I Survived the Worlds Most NOTORIOUS Airline: LION AIR

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I took a flight on Indonesia's most infamous airline, Lion Air, to find out what they're really like.

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[SimmonsAirplanes]

Noel the type of guy to point out all the safety issues with an airline, and then take the exact same flight from the last fatal crash lol. Love it

[petrolweeb]

I remember a story about an ex-Lion Air pilot refuses to fly with Lion Air itself except if it was him that flown the plane lol

[donaldfedosiuk]

All those hours you logged on Russian carriers a year or so ago and now Lion Air! You're a far, far braver man than most, Noel.

[michaelj]

If you think Lion Air is bad, you should have flown Sempati Air, I did in the mid 90s from Yogaykarta to Denpasar, never have I been scared on flight other than this one, thank goodness it was only an hour. One of the stewardesses was literally holding the door release down the whole way.

[dionarguelles]

I had the same experience with Lion Air when I traveled around Indonesia years back. Every single flight, they asked me if I wanted to move to the emergency exit and to assist with evacuation if needed. I had a feeling they needed to have at least one or two foreigners manning one of the exits lol

[timbacchus]

As a pilot and plane owner I just Love your travels. Just think all the wonderful places you can go throughout this wonderful world. Just wish all of us could get a long and cherish our life here. Nice that all the seats were orange so they can see you floating in the

[yohannessulistyo]

Pangkal Pinang (pronounced it nicely there Noel, locals would immediately know, Bangka island) is one of culinary havens in Indonesia. They are nowhere north of Indonesia, it settles right in the middle. The northern most point of that Sumatra region (Banda Aceh) is like 2 hours flight away.

[emilhilmy]

This is about Indonesian carriers. The Gap between Garuda Indonesia Group (Garuda and Citilink) on reliability and safety record with others carriers is quite big. This is base on Skytrax assesment. Even some others international media in Airlines Industry assesment too. Still if you domestic in Indonesia you probably have to fly Lion Air group, because their widest networks coverage, and their cheaper prices.

[iainjohnstone]

As ex Ezy crew I can say that we had a similar PA when going to Ibiza. We use to have load of seat belts and life jackets taken for people to then wear to the clubs. It used to be quite frequent that 2 or 3 used to go each flight. Every turnaround our checks included lifejackets to then replace missing ones!

[beek]

Luckily you weren't delayed since Lion Air is known for that XD

Agreed with you about the airport particularly this particular terminal

Honestly still in love with the aesthetics of Soekarno-Hatta's Terminal 2. It's like a calming, tranquil, serene tropical resort with the wood-like colors and ethnic designs especially the roof and ceilings plus the gardens they have between the subterminals. And personally this terminal is where my childhood flights always started from so it has a good place in my heart.

Probably would really be more better than the new Terminal 3 if it weren't for the fact that Terminal 2 has no landside observation place besides from the hotel XP

[train]

A few years ago we had same thing with the life vests on the Airberlin-Shuttle down to Palma de Mallorca and when I talked to the crew later, they said it's pretty common on flights to "Party-Islands" that people try to take those vests with them so that they had always a few extra vests on their flights for the return flight.

[yudikurniawan]

I've flown with Lion Air several times, no problems except for the delay which wasn't too long. lion air is the largest airline in Indonesia, serving many routes that are not even served by other airlines. there have been several incidents of accidents that have made this airline a bad name, but in our opinion, what has made this airline so bad is not the accident, but the very long delays or cancellations of schedules. but people still choose to ride this airline because they have no choice 😆

[intang.]

As an Indonesian myself, i would rather spend more money to fly within the country with Garuda Indonesia than with Lion Air group...

[Archduke]

Noel, you survived SCAT. You can do Lion Air.

[janelliz]

I laughed at the life vest bit. I work for a large life vest manufacturer, Lion Air is a new customer actually lol. But, yes! Believe it or not, people do take life vests. It does seem to be an issue on Asian airlines but I can't complain - keeps us in business 🤣
Some airlines will actually give away infant life vest specifically because they don't want them back after being handled by customers.

[farhanmarco]

Mr. Noel Phillips has now reviewed Garuda, Lion Air, Batik and NAM Air. What a man.

[lrg]

From 1970 to 1999, Korean Air (aka KAL) wrote off nearly 20 aircraft in serious incidences and crashes, resulting in about 700 fatalities in the process. Since then, management has turned the ship around with better training and safety procedures. Hopefully, Lion Air makes similar changes.

Frankly, I'm amazed people still want to fly with the Indonesian carrier, given its dodgy safety record. Management shouldn't take this for granted because even loyal customers will only give you so many opportunities to fix things before they walk away for good.

[dalecollins-smith]

Ive lived in Jakarta for nye on 30 years and flown Lionair many times. They are getting better. I remember getting rained on in the back seats of their md80's. Once you've risked your life on a motorbike in peak hour Jakarta traffic you won't be as worried when flying Lionair. You'll just be happy to have survived another day.

[clairedobson]

Got to say stunning scenery on approach. You are a brave guy Noel flying these airlines like Lion Air

[erickalauraaa]

Wow Noel, you’re so brave!! I am such a nervous flyer I actually refuse to get on a plane. But seeing you do something like this gives me a bit more confidence 😅 Thank you for your videos!