The new Malaysian government which put an end to the reign of the Barisan Nasional -the historical coalition which has been running Malaysia from the independence to May elections this year- has also revived old [Read More…]
Malaysia-based Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs IDEAS published two weeks ago a report titled “Economic Benefits of ASEAN Single Aviation Market” by economist Adli Amirullah. The paper explains how air transport plays a crucial [Read More…]
Grab monopoly in Singapore following Uber pull-out translated overnight with rising fares. The arrival last week of Indonesia’s Go-Jek brings healthy competition again… Indonesia’s Go-Jek rolled out a preliminary version of its ride-hailing app in [Read More…]
A crashed Lion Air jet should have been grounded over a recurrent technical problem before its fatal journey, Indonesian authorities said Wednesday, as details from the new jet’s flight data recorder suggested that pilots struggled [Read More…]
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte broke ground for one of the country’s biggest infrastructure projects, the future Panguil Bay Bridge (PBB) that will connect on 3.7 km two provinces in Northern Mindanao. The future Panguil Bay Bridge [Read More…]
It is official: Indonesia AirAsia X will stop its activity as a regular carrier from this coming January. The airline was only flying a single route between Denpasar and Tokyo and never succeeded to impose [Read More…]
The first phase of the new public transportation hub for Penang is due to open by the end of the week. The completed facility of Penang Sentral is however due by 2020. The soft opening [Read More…]
Four new routes to China have been recently opened out of Myanmar while a fifth one is already announced for the spring 2019. A move which would help to grow Chinese tourist arrivals to the [Read More…]
LOCA App is so far the only ride sharing app available in Laos. Surprisingly, none of the large ride sharing apps available in Asia such as Grab or Go Jek have so far paid attention [Read More…]
Indonesia national airline Garuda Indonesia said on Wednesday November 14 that it would take over operational control of rival Sriwijaya Group, giving them a majority share of the fast-growing domestic aviation market. Under the agreement, [Read More…]
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