NADI, Lion Air To Launch Malaysian Low-Fare Airline
Seated, PT Lion Grup president-director Bapak Rusdi Kirana (l) and NADI president Tan Sri Dato' Ahmad Johan formalize the launch of Malindo Air, while, standing, from l to r, Malaysian minister of transport Dato' Sri Kong Cho Ha, Malaysian prime minister Dato' Sri Mohd Najib Tun Razak and NADI chairman Tan Sri Hashim Ali look on.
Seated, PT Lion Grup president-director Bapak Rusdi Kirana (l) and NADI president Tan Sri Dato' Ahmad Johan formalize the launch of Malindo Air, while, standing, from l to r, Malaysian minister of transport Dato' Sri Kong Cho Ha, Malaysian prime minister Dato' Sri Mohd Najib Tun Razak and NADI chairman Tan Sri Hashim Ali look on.

Malaysia’s National Aerospace and Defence Industries (NADI) and Lion Air parent PT Lion Grup of Indonesia plan to establish a new low-fare airline in Malaysia named Malindo Airways, the new partners announced Tuesday in Kuala Lumpur. Scheduled to start flights next May out of Kuala Lumpur International Airport’s regional transit hub, Malindo would compete directly with AirAsia–the biggest low-fare carrier in the region–in its home market of Malaysia, as well as Indonesia, Thailand, Australia, India and Japan.