Lion Group to move to Changi’s Terminal 4, launch daily Subang, Ipoh, Penang flights

Batik Air Indonesia, Batik Air Malaysia and Thai Lion Air currently serve Singapore as part of the airline group

Lion Group will be moving its operations to Changi Airport’s Terminal 4 and will launch daily flights to Subang, Ipoh and Penang.

Three of the group’s airlines – Batik Air Indonesia, Batik Air Malaysia and Thai Lion Air – serve Singapore.

Theycurrently operate at Terminal 3 and will move in November this year, whilethe new flights will start in December.

The launch of the Subang flights by full-service airline Batik Air Malaysia follows existing flights operated by low-cost carriers Scoot and Firefly.

Subang’s airport is closer to the Kuala Lumpur city centre than Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) – located at a distance of about 25 km compared to KLIA’s 60 km.

The Kuala Lumpur-Singapore corridor was the world’s fourth-busiest international route in 2024 and the busiest in 2023, according to data from flight analytics platform OAG.

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Firefly currently flies to Singapore’s Seletar Airport from Subang with turboprop aircraft. In August, it ceased jet aircraft operations at Subang and opted to fly its daily Changi route from KLIA instead.

Scoot chief executive Leslie Thng earlier this month told New Straits Times that his airline is “interested” in expanding its flights to Subang, if allowed by the Malaysian authorities.

Batik Air Malaysia has four daily flights between KLIA and Changi.

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The larger Lion Group currently has 88 weekly services that connect Singapore to Jakarta, Bali, Medan, Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok.

The move to Changi’s Terminal 4 will “cater to Lion Group’s future growth and better serve rising air travel demand in the region”, said the group on Monday (Sep 22).

Following the relocation, there will be 10 full-service and 10 low-cost carriers operating out of Terminal 4.

More expansion from Thailand is in the pipeline, with Thai Lion Air stating that it will add flights to Singapore from more Thai cities beyond Bangkok.