Sriwijaya Air

Sriwijaya attempts to maintain its position as Indonesia’s third largest airline as market explodes

Sriwijaya Air is seeking to renew its fleet, expand its network and launch a new full-service subsidiary in a bid to maintain its position as the third largest airline in Indonesia’s fast-growing market. The low-profile airline group, which is already one of the 30 largest in Asia, has big ambitions to expand domestically and to a lesser extent internationally with new Boeing 737-800s and Embraer E190s in two-class configuration. But the group plans to stay away from the faster-growing Indonesian budget airline sector and, in a rather odd strategy, have two full-service brands with one positioned at the premium end and one in the middle.

Sriwijaya risks getting squeezed out as much larger Lion and Garuda pursue rapid expansion in both the budget and full-service sectors while the Indonesian affiliates of AirAsia and Tiger grow rapidly at the low end of the market. But within Indonesia’s large group of second tier full-service carriers, Sriwijaya has the strongest position and stands to benefit in the likely event of consolidation.

Asia's first time flyers the big winners as Paris Air Show PR juggernaut winds down

The major beneficiaries of this week’s frenetic (public relations) activity just outside Paris live half a world away. They are Asia’s emerging travellers – the millions that have never stepped inside an aircraft, but for whom air travel is becoming attainable. That opportunity took a major step forward as Asian carriers – many of whom the world had never heard of a decade or even five years ago – stepped up in front of the world’s media to order narrowbodies for the mass markets they see blossoming at home.

Paris 2011: Sriwijaya’s ageing fleet gets big boost with E190s

Sriwijaya Air is responding to intensifying competition in the Indonesian market by committing to become the first Indonesian customer for E190s. The new type will allow Sriwijaya to differentiate itself from some of its low-cost competitors and expand into some of Indonesia’s many fast-growing secondary routes.

Jakarta Airport ranks No 16 but not on global hub status

Indonesia is a nation with very impressive statistics that still remains somewhat off the beaten path and away from much global notice. Yet it is the world’s most populous Muslim nation and ranks fourth globally in total population. It is the largest nation in Southeast Asia and stretches from west of Malaysia to the north of Australia.

Mandala Airlines suspends service, applies for time to restructure. Indigo Partners 49% owners

All Of Indonesian LCC, Mandala Airlines' flights were suspended effective 13-Jan-2011. Mandala yesterday announced it had requested “suspension of payment obligation to the Commercial Court allowing its management to restructure the business and to restore the airline to profitability”.