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

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

The move from its current operations at Terminal 3 will happen in November this year, while new flights will start in December.

Lion Group comprises Batik Air Indonesia, Batik Air Malaysia and Thai Lion Air.

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.

The launch of the Subang flights by full-service airline Batik Air Malaysia follows existing flights from low-cost carriers Scoot and Firefly. Firefly currently only serves Subang from Singapore’s Seletar Airport – in August, it moved its short-lived daily flight to Changi Airport to Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA).

Subang’s airport is closer to the Kuala Lumpur city centre than KLIA, clocking in at about 25 km compared to KLIA’s 60 km.

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

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