Malindo emerges as Lion Group's main international carrier with nine new routes from Kuala Lumpur

Lion Air Group's Malaysian affiliate Malindo Air plans to pursue rapid international expansion with several routes to be launched to Indonesia and India shortly after Dhaka in Bangladesh becomes its first international destination on 28-Aug-2013. Malindo could quickly become the largest international carrier in the Lion Group as Kuala Lumpur is positioned as a transit hub for international connections.

Malindo launched services at the end of Mar-2013 and currently operates 11 domestic routes. But Malindo will now turn its attention to Malaysia's international market, where it sees more opportunities.

Malindo will also start to leverage network synergies with its Indonesia-based sister carriers. Malindo and Lion's three Indonesian subsidiaries will offer joint itineraries on hundreds of city pairs connecting Indonesia, where the group serves about 50 destinations, with Malaysia and South Asia. Malindo is particularly keen at tapping the under-served Indonesia-India market.