Thai AirAsia
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 AirAsia plans mass layoffs, fleet reduction
The Thailand-based arm of Malaysian discount carrier AirAsia Group, Thai AirAsia, has announced mass layoffs and extended forced holidays for staff as it keeps...
Thailand’s domestic air travel drops 60% after New Year amid second Covid-19 wave
The recent second wave of Covid-19 infections in Thailand has seen domestic air travel in the country...
AirAsia bullish on Philippine air travel growth potential
Malaysia’s budget airline AirAsia is gearing up for a re-fleeting program in 2016, hedging on the potential of the Philippine market. Chairman Tony Fernandes...
Thai AirAsia X launch postponed amid unrest
The launch of long-haul budget carrier Thai AirAsia X has been delayed due to falling travel demand amid anti-government protests in Thailand. No new...
Thai AirAsia stops flights to Naypyitaw
Discount carrier Thai AirAsia has dropped its daily flights between Bangkok and Myanmar's capital Naypyitaw just one month after launch due to low travel...
Nok Air, Scoot set up new discount carrier
Thailand's budget airline Nok Air and Singapore's Scoot, the low cost long haul unit of Singapore Airlines, said on December 16 that they will...
Thai tourism industry feels the heat of protests
Thailand's tourism industry has started to feel some impact from the current political chaos, which could hurt their financial performance in the final quarter...
AirAsia X ready to form Thai venture
Malaysian long-haul budget carrier AirAsia X said said in a filing to the Malaysian stock exchange on September 18 that it had agreed to...
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...
ASEAN’s most punctual airline: Thai AirAsia
FlightStats, a US-based flight and airport information service provider, has recently released its May 2013 Airline and Airport On-time Performance Report which determines the...
AirAsia Indonesia IPO to raise $200m
The bourse debut of AirAsia's Indonesian subsidiary, Indonesia AirAsia, slated for the fourth quarter of 2013, is expected to raise $200 million, the airline's...
AirAsia X Thailand to spread wings
A new long-haul budget airline is about to take off from Thailand as a local arm of Malaysia-based AirAsia X, the long-haul affiliate of...
Bangkok gets budget airline hub
Bangkok's old international airport Don Mueang will be reactivated to serve as a hub for low costs carriers including Thai AirAsia, state operator Airports...
Bangkok Airways plans stock listing
Thailand's privately owned 'boutique' carrier Bangkok Airways plans to list at the Stock Exchange of Thailand next year, the company's president Puttipong Prasarttong-Osoth said.
According...
Thai AirAsia goes public
Asia Aviation PCL, the holding firm of discount carrier Thai AirAsia which owns a 51 per cent share in the airline, will start trading...
Thai Airways launches new discount airline
In a move to protect its business share in the lucrative discount carrier market, Thai Airways is launching a new discount airline, Thai Smile.
The...
AirAsia heads East this year
AirAsia, the largest low-cost carrier in Southeast Asia, is currently expanding its network in the growing travel region of Far East. This year will...
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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...