The Man Taking on Boeing With a $22 Billion Jet Order at Stake
- Lion Air co-founder Kirana threatens to scrap plane orders
- Kirana is one of the planemaker’s biggest customers worldwide
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The crash of a Boeing Co. plane that killed 189 people in Indonesia is spiraling into a $22 billion feud between the aircraft maker and one of Asia’s most influential aviation bosses.
In a rare public dispute between the planemaker and one of its biggest customers, the head of PT Lion Mentari Airlines has threatened to cancel an order for billions of dollars worth of jets because of what he says is Boeing’s unfair reaction to the crash.