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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...
Tiger Airways shuts Indonesian venture
Tiger Airways, the unprofitable low-fare carrier part-owned by Singapore Airlines, said its Indonesian venture Tigerair Mandala will stop flying, as the budget airline tries...
Two airlines end direct flights to Myanmar
Two airlines that only recently started direct flights to Myanmar have cancelled their routes due to having few passengers.
Germany-based Condor Airline and Thai-based Business...
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...
Australia to attract up to 10 ASEAN budget airlines
Australia close to attracting service by the end of 2014 from at least three new Southeast Asian carriers. Up to 10 Southeast Asian carriers,...
Vietnam’s VietJet to close $6.1b deal with Airbus
Vietnam's first private airline, VietJetAir, said on January 29 that it was close to finalising a $6.1 billion order for 62 Airbus aircraft. The...
Tiger Airways rebranded to boost market share
Singapore low-cost carrier Tiger Airways has lost its iconic tiger brand image and is now flying under "Tigerair", a rebranding effort aimed at boosting...
Singapore Airlines to cut routes
Singapore Airlines, reporting weaker-than-expected full-year results on May 16, warned of a deteriorating environment as it struggles to cope with the rapid emergence of...
Kuching to host Routes Asia 2014
In dire need of greater airline connectivity itself, Kuching will play host to the Routes Asia conference, to be held on March 9-11, 2014.
The...
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,...
Saratoga and Tiger Airways to takeover Mandala
Troubled airline Mandala, grounded due to financial reasons since January, will get an influx of cash and experience from a partnership between Saratoga Capital...
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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...