Lion Air remains Indonesia’s most popular domestic airline, but not for Mau Ke Mana clients.

With its new aircraft, frequent departures and cheap fares, Lion Air has led the pack of Indonesian domestic airlines since 2008, and remained the most popular in 2011.

Indonesian Domestic Airline Passenger Numbers, 2011

Rank	Airline	Seats sold	%
1		24 970 000	41.6%
2		18 760 000	31.2%
3		7 380 000	13.2%
4		6 750 000	11.3%
5		2 180 000	3.6%
6		1 980 000	3.4%
	Total	60 040 000	15.9%

Source: The Jakarta Post
Passenger numbers for other airlines – Air Asia, Express Air, TransNusa, Trigana Air, Kal-Star, etc – were not supplied, but it is safe to assume they were smaller than the figure for Wings Air.

However, Mau Ke Mana clients have different preferences:

Mau Ke Mana Clients’ Flights by Airline, 2011

Rank	Airline	%		Rank	Airline	%
1		26.0%		6		5.4%
2		23.4%		7		2.4%
3		17.9%		8		2.2%
4		11.1%		=9		1.1%
5		8.8%		=9		1.1%

Source: Flight Memory

Why the big difference?

One reason is that visitors to Indonesia have different travel preferences to residents. Also, Mau Ke Mana specialises in Indonesian domestic flights that can’t be purchased online; this is a problem for tourists more than locals.

Finally, Mau Ke Mana‘s clients travel more frequently to isolated/remote locations. These places have smaller airports and shorter runways, where only airlines with smaller aircraft (e.g. Merpati Airlines, Wings Air) can land. Some examples are:

Unique animals

Komodo Dragons (Nearest airport: Labuan Bajo)	Orangutans (Nearest airport: Pangkalan Bun)

World-leading dive sites

Raja Ampat (Nearest airport: Sorong)	Bunaken Island (Nearest airport: Manado)

Cultural centres

Tanah Toraja (Nearest airport: Makassar)	Borobudur Temple (Nearest airport: Yogyakarta)

Surfing meccas

Nias Island (Nearest airport: Gunung Sitoli)	Sumbawa (Nearest airport: Bima)

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