Indonesia budget carrier Lion Air announced to cancel an order of US$22 billion for the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, following a deadly crash last month. (BLOOMBERG] Lion Air Mentari’s owner is sketching out plans to become [Read More…]
Lao Airlines, the small country’s national flag carrier, has opened a new sector from Vientiane-Luang Prabang-Changsha city in China’s Hunan province, aiming to attract more Chinese travellers, especially during Visit Laos Year. The launch of [Read More…]
Since the end of November, Swiss carrier Edelweiss offers a non-top service from Zurich to Ho Chi Minh City, highlighting the growing importance of Vietnam southern metropolis. The A340-300 plane arrived at Zurich airport in [Read More…]
AirAsia launched last Monday its newest route linking Ipoh to Singapore, further strengthening the connectivity to Singapore from Malaysia. The inaugural flight departed from Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 4 on December 3 at 11.40am and [Read More…]
Bangkok public transport system continues to grow as the BTS opened the extension of the Green Line towards Samut Prakan province, adding 13 km of new rail tracks. The rail extension between Bearing and Samut [Read More…]
While Cebu has been recently named one of Asia best airports thanks to its brand new spectacular terminal, Manila NAIA continues to make headlines for the low quality of its services and the high number [Read More…]
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…]
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