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Virus? What virus? Indonesia businessmen to launch new airline
The group of business people behind Indonesian low-cost airline Lion Air, including co-founder Rusdi Kirana, are planning...
Garuda to cancel 49 Boeing MAX orders
Indonesia's national carrier Garuda will cancel a multibillion-dollar order for 49 Boeing 737 MAX 8 jets after...
Indonesia grounds all Boeing 737 MAX 8 jets over safety concerns
Indonesia, alongside China and Ethiopia, has grounded all Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft following the Ethiopian Airlines crash on March 10 that killed all...
All Indonesian Airlines Removed from EU Blacklist
EU Removes All Indonesian Airlines from its Safety Blacklist.
The European Union has removed all Indonesian airlines from its safety blacklist on June 14 in...
Troubles mount as budget airline boom in Thailand tops out
The emergence of evermore low-cost carriers in Thailand has caused a number of troubles for the country’s aviation industry that could have repercussions on...
Malaysia Airlines may be taken private for restructuring
Malaysia's state investment vehicle Khazanah Nasional Bhd plans to take Malaysia Airlines (MAS) private as the first step in a major restructuring of the...
Malaysia’s new budget airport to open May 2
Malaysia on May 2 will open what it calls the world's largest airport built specifically for low-cost airlines, a project driven by budget travel's...
Tigerair could pull out of Indonesia
Singapore's Tiger Airways Holdings Ltd. may be forced out of Indonesia, Southeast Asia's biggest domestic airline market, as its unprofitable joint venture is squeezed...
Budget airlines: Competition grows in Thailand
In Thailand, the market for budget airlines is set to become more competitive with the launch of Thai Lion Air and VietJet Air in...
Foreign investors eye Indonesia airports
Indonesia's need for more and better airports is drawing strong interest from foreign transport and construction companies, hungry for a slice of the action...
Competition among ASEAN budget carriers heats up
The aviation market for low-cost carriers or budget airline in Southeast Asia is becoming tougher even though in some markets the industry is close...
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...
Lion Air crashes into cow on Sulawesi runway
In another incident involving a plane of Indonesia's discount carrier Lion Air, a jet carrying 117 people hit a cow while landing and skidded...
AirAsia’s Fernandes guns for Indonesia
Tony Fernandes, CEO of AirAsia Group, lives a double life these days. Half the time he spends in his “home,” the capital of Malaysia,...
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Indonesia to start construction of new capital in August
Indonesia’s government will start construction of the first government buildings at its new capital Nusantara in August, the country’s minister of public works and...
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