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Retail Asia19/04/2023

Airasia SuperApp has denied a claim by Batik Air that it has acted in an “unauthorised manner” by selling the airline’s and Super Air Jet’s flights on its online travel agency (OTA) platform. In a statement, airasia SuperApp said its OTA platform holds a travel agent licence and is also accredited by the International Air […]

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Retail Asia06/04/2023

AirAsia X (AAX) continues to expand its China network with two weekly flights to Beijing restarting last week after almost a three-year pause. The flight from Kuala Lumpur lands at Beijing Daxing International Airport at 0105, while the return flight from Beijing arrives in Kuala Lumpur International Airport (Terminal 2) at 0830. AirAsia X Malaysia […]

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Retail Asia07/03/2023

Even low-cost carriers, which struggle to increase capacity amidst labor shortages, soaring fuel prices, and closed airspace, have set prices that have stumped travelers.And if you think this is going anywhere, it’s not – at least that’s according to AirAsia’s CEO Tony Fernandes. Speaking last week at the Aviation Festival Asia in Singapore, Fernandes revealed […]

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Retail Asia30/01/2023

Cebu Pacific is working to restore more of its flights in other air hubs in the Philippines, such as Clark International Airport, the budget carrier’s president told reporters last week. “We will be happy to resume flights at Clark and the other destinations we used to fly in,” Xander Lao, president and chief commercial officer, […]

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Retail Asia08/07/2022

AirAsia X, the medium to long-haul affiliate airline of AirAsia Aviation Group, is launching flights to Auckland, New Zealand, via Australia. The announcement is the latest from the Kuala Lumpur International (KUL) based airline, which will offer seats to several new destinations as it returns from a significant restructuring. The Malaysian airline resumed operations earlier this year […]

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Retail Asia08/03/2022

AirAsia Malaysia will be reintroducing fuel surcharge beginning March 8 for all its domestic and international flights. The reintroduction of the fuel surcharge by AirAsia is to offset the escalating jet fuel prices, which has exceeded US$120 per barrel. AirAsia has not been charging fuel surcharge since it was abolished in 2015. The airline said […]

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Retail Asia14/02/2022

Passengers on an AirAsia flight had their trip rerouted after spotting an uninvited passenger on the plane. In a video shared on TikTok by user @edal8808, what appears to be a long snake can be seen slithering through an overhead light fixture. In the caption, the user wrote that the flight, which was headed from the Malaysian […]

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Retail Asia04/02/2022

In an Australian-first, KFC has enlisted a drone delivery company to bring Zingers and other fried faves to homes and workplaces in the Logan area between Brisbane and the Gold Coast. Wing, owned by Google parent Alphabet, launched in Canberra in 2019 in a world-first, and in Logan the following year. Since then, suburbs within […]

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Retail Asia26/11/2021

Long-haul, low-cost carrier AirAsia X has reported an operating loss of MYR82.5 million ($19.6 million) for the first quarter of its 2022 financial year. The carrier generated revenue of MYR99.3 million for the three months ended 30 September, and a net loss of MYR149 million, it says. The carrier did not provide corresponding figures for […]

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Retail Asia18/11/2021

A one-way ticket from Vietnam to the U.S. will cost around $1,000 and be available on the Vietnam Airlines website in a few days, the carrier has said. There would be a reduced number of passengers to lower the aircraft’s weight to ensure no fuel stops are needed, CEO Le Hong Ha told reporters Tuesday. […]

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Retail Asia22/09/2021

Vietnam Airlines is set to receive its final permit from U.S. authorities to conduct regular direct flights to the U.S. after nearly two decades of preparation. The national flag carrier has completed all necessary documents to be approved by the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA), it stated. It is set to receive the permit from […]

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Retail Asia17/09/2021

AirAsia’s inaugural service from Kuala Lumpur to Langkawi on Thursday (Sept 16) morning under the travel bubble recorded a 100% flight load, the carrier says, signifying a strong rebound for domestic air travel. The low-cost carrier said the maiden flight, the first of nine scheduled daily flights from Kuala Lumpur, left KLIA2 at 9.50am utilising […]

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Retail Asia14/09/2021

Vietnam’s sovereign fund has subscribed to Vietnam Airlines’s rights offering amid its accumulating losses due to Covid-19. The State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) paid VND6.89 trillion ($303.56 million) to acquire 689.5 million shares and kept its ownership rate in the state-owned carrier at 31.08 percent. The airline’s HVN ticker rose by the maximum allowed 7 […]

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Retail Asia12/05/2021

Acquiring flight slots at U.S. airports is only the beginning of a challenging journey to making the Vietnam-U.S. direct route a reality, experts say. Private carrier Bamboo Airways recently acquired slots to operate regular direct flights from Ho Chi Minh City to San Francisco and Los Angeles starting September. The airline plans to begin charter flights […]

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Retail Asia08/04/2021

Vietnam’s Transport Ministry has allowed the Boeing 737 Max aircraft to pass through the country’s airspace after two years. The decision was taken following a proposal made by the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) last month, citing Boeing’s efforts to address technical issues of the aircraft and assessments by aviation authorities in the U.S. and Europe. […]

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Retail Asia15/03/2021

At least nine Singaporeans have been struggling to leave Macau after they were unable to secure a direct flight home due to the pandemic. One is desperate to return after losing his job in the Chinese city, whose economy has been hit hard by Covid-19. Another needs surgery for a spinal condition and wants to return […]

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Retail Asia08/03/2021

Malaysian budget airline AirAsia Group on Saturday stated that plans are in the works to launch a flying-taxi business next year. Air Asia CEO Tony Fernandes on Saturday said that the company is working on the project, and it would take about a year and a half to launch it. He made these statements at […]

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Retail Asia05/01/2021

Vietnam is not considering a resumption of international commercial flights with the Covid-19 situation remaining intense globally and vaccine distribution uncertain. The pandemic has been complicated by the appearance of a new coronavirus variant, with no certainty a vaccine would be distributed on a large scale this year, Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Tran Quoc […]

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Retail Asia16/09/2020

Bamboo Airways plans to launch more new routes to Asian destinations like Japan, Singapore, and Australia besides resuming services to Taiwan and South Korea. It will resume flights from Hanoi to Taipei in Taiwan on September 29 and Seoul in South Korea on October 7. There will be one weekly round trip to begin with. […]

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Retail Asia10/09/2020

AirAsia Group is seeking to raise as much as 2.5 billion ringgit ($600 million) by the end of the year as it tries to survive a business slump exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. The Subang, Malaysia-based budget carrier may borrow up to 1.5 billion ringgit from banks and another 1 billion ringgit from investors, a spokeswoman said […]

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