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Founded | 4 December 2013 | ||||||
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Hubs | Don Mueang International Airport | ||||||
Alliance | Lion Group | ||||||
Fleet size | 22 | ||||||
Destinations | 12 | ||||||
Company slogan | Freedom to Fly | ||||||
Parent company | National Aerospace & Defence Industries Sdn Bhd (51%) | ||||||
Headquarters | 89/46 Vibhavadi Rangsit Road, Sanam Bin Sub-district, Don Mueang District, Bangkok, Thailand | ||||||
Key people | Atsawin Yangkiratiwon (CEO) | ||||||
Website | www.lionairthai.com |
Thai Lion Mentari Co. Ltd, trading as Thai Lion Air (Thai: ไทยไลอ้อนแอร์), is a Thai low-cost airline, operating with Thai partners as an associate company of Lion Air based in Indonesia. The carrier operates from Bangkok's Don Mueang International Airport, with plans to serve domestic and international scheduled flights from other cities in Thailand. Its head office is in the Don Mueang District, Bangkok.
Its inaugural flight was on December 4, 2013 on Bangkok - Chiang Mai route, with full services one day later. Thai Lion Air concluded the agreement with fellow Lion Air subsidiary Malindo Air on December 10, 2013, allowing both carriers to serve the flight between Kuala Lumpur–International and Bangkok.
The Thai Lion Air fleet comprises the following aircraft (as of August 2016):
The airline fleet previously included the following aircraft (as of June 2015):
Thai Lion Air livery is essentially the same as its parent company, Lion Air and all Lion Air's subsidiaries except Batik Air, with the addition of "Thai" at the upper left of "LION".