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Travel bookings among Australians have witnessed a remarkable upswing, with hotel and airline reservations soaring by 11% between January and May 2025. The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) anticipates that this momentum will lead to a projected…
Australian airline Qantas has made the difficult decision to close its budget carrier, Jetstar Asia, effective July 31. This move comes in response to escalating operational costs, increased fees at Singapore’s Changi Airport, and fierce competition across…
At least one airline is planning on offering the Apple Vision Pro to some passengers as part of its in-flight entertainment offerings. Beond is a Maldivian airline that flies to five destinations and calls itself the world’s first “premium leisure airline”…
After restructuring its flight network, Bamboo Airways has said it will also reduce the number of aircraft to lower costs. An executive at the airline said the restructuring in the past two months included discontinuing unprofitable routes. The airline has…
Today Malaysia’s Capital A Berhad (Capital A) announced its operating statistics for the second quarter of its financial year 2023. The announcement details the performance of Capital A’s aviation, digital, logistics and aviation services segments from April…
Australians have another way to get to Asia now AirAsia X restarted its Kuala Lumpur to the Gold Coast service yesterday. The nostalgic service retraced AirAsia X’s first-ever route, launched over 25 years ago. AirAsia X started the Kuala Lumpur to…
Budget carrier Cebu Pacific is set to mount flights to the Ilocos Norte capital of Laoag starting May 22, making it the 35th domestic destination in the airline’s network. Cebu Pacific said flights from Manila to Laoag will be daily, as the airline seeks to…
AirAsia Malaysia (AK) has resumed flights to China and unveiled its plans for the country. The popular low cost carrier will resume four China destinations from two hubs – Kuala Lumpur and Kota Kinabalu to Macao, Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Kunming, with a total…
AirAsia X (AAX), the low-cost medium and long-haul airline of AirAsia Group, turned a net profit of RM25.1 million ($5.4 million), its first profit since 2019. AirAsia X restarted its passenger operations in February 2022 and announced the completion of its…
Online travel booking company Trivago has been ordered to pay $44.7 million in penalties by the Australian Federal Court for misleading consumers over hotel prices. The court found that in January 2020, the company deceived consumers through misleading…
The Court of Appeal of Malaysia has dismissed attempts from AirAsia (AK, Kuala Lumpur Int’l) and AirAsia X (D7, Kuala Lumpur Int’l) to set aside a High Court ruling in favour summarily – without a full trial – of Malaysia Airports Holdings over outstanding…
AirAsia India has unveiled its new ancillary service, ‘FlyAhead’. With the ‘FlyAhead’ service, guests wishing to take an earlier flight will be able to seamlessly opt for this facility. The ‘FlyAhead’ service has been launched for a nominal fee of INR 1,500…
AirAsia aims to spur intra-Asean travel with new regional routes, while Thai AirAsia hopes the Red War football match in July will drive demand from neighbors to Thailand. The company is working on new destinations in Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia to…
International travel is likely to recover soon despite progress being slowed by the omicron variant, according to AirAsia chief executive Tony Fernandes. “I do believe that we’re at the beginning of the end,” he said “Squawk Box Asia” on Monday, noting that…
Domestic airfares are at their lowest levels in five years as demand remains low. Hoa of the central Quang Nam Province said: “I had to pay only VND370,000 ($16.37) for a flight from Chu Lai (in the central provinces of Quang Nam) to HCMC, a rate I have not…
While economists fear having lower limits for airfares will distort competition, some airlines worry safety is at stake. If fares do not make up even the fuel costs of a flight, aviation safety would be affected, Dang Ngoc Hoa, chairman of Vietnam Airlines,…
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