Prahok @ December 8, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Thanh Nien News reports that Vietnam Airlines said Thursday it would buy five more ATR 72-500 to operate its short-haul local and international flights. Vietnam Airlines chairman, Nguyen Sy Hung, said the local market for air transportation was rising with passengers travelling between Hanoi, Da Nang, Ho Chi Minh City, Nha Trang, Da Lat, and [...]
Prahok @ December 8, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Thomson Financial reports that a Lion Air MD-90 has been grounded after a three-meter-long component of the aircraft was found on a runway, an official said Thursday. ‘Lion Air has admitted that the part belongs to one of its aircraft. The MD-90 is now grounded and an investigation is currently ongoing,’ said Heri Bakti, the [...]
Prahok @ December 8, 2007 # No Comment Yet
The Star reports that Firefly is planning to expand its services to Sumatra, Indonesia, and Southern Thailand in 2008. Among the new routes the airline is looking at are Bandar Aceh, Palembang, Pekan Baru, Padang, all in Indonesia, and Hat Yai and Krabi in Southern Thailand. Firefly CEO Eddy Leong said the new routes would [...]
Prahok @ December 8, 2007 # No Comment Yet
The Australian reports that AirAsia X has thrown down the gauntlet to Jetstar by offering a A$166 all-inclusive one-way fare between Australia and KL for travel next year. The airline’s decision to turn up the heat came as it sold out its four times weekly services between the Gold Coast and KL until early next [...]
Prahok @ December 6, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Reuters reports that AirAsia has placed a firm order for an additional 25 Airbus A320 planes, Airbus said on Wednesday. Airbus said in a statement that the contract was signed at the Langkawi Airshow.
Prahok @ December 5, 2007 # No Comment Yet
The ABC reports that Jetstar is set to use Darwin as its hub for flights between SE Asia and SE Australia. The airline says it will offer more daytime flights out of Darwin next year if it can get the infrastructure at Darwin Airport improved. Jetstar’s CEO, Alan Joyce, is meeting with the Territory Government [...]
Prahok @ December 5, 2007 # No Comment Yet
AP reports that MAS on Tuesday inked a US$650m deal to buy 20 turboprop aircraft from ATR to boost its budget and rural air services. Ten of the ATR 72-500 planes will be operated by its budget unit Firefly and the rest by MASwings, a new subsidiary set up to run rural services in Malaysian [...]
Prahok @ December 5, 2007 # No Comment Yet
AP reports that Boeing Tuesday said that Lion Air placed an order for 22 planes worth more than US$1.7b during Q2. The airline placed the order for Boeing’s Next-Generation 737-900ER. It brings Lion Air’s combined orders for the 737-900ER up to 122. Lion Air’s airplanes will be equipped with blended winglets, which improve fuel efficiency [...]
Prahok @ December 5, 2007 # No Comment Yet
AFP reports that Mandarin Airlines said Monday it began code sharing services with Vietnam Airlines in the Kaohsiung-Ho Chi Minh City route over the weekend. Currently Mandarin Airlines provides five flights a week for the service while its partner has seven flights.
Prahok @ December 3, 2007 # No Comment Yet
The Saigon Times reports that Pacific Airlines started service between Tan Son Nhat Airport of Ho Chi Minh City and Phu Bai Airport of Hue over the weekend in response to increasing demand for air travel to Hue. The low-cost carrier operates the 168-seat Boeing 737-400 for the daily flights departing from HCMC at 07:00 [...]