Who owns Lion Air?
Lion Air is owned by LEO Group (Indonesia).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Lion Air: Our Story (Cerita Kami). Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- PT Langit Esa Oktagon reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇮🇩 Indonesia
- Origin
- 🇮🇩 Indonesia
- Founded
- 2000
- Category
- Travel & transport › Airlines
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Lion Air
Lion Air is, in its own words, a subsidiary of PT Langit Esa Oktagon (PT LEO Group), part of the wider Lion Group, and a disciplined low-cost carrier serving price-conscious passengers across Indonesia. Its website says its first flight was in 2000, with a fleet of two Boeing 737-200 aircraft, that it was co-founded in 1999 by Rusdi and Kusnan Kirana, and that it carried 36.8 million passengers in 2018.
Ownership timeline of Lion Air
Where Lion Air sits in LEO Group
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
Open the full LEO Group ownership tree →
Other brands in airlines, and who owns them
The 509 brands in airlines on Brandtree belong to 341 owners. The largest is Lufthansa Group, with 10.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Air Dolomiti | Lufthansa Group | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| China Southern Airlines | China Southern Airlines | 🇨🇳 China |
| Air China | Air China | 🇨🇳 China |
| Aer Lingus | IAG | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| LATAM Airlines Brasil | LATAM | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| Air France | Air France-KLM | 🇫🇷 France |
| AirAsia | AirAsia X | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Calm Air | Exchange Income | 🇨🇦 Canada |
About the owner: LEO Group
LEO Group is a privately held company headquartered in Indonesia. Brandtree records 1 brand under its control.
PT Langit Esa Oktagon, which Lion Air's own website calls PT LEO Group, is the Indonesian company of which Lion Air is a subsidiary; Lion Air describes itself as part of the wider Lion Group. The Lion Air site names Wings Air, Batik Air, Malindo and Thai Lion Air as the other airlines with which it has interline arrangements, but does not say who owns them, so they are not recorded here as brands of this company. The company is privately held; its website states no shareholder percentages.
🇮🇩 Lion Air and other Indonesian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 161 brands that began in Indonesia. 7 of them (4%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Lion Air is not one of them.
- ASSA Rent — ASSA 🇮🇩
- Citilink — Garuda Indonesia 🇮🇩
- InJourney Airports — InJourney 🇮🇩
- Indonesia AirAsia — AirAsia X 🇲🇾
- KAI Commuter — KAI 🇮🇩
- Pelita Air — Pelita Air 🇮🇩
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Lion Air?
The parent company of Lion Air is LEO Group, a privately held company headquartered in Indonesia.
Is Lion Air Indonesian?
Yes. Lion Air originated in Indonesia in 2000 and its owner, LEO Group, is also headquartered in Indonesia.
Is Lion Air still owned by LEO Group?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Lion Air is still owned by LEO Group. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Lion Air: Our Story (Cerita Kami) — Lion Air, Official document; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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