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Retail Asia09/12/2022

Airbus is seeking to expand its aerospace partnership with Vietnam and increase helicopter sales as it sees rising demand for military use and oil exploration. The company realizes the potential of Vietnam’s aerospace industry, Johan Pelissier, Airbus general manager in charge of defense and aerospace for the Asia-Pacific region, told reporters Wednesday. Airbus produced Vietnam’s […]

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Retail Asia25/11/2022

After much anticipation, it’s been revealed that new Malaysian low-cost carrier MYAirline will begin flying in December 2022, with reports having confirmed approvals from the Malaysian Aviation Commission (Mavcom) and Civil Aviation Authority (CAAM) for the company to start selling tickets. Also, the airline took to its social media pages to hint at its very […]

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Retail Asia03/12/2021

Philippine low-cost airline Cebu Pacific received its first Airbus A330neo on November 28,2021 as it begins its widebody fleet modernization program. The aircraft features 459 lightweight Recaro seats, which have been ergonomically designed, and offer versatility for a wide range of routes from shorter regional services to medium and long-haul operations. The Airbus A330neo will […]

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Retail Asia27/10/2021

Aircraft maker Airbus has appointed Hoang Tri Mai as its new general director for Vietnam. Mai will oversee all Airbus operations in Vietnam, including supporting business activities and managing relationships of the firm with the Vietnamese government, the group announced Monday. Mai, a Hanoian, was earlier the country director for Rolls Royce in Vietnam, Laos, […]

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Retail Asia29/11/2020

Airbus has found buyers for six aircraft from the A320neo family rejected by one of its main customers, Malaysia’s AirAsia, as it works off a surplus left by the coronavirus crisis, industry sources said. Unwanted jets have become an emblem of pandemic-induced problems in the aerospace industry that have come on top of a chill in […]

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Retail Asia11/11/2019

Budget airline Vietjet has ordered 20 Airbus long-range A321XLR aircraft to expand its international reach as Vietnam’s aviation market keeps growing. With a range of up to 8,700 kilometers, the aircraft will serve Vietjet’s plans to expand its international flights network, the airline said in a statement Thursday. The contract increases Vietjet’s order book with […]

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Retail Asia12/07/2019

AirAsia has been named the World’s Best Low-Cost Airline at the Skytrax World Airline Awards 2019 for the 11th consecutive year. The airline won the title based on a survey of over 21.6 million passengers of 100 nationalities and over 300 airlines between September last year and May. AirAsia also won Asia’s Best Low-Cost Airline […]

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Retail Asia27/06/2019

Singapore Airlines is continuing its rolling upgrade of flights to Australia, with Perth set to see a second Airbus A350 from July 1, 2019. The advanced jet, which boasts Singapore Airlines’ latest flat-bed regional business class seats in what the airline calls a ‘medium-range’ configuration, will slot into daily flights SQ214 (departing Perth at 5.10pm) and SQ223 (wheels […]

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Retail Asia24/06/2019

CAE has signed a new five-year training agreement for AirAsia’s A320 pilots in the Philippines, extending the use of the CAE Rise training system to a third AirAsia affiliate. Through the new agreement, announced at the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Annual General Meeting (AGM), CAE will continue to provide initial training for the airline’s […]

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Retail Asia03/05/2019

Cebu Pacific has now achieved the highest ranking for safety with 7-stars from the world’s only safety and product rating agency AirlineRatings.com After careful evaluation and feedback from the airline and aviation industry AirlineRatings.com has upgraded its seven-star safety rating system to give more importance to IOSA and this move elevates Cebu Pacific up to […]

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Retail Asia09/04/2019

Private airline Bamboo Airways will buy 26 new narrow-body Airbus aircraft as it expands operations. The value of the deal is $6.3 billion, based on list price, chairman Trinh Van Quyet told. With the previous order of 24 aircraft of the same model last year, the airline has ordered 50 in total. Quyet said that the […]

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Retail Asia02/04/2019

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AirAsia X is looking to launch flights to Europe using the Airbus A330neo. Flights could commence as soon as 2019, with the airline keen to reenter the market as quickly as possible. AirAsia X previously operated flights to Europe, but suspended these flights back in 2012. Now, it seems that the airline is ready to […]

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Retail Asia11/03/2019

Asia Aviation Capital Ltd (AACL), the aircraft leasing unit of AirAsia Group Bhd, has acquired four newly incorporated companies in Ireland. AirAsia said in a stock exchange filing that AACL — its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary — had acquired the entire issued and paid-up share capital of Merah Aviation Asset Holding Two Ltd, Merah Aviation Asset […]

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Retail Asia05/11/2018

Vietjet is set to finalize a $6.5 billion jet order with Airbus during a visit to Hanoi by French PM Edouard Philippe on Friday. The order for 50 A321neo jets is part of an aggressive investment in the Vietnamese fast-growing budget carrier Vietjet’s fleet that has provided lucrative business for both Europe’s Airbus and its U.S. […]

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Retail Asia12/10/2018

Vietjet signed a financing agreement with Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Company Ltd and France-based BNP Paribas Bank to finance the carrier’s acquisition of up to five new aircraft worth $614 million at list price, it said in a statement. Vietjet also signed a memorandum of understanding valued at $625 million for financing and future […]

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Retail Asia23/07/2018

AirAsia X Bhd has entered into a conditional amendment agreement with Airbus S.A.S for the purchase and delivery of an additional 34 A330-900neo aircraft pursuant to the A330-300 purchase agreement dated June 14, 2007. This comes after the low-cost long-haul carrier announced yesterday that it had placed an order of 100 Airbus A330neo widebody aircraft. […]

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Retail Asia17/04/2018

AirAsia X group co-chief executive Tony Fernandes has thrown the carrier’s order for 10 Airbus A350-900s into doubt. Speaking in a Facebook video he says, “The A350 is not an aircraft we will buy. Too expensive. Fares would go up.” AirAsia X is understood to have been eyeing an order for additional A350s or Boeing 787s to […]

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Retail Asia04/04/2017

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Singapore Airlines is locking in its advanced Airbus A350 jet for a year-round schedule between Melbourne and Singapore starting May 11, 2017. The sleek jetliner has made a number of short-term appearances on the route, but later this year it’ll be running daily as Melbourne-Singapore flight SQ208 and the SQ207 return leg. Travellers at the […]

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Retail Asia15/03/2017

Cebu Pacific is making contingency plans to handle potential further delays to its Airbus A321neo deliveries, which could disrupt the carrier’s fleet and network strategy. The Philippines-based LCC is due to receive its first A321neo in November, said Ian Wolfe, the carrier’s head of engineering and fleet management. This target has already been pushed back […]

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Retail Asia27/02/2017

Garuda Indonesia’s low-cost subsidiary, Citilink, has begun welcoming a new fleet of Airbus A320 new engine option (neo) aircraft from the Airbus factory in Toulouse, France. Citilink has ordered 35 aircraft from the European manufacturer since it developed the new version in 2012. The 180-passenger capacity A320neo will join 45 aircraft of the previous model, […]

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