The Central Jakarta District Court has revoked a decision by the Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) to impose fines amounting to Rp 585 billion (US$66.7 million) on nine local airlines...
The Indian budget 2011-12 has proposed to raise the service tax on air travel by Rs50 in the case of domestic air travel and Rs250 on international journeys by economy class. It also proposed to tax t...
Thai Airways International and Tiger Airways have agreed to establish a low-cost carrier called Thai Tiger Airways. Under the agreement, Thai Airways will hold 49.9% of the new airline; Singapore-base...
AirAsia X has ordered three 238 tonne increased take off weight A330-200s with an option for two more, bringing AirAsia X’s total orders for the A330 to 28. The aircraft should be delivered from 2014....
The Indian government has started the process of corporatising Air Traffic Control (ATC). A government committee originally proposed the plan to separate ATC from the Airports Authority of India (AAI)...
Indian aviation authority, DGCA, has cancelled the licence of a woman pilot of no-frills airline IndiGo after a rough landing last month as well as the discovery she allegedly faked permit papers. The...
Virgin Blue plans to build a widebody-capable aircraft maintenance hangar and engineering base at Sydney Airport. John Borghetti, CEO, says the hangar will able to accommodate up to four narrow-body a...
Indian firm Air Works is developing its capabilities for heavy maintenance of small jets and other aircraft. It the only Maintenance, Repairs and Overhaul (MRO) company certified by European Aviation ...
Asian stock markets were mostly higher today with shares in Sydney and Tokyo erasing early losses and airlines gaining after oil prices retreated from multiyear highs. Airlines, hard-hit by the rece...
AirAsia is planning initial public offerings (IPO) for its Indonesian and Thai affiliates. Chief executive Tony Fernandes hopes the money raised will fund his expansion ambitions. He also confirmed...
South East Asian Airlines (SEAIR) announced that it will fly to Hong Kong from its hub in Clark, Pampanga daily starting March 14, 2011. The local carrier is offering one-way tickets for the new ro...
Virgin Blue has committed to lease 18 ATR 72s as part of its regional network expansion. The aircraft will replace the current Embraer 170s. The first ATR 72s will arrive this summer. They will be w...
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