Air travel
Singapore’s old airport seeks to become regional hub for flying taxis
Singapore’s old Seletar Airport in the northeast of the city-state is planning to become a hub for flying taxis in the region as early...
Vietnam Airlines exits Cambodian market
Vietnam’s state-controlled national carrier Vietnam Airlines is finally ending its venture in Cambodia after having been pressured by losses arising from Covid-19 restrictions and...
Thai AirAsia X files for bankruptcy protection
Thai AirAsia X, the long-haul division of the Thai unit of Malaysian budget airline AirAsia Group, has become the third airline in Thailand to...
Thai Airways reports $94 million loss in first quarter despite revenue surge
Thailand’s indebted national airline Thai Airways International suffered another net loss of 3.24 billion baht ($94 million) on revenue of 11.18 billion baht ($342...
Pelita Air takes off with commercial air travel services in Indonesia
Indonesia is seeing a new addition to its commercial air travel industry with the expansion of Pelita Air into scheduled routes to domestic destinations.
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Indonesia to help national airline with $518 million cash injection
Indonesia’s parliament on April 22 approved the government’s plan to raise the capital of flagship carrier Garuda Indonesia by 7.5 trillion rupiah ($518.31 million)...
Creditors demand nearly $14 billion from struggling Garuda Indonesia
Creditors of Indonesia’s struggling flagship airline Garuda Indonesia are seeking about 198 trillion rupiah ($13.9 billion) in claims as part of the carrier’s debt...
Philippine Airlines emerges from bankruptcy proceedings
Philippine Airlines in a statement released on December 31 said it has emerged from bankruptcy after a US court approved its plan to slash...
AirAsia to allow only vaccinated travelers on board – for now in Malaysia
Southeast Asia’s largest budget airline AirAsia Group has just contradicted its catchy long-time slogan “Now everyone can fly” by announcing that it will only...
Southeast Asia’s national airlines feel the heat of the virus
Philippines Airlines has become the next Southeast Asian airline to file for bankruptcy after Thai Airways, and it looks like as if Garuda Indonesia...
Vietnam Airlines reports highest quarterly loss in company history
Vietnam Airlines Group on April 30 posted a loss of 4.97 trillion dong ($215.6 million) for the...
Laos’ main airport got huge expansion despite weak visitor numbers
The international terminal of the airport serving the Laotian capital of Vientiane, Wattay International Airport, can now accommodate as many as 2.3 million foreign...
Singapore to double Changi airport capacity
Singapore plans to almost double the capacity of its airport over the next decade with two terminals in expectation of rapidly growing traveler numbers,...
AirAsia X plans Europe, US flights
AirAsia X, the long-haul affiliate of low-cost carrier AirAsia Group, plans to fly to the US by 2015 and to Europe by 2016, said...
How Southeast Asia’s wealthy like to fly
The battle for low-budget passengers is only one side of Asia's thriving air travel business. Airlines are increasingly targeting the wealthy and are beefing...
Haze disaster could cost Singapore $1b
The estimated damage for Singapore from the air pollution disaster caused by Sumatra forest fires could reach $1 billion, according to analysts, in combined...
ASEAN budget airlines to raise $750m
In several initial public offerings expected in 2013, a number of ASEAN budget airlines will raise a combined $750 million from the capital markets,...
$172 million boost for flydubai’s expansion plans
Leading GCC budget airline, flydubai, has signed a US$172 million agreement with Pembroke to finance two Boeing 737-800NG aircraft as the company embarks on...
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...