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Founded | 4 December 2013 | ||||||
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Operating bases | Don Mueang International Airport | ||||||
Fleet size | 20 | ||||||
Destinations | 50 | ||||||
Parent company | Lion Air | ||||||
Headquarters | Don Mueang district, Bangkok, Thailand | ||||||
Key people | Atsawin Yangkiratiwon ( CEO) | ||||||
Website |
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Thai Lion Mentari Co. Ltd, trading as Thai Lion Air ( Thai: ไทยไลอ้อนแอร์), is a Thai low-cost airline, [1] operating with Thai partners as an associate company of Lion Air of Indonesia. [2] The carrier operates from Bangkok's Don Mueang International Airport, [3] with plans to serve domestic and international scheduled flights from other cities in Thailand. Its head office is in the Don Mueang District, Bangkok. [4]
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.
As of December 2023 [update], Thai Lion Air operates the following aircraft: [9] [10]
Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | |
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Boeing 737-800 | 16 | — | 189 | ||
Boeing 737-900ER | 4 | — | 215 | ||
Total | 20 | — |
The airline fleet previously included the following aircraft as of May 2021: [11]
Aircraft | Total | Introduced | Retired | Notes |
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ATR 72-600 | 1 | 2014 | 2014 | Transferred to Wings Air. |
Airbus A330-300 | 3 | 2017 | 2020 | Transferred to Lion Air And Batik Air |
Airbus A330-900 | 4 | 2019 | 2022 | Returned to Lion Air. |
Boeing 737 MAX 9 | 3 | 2018 | 2022 | Returned to the parent company Lion Air |