Passengers irate after two days of Lion Air delays | The Jakarta Post Greater Jakarta: Passengers angry over Lion Air delays | The Jakarta Post http://thejakartaglobe.beritasatu.com/news/govt-freezes-new-routes-lion-air-delay-misery-continues-report/
The usual case of overworked pilots strike. The official statement is that they have 6 grounded planes. This is the perfect too big to fail company in Indonesia. They ordered 195 Boeing 737-900 and 234 Airbus. Untouchable. Lion Air 737 Max Customer Highlights | Boeing Commercial Airplanes Lion Mentari Orders 234 Airbus Jets to Challenge AirAsia - Bloomberg Business
Editorial: Government Must Man Up to Lion Air - The Jakarta Globe Lie-On-Air ordered $46 billion in planes but cannot pay $200k ticket refund, so the ever-so-nice Indonesian Government pays the passengers first, then the airline will pay later. Such a nice arrangement.
