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Lion Air Shores Up Pilot Training for Fleet Growth

Lion Air recently ordered 20 Cessna 172s and a third 737 simulator for pilot training. (Photo: Wings Flying School)

By Neelam Mathews

August 12, 2013

Lion Air, Indonesia’s largest domestic carrier, is expanding its routes and training facilities, having ordered 20 Cessna 172s and one Boeing 737-900ER simulator, its third, to shore up an impending need for pilots. The budget carrier has placed orders for more than 500 narrowbodies with Boeing and Airbus; it currently has a fleet of 96 aircraft.

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