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Indonesia is Business Aviation’s New Hotspot in Southeast Asia

February’s Singapore Airshow confirmed a trend that has been brewing for some time: that Indonesia is emerging as a business aviation hotspot in the Asia Pacific region. Last year the country’s economy grew at its fastest pace since the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis, with gross domestic product expanding by 6.5 percent.

All this growth means that people are on the move, which doubtless prompted the recent mammoth order for 237 Boeing airliners placed by local carrier Lion Air. But the growth is also apparent in the business aviation sector, with Lion Air also having just ordered a pair of Hawker Beechcraft Hawker 900XPs (plus options for two more).

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