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AirAsia Profit Surges On Thai Share Sale
AirAsia reported full year profit more than tripled, thanks to a share sale of its Thai business. AirAsia, Asia’s largest budget airline by passengers, reported full-year profit of MYR1.88 billion ringgit (USD$606....
Alitalia Chief Quits As Loss Deepens
The chief executive of Italian airline Alitalia quit after only a year in the job on Monday as the struggling company reported a net loss of EUR€280 million (USD$366 million) in 2012. Alitalia, 25 percent owned by Air ...
Qatar Airways To Join The Oneworld alliance
Qatar Airways To Join The oneworld alliance Making Your Worldwide Travel Even More Convenient oneworld® has invited Qatar Airways, one of the world’s fastest-growing and most highly rated airlines, to join the oneworld f...
Asia-Pacific to Drive Demand for Bigger and More Efficient Aircraft
Asia-Pacific airlines will lead global demand for larger and more eco-efficient aircraft types over the next 20 years, according to the latest market forecast for the region by Airbus. The forecast was presented today in Singap...
Sukhoi Superjet Takeoff Abandoned In Moscow
A Sukhoi Superjet 100 failed to take off from Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport after one of its engines malfunctioned, Interfax reported, further clouding the future of Russia’s first post-Soviet civil aircraft project...
India To Give Away Kingfisher Slots, Rights
India said it would give away Kingfisher Airlines’ slots and foreign flying rights to other operators in the latest blow to the grounded carrier. Kingfisher, controlled by drinks baron Vijay Mallya, has been halted...
