For years, Hawaii has been high on the list of favoured destinations for the Japanese, yet for Chinese travelers it has hardly registered a blip on the holiday radar. But the picture is changing fast as big Chinese carriers jump into the market. Read More »

Plummeting bookings caused by Bangkok’s protests and heightened political unrest have blown apart Thai carriers’ financial forecasts for the peak Chinese New Year holiday period. Read More »

From aircraft manufacturers to engine makers and MRO providers, Singapore has sought and won their industry loyalty despite stiff competition from its equally motivated neighbours across the region. Read More »

Singapore Airlines is one of the Asia-Pacific’s most successful carriers, admired by competitors for its high quality service and consistent operational performance. Read More »

Singapore’s Changi Airport, supreme for so long in Southeast Asia, is under threat – and it is wasting no time in doing something about it. Read More »

It’s the fastest growing airline sector in the region, and like the most popular girl at the prom, the low-cost sector continues to attract enthusiastic suitors. Read More »

Only two years from starting up, Peach Aviation, Japan’s first home-grown low-cost carrier (LCC), said it would be in black for the year to March 31, 2014, according to its CEO, Shinichi Inoue. Read More »

The first months of Asia’s new Lunar year - the Year of the Horse – will witness a wave of Chinese airline expansion, including the launch of five airlines in several second tier Mainland cities. Read More »

Its once again five minutes to midnight for airlines and the recalcitrant legislators of the European Union (EU). The European politicians must decide by the end of March if they will re-start the clock – as announced to a shocked industry last October - on an emissions trading scheme (ETS) for international airlines that fly into the countries of the European Union. Read More »

Global airlines are taking their concerns about the increasing incidence of passenger rage to the industry’s highest “rule making body”, ICAO, to frame new rules to control and avoid the more than 15,000 air rage incidents that have be on reported from 2008-2011. Read More »

To the world at large, the Wright Brothers are the fathers all of aviation. In fact, little known Tony Jannus is also special. He entered the history books as the pilot of the first scheduled commercial flight a 100 years ago. Read More »

A new Lunar year commences on January 31. If the forecasters are accurate, the Year of the Horse promises a better twelve months for the industry than for many a year. Read More »

Mystery surrounds the sudden departure of Gary Toomey as chief executive of India’s Jet Airways, part-owned by Etihad Airways (24%), after he had spent only six months on the job. Read More »

Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways has joined the big three Middle East carriers and Lufthansa as a customer of Boeing’s 777-9X. It placed a Christmas order for 21 of the aircraft, at a list value of US$7.5 billion, on December 20. Scheduled for delivery from 2021-2024, the airliners will be powered by GE’s 9X engines. Read More »

Phillipines’ tycoon, Lucio Tan, who has majority control of fading Philippine Airlines (PAL), is hoping to identify a buyer for his 51% holding in the Manila headquartered airline. Read More »

All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Garuda Indonesia have agreed to codeshare on flights between Indonesia and Japan and allow passengers to accrue frequent flyer miles on both carriers. Read More »

Star Alliance partners, Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Air New Zealand (Air NZ), have expanded their relationship with an agreement that will allow both carriers to increase services between Auckland and Singapore. Read More »

The Gulf roller coaster is showing no signs of slowing down with Etihad Airways reported to be interested in troubled Italian carrier, Alitalia. The Abu Dhabi-based airline declined to comment on the matter after the recent reports of the negotiations. Instead, it announced code-shares with Greece’s largest operator, Aegean Airlines, and Latvia’s airBaltic. Read More »

More than a year late and very much over budget Mumbai’s gleaming US$ billion international terminal, T2, opened in January, much to the relief of its millions of long suffering passengers. Read More »

The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has granted licences to Global Distribution System (GDS) owners, Singapore’s Abacus and European controlled Amadeus that will allow them greater access to China’s travel market. Read More »

AIRLINES: The Civil Aviation Administration of China has approved the establishment of Hainan Airlines-controlled, Fuzhou Airlines, the first airline to be launched in Fuzhou province. Read More »

International passenger demand at the region’s airlines continued their upward trend with 18.5 million passengers carried in October, an 8.1% increase over the same month last year. Read More »