certificate. The creation of Thai Lion Air comes in the form of joint venture with Thai entities, which are required by law to have a minimum 51% holding, quoting from businessweek still

If the news is really realized, Lion Air will enter to the highly contested market, it will compete with Thai AirAsia and Nok Air as well. And by this news, absolutely good news for the customers to get much more cheaper and much more quality services because of the competition.

CEO of Lion Air itself Rusdi Kirana in March already told that the airline was still exploring earlier plans to establish subsidiaries in Australia and Thailand. The Executives have also said the airline is considering to open more subsidiaries such as in Myanmar, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Malaysia and the Philippines to grow its present over the regional to welcome ASEAN Open Sky, and essentially to absorb its huge aircraft quantity.

Thai, are you on board with Lion?