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Lion Air(flight code : JT) is Indonesia’s largest private airline and Asia’s first low-cost carrier which offers economy and business-class, based in Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta. Lion Air has 5 international destinations, among Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam and Saudi Arabia. Lion Air is one the list of air carriers banned in the European Union due to safety concerns as of May 2010.

Lion Air was established in October 1999 and started operations on June 30, 2000. The first flight was scheduled between Jakarta and Pontianak using Boeing 737-200. It is owned by Rusdi Kirana and family.

The current flights to Jeddah(Saudi Arabia) are served by Boeing 747-400 with 496 seats.

Lion Air has suffered two incidents and three accidents, one of which was fatal, since being formed in 1999 :

• On 14 January 2002, a Lion Boeing 737-200 crashed on take-off and was written off, no-one was killed.
  
• On 30 November 2004, a Lion MD-82, crashed in Solo, killing 25 people.
• On 4 March 2006, a Lion MD-82, after landing at Juanda International Airport. Reverse thrust was used although it was stated to be out of order. This caused the aircraft to veer to the right and skid off the runway coming to rest 7,000ft from the approach end of RWY10. No-one was killed but the aircraft was damaged with a repair bill of $3,000,000.
• On 24 December 2006, a Lion Boeing 737-400, landed with incorrect flap configuration and was not centered with the runway. The plane landed hard and skidded along the runway causing the right main landing gear to detach, the left gear to protrude through the wing and some of the aircraft fuselage to be wrinkled. No-one was killed.
• On 9 March 2009, a Lion MD-90, overran the runway in Jakarta in heavy rain. No-one was killed.
• On 13 December 2009, a Lion Boeing 737-400, overran the runway at Pekanbaru after a flight from Batam. There were no reported injuries or damage to the aircraft. The airport was closed for one hour to allow all 160 passengers to disembark the aircraft and for the the aircraft to be towed away.

Currently, Lion Air has 51 fleet among Boeing 737-900ER, Boeing 737-400, MD-90 and 42 destinations overall. As a King of Jungle, Lion(Air) is also the King of Sky. In Quarter I of 2010, Lion has carried 2.786.271 passangers or 41,9% of the market share.