budget airlines
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...
AirAsia discontinues Japan operations, restructures long-haul unit
Malaysian budget airline AirAsia Group is pulling out of the Japanese market “with immediate effect” as the...
Thailand throws a lifeline for troubled budget airlines
Seven Thailand-based low cost airlines, which are struggling with the effects of the prolonged coronavirus crisis on...
AirAsia’s future “in doubt” – stock tumbles
The share price of AirAsia Group dropped almost 18 per cent on July 8 after the budget...
Tourism arrivals in Vietnam on steady growth trajectory
Unspoiled beach in the coastal city of Da Nang in central Vietnam © Arno Maierbrugger
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Eight Asia-Pacific budget carriers enter landmark alliance
Budget airlines in Asia-Pacific formed the region’s first alliance of its kind, opening their network and their respective passengers to each other and using...
AirAsia aims at creating airport hubs in Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia's biggest budget airline group AirAsia appears eager to invest or become a joint-venture partner in airport development to serve its burgeoning traffic...
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...