Prahok @ March 27, 2006 # No Comment Yet
AFP reports that Singapore has opened its budget air terminal for LCCs, just days after Southeast Asia’s first such facility started operating in Malaysia. While only Tiger Airways has committed to use the terminal so far, analysts have said the region’s low cost airline sector is set to continue its phenomenal growth with the opening [...]
Prahok @ January 18, 2006 # No Comment Yet
Dow Jones reports that Indonesia will continue to ban foreign low cost carriers from landing at its four main airports of Jakarta, Surabaya, Medan and Denpasar. The ban was imposed in early 2005 to Garuda Indonesia from competition and emains in force. Valuair (now a part of Jetstar Asia) is the only one allowed to [...]
Prahok @ December 28, 2005 # No Comment Yet
VietNamNetBridge carries a story regarding the growing levels of disenchantment regarding less-than-upfront advertising by budget carriers. While the current investigations in Vietnam are being driven by “old school” airlines like the national carrier, the story nevertheless reports also on unhappy customer experiences. Tiger Airways gets a pretty good flogging, as does AirAsia with the following [...]
Prahok @ November 29, 2005 # No Comment Yet
Thanh Nien News reports tat both Tiger Airways and Thai AirAsia are pursuing expansion plans within Vietnam. After nearly a year, Tiger Airways has launched direct service between Singapore and the three largest cities of Vietnam: Hanoi, Saigon and Danang with three flights a week on each route. Starting in mid-December, the carrier will fly [...]
Prahok @ November 29, 2005 # No Comment Yet
The Thai Transport Ministry is planning to tighten aviation regulations governing low-cost airlines, in order to raise the quality of the airline industry and boost the country’s chance of becoming a regional aviation hub says Tuesday’s ThaiDay. Transport Minister Pongsak Raktapongpaisal said his ministry has been prompted to impose stricter regulations by customer complaints about [...]
Prahok @ November 23, 2005 # No Comment Yet
The Star has an interesting analysis on the possibilities should a full open skies policy between Singapore and Malaysia finally come to fruition. The Malay authorities are bemoaning the balance of benefits from such a policy between Malaysia and Singapore, but surely the benefit to consumers should be the driving force here. With discount carriers [...]
Prahok @ October 24, 2005 # No Comment Yet
The Freeman reports that despite its reputed popularity for budget fare, the market for low cost carriers in the Philippines remains very low. Statistics from the Manila International Airport Authority show that there is only one low cost carrier flying at NAIA (Jetstar Asia) while there is none at the Mactan Cebu International Airport. In [...]