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24/04/2024 Puma to launch compostable shoes after a two-year pilot project ( Fashion )
24/04/2024 7-Eleven eyes 100,000 stores globally by 2030 ( General )
24/04/2024 Vietnam tops Southeast Asia in number of Apple suppliers ( Electronics )
24/04/2024 FPT and Nvidia to build $200M AI factory in Vietnam ( Electronics )
23/04/2024 Google Meet now lets users make annotations during presentations ( General )
22/04/2024 WhatsApp testing scheduling feature for easier event management in Communities ( General )
22/04/2024 EU set to approve Apple’s plan to open its NFC technology for rivals ( Electronics )
18/04/2024 Apple CEO Tim Cook says it is considering a manufacturing facility in Indonesia ( Electronics )
18/04/2024 Google Maps to show alternate transit and walking directions along with driving routes ( General )
17/04/2024 Apple releases iOS 17.5 beta 2 giving EU iPhone users more unique capabilities ( E-Tailing )
17/04/2024 WhatsApp rolls out new chat filters to help you locate unread and group conversations ( General )
16/04/2024 Google Chat working on adding group audio and video call function within Gmail Spaces ( General )
15/04/2024 Tim Cook arrives in Vietnam ( Electronics )
15/04/2024 Vietravel Airlines reports first profits in 3 years ( General )

Retail Asia15/04/2024

Vietravel Airlines has reported a profit of VND10 billion (US$400,128) for the first three months of the year, achieving its first profitable quarter since its inception in 2021. As a subsidiary of the tour operator Vietravel, the airline announced first-quarter revenues exceeding VND491 billion, surpassing its initial target by 42%. The profits stemmed from increases […]

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Retail Asia06/03/2024

The Vietnamese Government creates favourable conditions for airlines to develop and compete healthily, and encourages Australian carriers to fly to Vietnam, according to Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh. This statement was made during a ceremony commemorating 30 years of direct air travel between Vietnam and Australia in Melbourne city on Tuesday morning. The event was […]

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Retail Asia23/01/2024

AirAsia is set to launch a new route from Kuala Lumpur to Ahmedabad, India’s first UNESCO World Heritage City. This move, scheduled for 1 May 2024, expands AirAsia’s network and solidifies its presence in South Asia. The latest network addition will become the airline’s eleventh route to India and the third new route in 2024 […]

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Retail Asia17/11/2023

AirAsia airlines will open a new domestic route of Denpasar, Bali-Kupang, NTT beginning on December 16, 2023. The Bali-NTT route will serve three flights a week on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. “AirAsia opens the [route] with a special price of Rp1.5 million for one trip,” said Corporate Communication Manager Indonesia of AirAsia, Ageng Wibowo on Friday, November 17, […]

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Retail Asia28/09/2023

After restructuring its flight network, Bamboo Airways has said it will also reduce the number of aircraft to lower costs. An executive at the airline said the restructuring in the past two months included discontinuing unprofitable routes. The airline has not yet announced the number or type of aircraft that will be grounded. According to […]

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Retail Asia22/09/2023

Capital A, the entity behind the AirAsia Aviation Group of airlines, remains committed to a November 2023 launch of AirAsia Cambodia (Phnom Penh). It comes as Capital A steps up its involvement in the Cambodian market and takes a 60% stake in a local ground services company called ADE Cambodia. In late 2022, ch-aviation reported that Capital A had set up […]

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Retail Asia21/08/2023

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has asked relevant ministries to find solutions to Bamboo Airways’ issues on capital, transfer of shares to new investors, and its fleet expansion. The airline has recently faced many difficulties, especially in finance. In mid-July, it was rumored Bamboo Airways asked the government for bankruptcy protection, but the private airline […]

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Retail Asia16/08/2023

AirAsia Philippines is gearing up for the holiday season and expects a surge in air passenger traffic after the foreign traveler vaccine certificate requirement was lifted. The Department of Health Circular 2023-06 applies to all airports and seaports in the country and states that all arriving international travelers will be accepted regardless of their vaccination […]

