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Garuda to order up to 250 new planes
Indonesia's national airline Garuda could purchase 250 aircraft in the decade ending 2025 to take advantage of a surge in travel demand in Southeast...
Vietnam’s Vietjet to order 100 Airbus
Vietnamese low-cost airline Vietjet will reportedly place an order for as many as 100 Airbus jets worth up to $10 billion, sources familiar with...
Lion Air builds large maintenance center off Singapore
Fast-growing Indonesian budget carrier Lion Air has said it will build a $250 million aircraft maintenance facility on Batam island, just 20 kilometers from...
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...
ASEAN’s island airports safety questioned
While ASEAN member states are pouring funds into their glitzy main airport hubs to cope with ever-increasing traveller numbers, smaller airports in popular tourism destination are missing out on modernisation.
Philippines’ Petron provoking Petronas
Petron Corporation, the largest oil refining and marketing corporation in the Philippines, is teasing Malaysia's oil giant Petronas with a confusable rebranding of Malaysian gas stations it acquired from ExxonMobil in 2012.
Lion Air’s rapid expansion questioned
Indonesia's Lion Air, the discount airline that placed the largest-ever order for Boeing in 2012 when it inked a deal for 230 planes and...
AirAsia X IPO lined up for June
AirAsia X, the long-haul subsidiary of AirAsia Berhad, has readied its highly anticipated listing on Bursa Malaysia for June, AirAsia Group CEO Tony Fernandes...
Lion Air places record Airbus order
Indonesian carrier Lion Air has signed a $20 billion order for the delivery of more than 200 A320 medium-haul jets on March 18. It...
Batavia Air bankrupt, routes up for grab
Indonesia's commercial court has declared Jakarta-based budget carrier Batavia Air bankrupt just months after AirAsia aborted a deal to invest in it, officials said...
AirAsia unveils $9.4b Airbus order
Malaysian low-cost airline AirAsia has confirmed a deal for 100 new Airbus A320 aircraft due for delivery until 2021. AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes wrote...
Emirates to expand A380 fleet
The Arab world’s largest airline carrier, Emirates, has decided to order even more new airplanes than previously anticipated in the next few months. There...
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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...