Indonesia’s Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno has announced that the ticket prices on domestic flights will be cut down by 15%, starting next week, to boost tourism recovery and development.
AirAsia Group of Malaysia said on November 24 that its net loss for the third quarter widened year-on-year due to the depreciation of right-of-use assets and lower travel demand.
Malaysian budget carrier AirAsia Group will restart all domestic routes from July, Chief Executive Officer Tony Fernandes said on June 15, after the government eased movement curbs for containing the coronavirus.
Malaysian Minister of International Trade and Industry Azmin Ali has said the merger of national flag carrier Malaysia Airlines and budget airline AirAsia is one of the options to save them as the COVID-19 has battered the aviation industry.
Malaysia on February 3 sent an AirAsia flight to China’s Wuhan city to bring home 141 citizens, and donated 500,000 pairs of gloves to China to assist in the fight against the novel coronavirus.
Malaysia's AirAsia Group Bhd has announced to cancel its plan to enter Vietnam's aviation market, but said it was still keen on running a budget carrier in the country.
Budget carrier AirAsia’s first flight connecting Thailand’s Chiang Mai province and Vietnam’s central coastal city of Da Nang landed at Da Nang International Airport on April 12, with 180 passengers on board.
Malaysian budget airline AirAsia Group has introduced an adventure capital fund in the US to invest in startups seeking to enter or expand their presence in Southeast Asia.
Two direct international flights connecting the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho to Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) and Bangkok (Thailand) will begin operating in the second quarter this year.
Malaysian low-cost carrier AirAsia and Vietnam’s Thien Minh Group on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to launch a new low-cost airline in Vietnam.
Authorities of the south central province of Khanh Hoa see the need to attract more tourists, especially from member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Malaysian low-cost carrier AirAsia has sealed a deal to purchase an extra 34 A330neo passenger jets from Airbus which will expand the airline’s existing order to 100 long-haul wide-body aircraft, worth 30 billion USD.
Ngurah Rai International Airport in the Indonesian tourist island of Bali was closed on June 29 following the volcanic eruption of Mount Agung in the island one day earlier.
ASEAN airlines can expect more passengers in the next 12 months, according to a recent survey by the FT Confidential Research (FTCR), a research service from the UK's Financial Times.
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