Batik Air


Batik Air is an Indonesian scheduled airline which was founded in 2012 and made its maiden flight on 3 May 2013 from Jakarta to Manado and Yogyakarta.

History

, the parent company, established Batik Air as a full-service airline which began operations in May 2013 using a Boeing 737-900ERs leased from Lion Air. Batik Air's 737-900ERs were fitted with two-class seating, replacing Lion Air's two-class 737-900ER service. Batik Air provides a personal television in every seat, light snacks and free meals, seat pitches of for economy class and for business class, and a free baggage allowance of for economy class and for business class. In mid-2012, Lion Air signed a commitment with Boeing for five 787 Dreamliners for Batik Air, intending to have them delivered by 2015. Lion Air later cancelled this deal and temporarily shelved its plans for the long-haul expansion of Batik Air in 2014 due to its EU Blacklist at that time.

Destinations

As of September 2019, Batik Air operates more than 45 domestic and international routes, with a frequency of over 350 flights daily. International destinations, including Singapore, Bangkok, Chennai, and Perth, as well as Guilin, Nanning, Kunming and Shenzhen
in China.

Codeshare agreements

Batik air codeshares with the following airlines:
The Batik Air fleet consists of the following aircraft as of July 2020:

Fleet development

In 2013, Lion Group placed an order for 234 A320 jets with Airbus. All of the orders will be allocated to subsidiaries including Batik Air.
In 2019, Lion Group placed an order for 10 Boeing 787 aircraft from Boeing, which will be allocated to Batik Air.
In 2020, Batik Air CEO Achmad Lutfie said that Batik Air need Airbus A350 for Umrah and international flight as Batik Air is now allowed to fly to Europe. He stated that the airline will be ordering the A350 in Dubai Airshow 2021.

Incidents and accidents