Lion Air-We Will Pay All Fines Accrued by the Massive Disruption

Bsuccess.org: Jakarta - Lion Air's Executive Director Edward Sirait, has said that the airline is prepared to pay the hefty fine that will be imposed on the company as a consequence of the massive disruptions and cancellations of its' regular services since Wednesday evening.

"Even if it means that we have to pay tens of billions of Rupiah - that's a business risk that we are prepared to shoulder," said Sirait at a press conference at Terminal 3 of Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Cengkareng on Friday, Februrary 20, 2015.

Sirait said that the company's material losses matters less than the losses experienced by the passengers as a result of the massive cancellations.

"We will respect our obligations and will compensate all affected passengers, in accordance to existing regulations set out by the Ministry of Transport," said Sirait.

"We hope that we could resume our regular services as soon as possible, as passenger convenience and connectivity remains our top priority," said Sirait.

When asked about the frequent delays which often plagues Lion Air's regular passenger services, Sirait said that Lion Air would continue to learn from its' mistake in order to improve its' services.tempo