Tigerair Australia has suspended all flights to Bali, less than a year after it started flying to the island. The low-cost carrier said the decision had been taken after Indonesian authorities said they would not authorise Tigerair’s flights to Bali in future. The airline was told to find an “alternative regulatory solution”, but Tigerair said […]
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IndiGo, the Indian low-cost carrier, has unveiled plans to add a series of new domestic services this month. On 16 February 2017, the airline will double the frequency of its Delhi-Bagdogra service from daily to twice daily flights, as well as increasing its Kolkata-Bagdogra route from twice to three times per day. Then on 20
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AirAsia broke through the 50 million passenger barrier again in 2016, as demand for its short-haul flights continued to flourish. The low-cost carrier group boarded a total of 56.59m passengers last year, 12% more than in 2015. This growth rate far exceeded a 4% expansion of seat capacity, which allowed AirAsia’s average load factor to
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Scoot has become the first low-cost carrier, and the first airline in the Asia Pacific region, to be featured on Skyscanner’s Direct Booking platform. Skyscanner is a meta-search site which aggregates fares from other sources. Usually, when booking a fare via Skyscanner, users are directed to the supplier’s site. But with Direct Booking they can
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AirAsia X, the Asian low-cost carrier, has been cleared to launch its first ever flights to the US. The Malaysia-based airline has received permission from the US Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) to fly to any destination in the country. No routes have been confirmed as yet, but AirAsia X said it considering plans to fly
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SpiceJet has announced plans to expand its operations in Gujarat with the re-introduction of its services between Delhi and Surat. Effective 26 March 2017, the low-cost carrier will operate twice weekly flights on the route, with departures from Delhi at 0825 and 1635 and return services leaving Surat at 1035 and 1845. Surat becomes SpiceJet’s
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Vietnam’s tourism industry will get a lift this year when Australian low-cost carrier Jetstar launches its first two routes to the country. In May 2017, Jetstar will start operating daily flights to Ho Chi Minh City – four times a week from Sydney and three per week from Melbourne. All services will be operated using
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Agoda.com, the online booking site, has formed a new partnership with reward-U, the loyalty programme of HK Express, the Hong Kong-based low-cost carrier. Under the tie-up, reward-U members will be able to earn up to 10,000 points for each booking made using the PointsMax package on Agoda.com. This will effectively allow HK Express passengers to
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AirAsia X, the long-haul low-cost carrier, is aiming to enhance its onboard experience with the launch of in-flight entertainment for all passengers. The new ‘Xcite Inflight Entertainment’ service will see the Malaysia-based airline provide passengers with tablet devices pre-loaded with TV shows, movies, games and magazine content. The content will be available in five languages
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AirAsia has launched its first two routes linking the Philippines with Taiwan. The low-cost carrier’s Philippine subsidiary started flying direct from Manila to Taipei on 21 November, and then on 25 November it commenced flights between Cebu and Taipei. “We are aiming to go further across Asia by strengthening AirAsia’s presence in Taiwan. Today heralds…
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