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        "id": 1318052,
        "msgid": "lion-air-to-charge-more-for-spore-trip-1447893297",
        "date": "2003-11-05 00:00:00",
        "title": "Lion Air to charge more for S'pore trip",
        "author": null,
        "source": "AFP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Lion Air to charge more for S'pore trip Agence France-Presse, Singapore An Indonesian no-frills airline starting flights between Jakarta and Singapore this month is charging a higher fare after a misunderstanding on the price to be charged, a report said Tuesday. Lion Air spokesman Hasyim Arsal said he had been misunderstood by news reports which quoted him last month as saying that the cost for a round-trip ticket was \"$90.\" \"I meant US$90, not S$90.",
        "content": "<p>Lion Air to charge more for S'pore trip<\/p>\n<p>Agence France-Presse, Singapore<\/p>\n<p>An Indonesian no-frills airline starting flights between<br>\nJakarta and Singapore this month is charging a higher fare after<br>\na misunderstanding on the price to be charged, a report said<br>\nTuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Lion Air spokesman Hasyim Arsal said he had been misunderstood<br>\nby news reports which quoted him last month as saying that the<br>\ncost for a round-trip ticket was \"$90.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"I meant US$90, not S$90. It was a case of miscommunication,\"<br>\nArsal was quoted as saying in the Straits Times on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>$90 at the current exchange rate is equivalent to S$156.6.<\/p>\n<p>Including taxes, a return Singapore-Jakarta ticket on Lion Air<br>\nwould cost $218, which is higher than the cheapest available seat<br>\nof $199 on Kuwait Airways, the newspaper said.<\/p>\n<p>Both prices are still cheaper when compared with a Singapore<br>\nAirlines' standard fare for the same route of about $520.<\/p>\n<p>Lion Air plans to start the daily Singapore-Jakarta flights on<br>\nNov. 18.<\/p>\n<p>The airline is part-owned by Indonesian businessman Rusdi<br>\nKirana and has run a successful budget operation for the past<br>\nthree years, with the carrier now flying to more than 30<br>\ndestinations in Indonesia and Malaysia.<\/p>\n<p>Low-cost airlines have emerged as a potentially lucrative<br>\nbusiness for short-haul flights in Asia, following the footsteps<br>\nof their predecessors in Europe and the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Malaysian budget carrier AirAsia last month started flights<br>\nbetween Kuala Lumpur and Johore state near Singapore and plans to<br>\nfurther expand within the region.<\/p>",
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