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AirAsia hits the news again, this time proudly celebrating being voted the World’s Best Discounted Airline and Best Low Cost Airline Asia in the annual survey by aviation consultants Skytrax. The international survey targets up to 18 million travellers asking for their opinions and this is the second year AirAsia have claimed it as their [...]

From 2 June 2010, Thai Airways is to resume direct flights to Johannesburg, South Africa as part of the airline’s network growth to boost connectivity of its intercontinental and regional flights.
This new addition means THAI now serves 5 continents – Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and Africa. As well as providing a service to [...]

Maybe we will soon be seeing the end of delayed flights and cancellations with some of the budget airlines. The Singaporean airline, Tiger Airways, has challenged Jetstar and AirAsia to a competition to see which airline is the most punctual. Proud of their own on-time performance, which grew to 84% in April, Tiger has set [...]

Thai Airways International is to resume the service from Bangkok-Johannesburg service putting on 3 flights a week between June 2 and October 30. Suspended since January it was dropped when oil prices became too expensive to make the route viable. The airline will operate the route using Boeing 777-200ER with 30 business and 262 economy [...]

FIREFLY, a subsidiary carrier of Malaysia Airlines, is all set to open up a new office in Indonesia with an individual local partner holding a majority share. The airline will hold a 48% share.
If everything goes well then Firefly will be the second regional LCC, after Indonesia AirAsia, to set up a company in Indonesia. [...]

The Malaysian budget carrier, Air Asia, is to introduce a further 6 flights to India this year to accommodate the growing demand.
Flights from Penang to Kolkata are due to commence April 28, Kuala Lumpur to Mumbai May 6, followed by Kuala Lumpur-Chennai, Kuala Lumpur-New Delhi, Kuala Lumpur-Bangalore, Kuala Lumpur-Hyderabad. Plans for Kolkata-Bangkok direct flight are [...]

Thai Airways International has had to make adjustments to its domestic fares in an attempt to cover fuel and insurance surcharges. From 1st April the airlines ticket prices will increase on its domestic routes. Pruet Boobphakam, the THAI executive vice president, stated that the domestic airfare was adjusted on an average based on the Department [...]