Jetstar and Air Asia announce alliance
This is the announcement to the ASX concerning a novel resource sharing alliance by Qantas subsidiary Jetstar and Air Asia. A report will posted later following the press conference being held by...
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The Asian equations in low cost air travel get rewritten
From left, Fernandes, Joyce and Buchanan after Fernandes jested that he was buying Japan Airlines, photo Peter Ricketts While Qantas/Jetstar and Air Asia talked up the immediate cost saving benefits of...
View ArticleWhy did Tony Fernandes ‘lose it’ so badly?
The racist outburst by Tony Fernandes, the chief executive of the AirAsia Group, in the Bangkok Post on Friday concerning Tiger Airways may be a sign that his Singaporean competitor is getting closer...
View ArticleAirAsia goes shopping, buys 200 A320NEOs
None of the aircraft orders announced at the Paris Air Show this week have been relevant to Australian travellers and their airlines until today, when AirAsia announced it was buying 200 Airbus...
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Red Q has a Little Red Riding Hood moment in Asia
Qantas plans for a Red Q premium based single premium quality A320 airline in Singapore or Malaysia were never going to have a dream run, as overnight events make clear. The founder of AirAsia, Tony...
View ArticleQ who? Malaysia Airlines announces new strategies with scant reference to Qantas
Updated There was a press conference in Kuala Lumpur yesterday in which Malaysia Airlines announced major strategic moves, during which some of those present couldn’t recall Qantas being mentioned even...
View ArticleAir Asia, the X stands for exit!
Note newer report that X also stands for entry, with Sydney flights to start soon Taking the broader perspective, no-one should be surprised that Air Asia X, the long haul arm of Air Asia, is to exit...
View ArticleAustralian consumer watchdog bites ‘deaf’ Air Asia
The consumer watchdog has bitten Air Asia, after losing patience with the carrier’s refusal to recognise Australian consumer law over misleading air fare offers. The Australian Competition and Consumer...
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AirAsia says it will resume Europe flights with A350-900 in 2015
Tony Fernandes in Toulouse for his 100th A320: photo Australian Aviation magazine Air Asia founder and CEO Tony Fernandes said in Toulouse today (Thursday) that he would reconnect Australia to Europe...
View ArticleAir Asia reported close to whopper Berlin Air Show stopper
In the usual mega order orchestration that occurs at air shows, Air Asia is reported as close to ordering another 100 Airbus A320s to coincide with the just opened ILA Berlin Air Show. What does this...
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Jetstar coming under pincer attack from AirAsia X, Scoot
However not everything went to plan on AirAsia X last night: Virgin twitpic A stock market disclosure that AirAsia X is bringing forward its Australia expansion plans poses a much sharper attack on...
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AirAsia X to make Bali a major offshore hub for Australia
Bali, more than a holiday or retreat in AirAsia's plans: Wiki Commons Bali is not just good for a holiday, but for a low cost longer haul airliner hub, according to AirAsia and AirAsia X founder Tony...
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AirAsia’s next hub could be Dubai
AirAsia CEO and group founder Tony Fernandes has made a pitch to authorities in Dubai to set up his next franchise at either its major airport, Dubai International, or its future mega airport Al...
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AirAsia X founder tweets that he’s resuming London flights
Mount Fuji from the visiting A350-900 on its demo tour. Japan Airlines is also a customer The founder of the AirAsia low cost carrier franchise and its group CEO, Tony Fernandes, has tweeted that he’s...
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Legality of AirAsia crash flight QZ8501 thrown into doubt
Does AirAsia founder and group CEO Tony Fernandes respect the rules? AirAsia finds itself in a ‘whole lot of hurt’ tonight as the very legality of the flight that crashed on Sunday killing 162 people...
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AirAsia CEO Fernandes: Black box may have been found
Note The data recorders have been located and efforts to recover them will occur later today This tweet from Tony Fernandes, who turned AirAsia into Asia’s low fare giant, raises hopes of some answers...
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AirAsia’s trans Tasman ambitions might be ill timed
Tony Fernandes promoting AirAsia After the killing of 162 people in an AirAsia crash and the unhappiness caused by the cancellation of AirAsia X Bali flights the group’s founder Tony Fernandes might do...
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Harsh truths about crash of AirAsia QZ8501 come out
This AirAsa jet flew with a serious fault for a year before killing 162 people The headlines tonight in some reports about the Indonesian accident inquiry findings into AirAsia’s Java Sea disaster late...
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Airbus comes under criminal probe and A330 NEO order pressures
Awaiting its new generation Rolls-Royce engines, the first A330-900 The curse of ‘interesting times’ is visiting Airbus over bribery and corruption claims and separately, buyer indecision which might...
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