Lion Air keeps working to improve the punctuation of flight schedule by adding more back up planes in some airports and adding ground time of planes. This is to back up planes that are under repair or delayed from other airports. "The additional of ground time of planes is to improve a better service in handling passengers' check in time, in handling luggage's check in time, and ground handling," General Director of Lion Air, Edward Sirait said in the press conference. In his opinion, besides the service improvement, fleet rejuvenation is one of Lion Air commitments to always give their best service to their passengers. July 2011, Lion Air received 2 (two) units of Boeing 737-900ER, which is facilitated with new Boeing Sky Interior, directly imported from Boeing's fabric in Seattle, the United States of America, so that by the end of this year will received more 8 (eight) units of B737-900ER. "Thus, until the end of 2011, Lion Air and Wings Air will operate 98 flights," Edward said to the Cargo Times. He said further that the new planes are to strengthen the Lion Air fleet as back-up planes so the supply of Lion Air for air transportation won't be changing. "So that the available frequency and routes can be maintained for giving people's high demand on air transportation," Edward said. By maintaining the total of frequency and routes availability, he said, Lion Air is confident to maintain the selling price that is applied on consumers. Until 2016, Lion Air will keep importing new planes of B737-900ER as much as 178 fleets.(ayos)