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Retail Asia11/08/2023

Air New Zealand is looking for two airports to further support its efforts towards decarbonization and has opened an expression of interest as part of selecting a route to fly its commercial demonstrator aircraft from 2026. The move is part of the airline’s ‘Mission Next Gen Aircraft’ launched in December last year, where the carrier […]

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Retail Asia02/08/2023

A recent dialogue saw a mutual agreement between Singapore and Japan’s aviation authorities to work together towards initiating greener air lanes between the two countries. At the 2nd Singapore-Japan Dialogue on Aviation Collaboration, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) shared the same view that the concept of […]

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Retail Asia28/07/2023

Today Malaysia’s Capital A Berhad (Capital A) announced its operating statistics for the second quarter of its financial year 2023. The announcement details the performance of Capital A’s aviation, digital, logistics and aviation services segments from April 1st to June 30th, 2023 (2Q2023). With the operating segments so closely interconnected, a strong performance in Aviation […]

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Retail Asia25/07/2023

AirAsia Philippines has ended wearing face masks on all domestic flights following the government’s decision to lift the state of public health emergency under Presidential Proclamation 297, filed by the Department of Transportation. Meanwhile, wearing face masks for flights to international destinations remain subject to the existing health protocols in the destination country. AirAsia destinations […]

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Retail Asia24/07/2023

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Hotels in Ho Chi Minh City are suffering from low occupancy rates due to a sharp drop in international visitor arrivals and domestic tourists’ preference for traveling to beaches. In May, amid a wave of hotel closures and conversions into office buildings, the Norfolk Hotel in District 1 with over 100 rooms stopped operating. In […]

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Retail Asia17/07/2023

AirAsia Thailand (FD) celebrated its inaugural flight, Sunday, flying from Bangkok (Don Mueang) to Colombo, the capital city of Sri Lanka. Operating the direct flight four times a week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday) the low-cost airline uses an A320 on the route with 180 seats. FD140 de departs Bangkok Don Mueng Airport (DMK) and […]

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Retail Asia12/07/2023

CEO of Bamboo Airways Nguyen Minh Hai has resigned less than two months after assuming the position. Following his resignation announced by the carrier on Tuesday, deputy chairman Nguyen Ngoc Trong will be the airline’s acting CEO. Hai was named Bamboo Airways’ CEO in late May, replacing Nguyen Manh Quan. Hai, 51, has a bachelor’s […]

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Retail Asia11/07/2023

Vietnam Airlines is unable to get the number flight slots it needs at airports in the U.K., India and China. After a period of absence due to Covid-19, the carrier has lost many flight slots in London, chairman Dang Ngoc Hoa said at a meeting with the Ministry of Transport officials Monday. India only provides […]

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Retail Asia28/06/2023

AirAsia opened a new chapter in its efforts to drive industry engagement and spark greater collaboration by hosting its inaugural Sustainability Day, themed ‘Doing More with Less’. Led by Capital A Chief Sustainability Officer Yap Mun Ching, the event saw in-depth exchanges on topics that address AirAsia’s pathways to decarbonization, as well as challenges and opportunities in […]

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Retail Asia26/06/2023

Property developer Him Lam, the new owner of Bamboo Airways, plans to build an aviation ecosystem centered around the latter while expanding its presence in Asia. Bamboo Airways began flying in 2019 and became the first private carrier to operate wide-body aircraft. It quickly expanded its fleet to nearly 30 by the end of 2021 […]

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Retail Asia23/06/2023

PAL and Airbus officials sign the Purchase Agreement for 9 Airbus A350-1000s on the sidelines of the Paris Air Show: PAL President Capt. Stanley Ng (center), PAL Holdings President Lucio Tan III (leftmost), Airbus Chief Commercial Officer Christian Scherer (3rd from right) and Airbus Asia Pacific Pres. Anand Stanley (rightmost) Philippine Airlines (PAL) and Airbus […]

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Retail Asia22/06/2023

Oshima Hideki, the former chairman of Japan Airlines, has been appointed chairman of Vietnam’s Bamboo Airways for the 2023-2028 period. He is among seven new directors of the airline, according to decisions made at the company’s general meeting on Wednesday. Hideki has nearly 40 years of experience in the aviation industry. He was previously Deputy […]

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