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Retail Asia03/11/2020

The tourism industry is slowly recovering, starting with the re-opening of Boracay to leisure travelers. More flights, accommodations, and tours are resuming operations to accommodate excited travelers after being stuck at home for so long! With travel restrictions gradually being lifted in the Philippines, AirAsia introduces a unique product that will allow people to travel […]

Retail Asia11/08/2020

Budget carrier Cebu Pacific will provide refunds to an estimated 1.5 million passengers as 50 percent of its fleet remains grounded due to the coronavirus pandemic. Charo Logarta Lagamon, corporate communications director for Cebu Pacific Air, assured that passengers who requested refunds since April or earlier will be refunded by August. “All of a sudden, […]

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 […]

Retail Asia19/03/2019

Vietjet does not operate any flights with Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. We are currently operating with a fleet entirely composed of new Airbus aircraft from the A320 family aircraft. The average age of our fleet is 2.82 years. We are also using latest generation of Airbus aircraft, A320-A321 neo. Furthermore, Vietjet’s operations meet the highest […]

Retail Asia21/02/2019

Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific said on Wednesday it is expected to have swung back to profit in 2018, ending two successive losses as it embarks on a massive overhaul. The recovery also came in a year that saw it suffer an embarrassing data breach that dented its reputation and could could prove costly. […]

Retail Asia14/02/2019

Vietnamese carriers are keen on operating direct flights to the US, but worried about recouping the large investments involved. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is expected to grant a Category 1 rating to Vietnam soon, allowing direct flights between the two countries, reported earlier this month, citing two U.S. officials. Dinh Viet Thang, head of […]

Retail Asia07/11/2017

AirAsia X said Monday it will take delivery of two new aircraft next year, which could be deployed in North Asia and China, and its new route to India is likely to help boost passenger load factor as the long-haul unit of Malaysian budget carrier AirAsia seeks to expand network in Asia. AirAsia X is expected to […]

Retail Asia05/12/2016

Boeing has announced the end of its programme to turn Boeing 747-400 passenger aircraft into cargo planes. In October, the plane manufacturer formally announced that management had decided to cancel the programme. To some industry executives, Boeing’s decision merely seals the inevitable. One executive from a freighter conversion specialist likened the 747 conversion scene to […]

Retail Asia10/12/2015

PT Dirgantara Indonesia, (Persero) or PT DI, today will roll-out the N219, the first plane Indonesia has made again after the N250, which was made in 1995. The N219 is the result of a collaboration between Dirgantara Indonesia and the National Aeronautics Space Agency (Lapan). The roll-out—a term for unveiling an airplane for the first […]

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AirAsia offers UNLI Flight pass for a limited time only

Cebu Pacific to refund tickets of 1.5M passengers

Bamboo Airways inks deal for 26 Airbus aircraft

Vietjet not operating any flights with Boeing 737 MAX aircrafts

No more loss for Hong Kong’s Cathay

Vietnamese airlines excited, worried about direct US flights

AirAsia X to get 2 planes next year, more from 2019

Boeing has announced the end of its programme to turn Boeing 747-400 into cargo planes

Indonesia to Unveil First Local-made Plane after N250