Japan’s All Nippon Airways, the launch customer for Boeing’s 787 “Dreamliner,” will resume commercial flights of the aircraft on Sunday, just over four months after the jets were grounded due to smoldering batteries.
AirAsia, Asia’s largest low-cost carrier by fleet size, said Wednesday that first-quarter net profit fell 39 percent year-on-year due to a foreign exchange loss on borrowings.
German flag carrier Lufthansa said that most of its domestic, European and long-haul flights would be canceled on Monday due to strike action by ground personnel and cabin crews.
The Court of Appeals has upheld Malacañang in its decision to allow Philippine Airlines to axe 2,600 employees in 2010, saying this was a valid management move to revive the money-losing airline.
German airline Lufthansa said Wednesday it will cancel nearly 500 European flights on Thursday owing to planned warning strikes by ground staff and other divisions within the group.
Malaysia’s AirAsia Group is hopeful that operations in the Philippines will finally turn profitable this year as the brand gains popularity in the country’s growing domestic travel market. AirAsia Berhad reported last week that its revenues reached a record 1.4 billion ringgit for the fourth quarter of 2012, up 10 percent year on year, [...]
AirAsia, Asia’s largest low-cost carrier by fleet size, said Tuesday that its fourth-quarter profit jumped 168 percent year on year amid increased passengers.
Back in the ’80s, people took to the streets to protest against government dictatorship. Linda Oliva Ramos, then an accounting major at the Polytechnic University, defied the student leaders who urged the youths to rally and fight.
Low-cost carrier AirPhil Express has bared plans to start long-haul operations to the Middle East, going head-to-head with industry leader Cebu Pacific.
AirAsia, Asia’s largest low-cost carrier, has scrapped plans for a Singapore joint venture due to high operating costs and lack of domestic market potential in the island republic.
Budget airline Cebu Pacific is adding Kuwait to its list of planned destinations once it starts long-haul operations later this year.
Budget carrier AirAsia Inc. launched its new Clark-to-Singapore route on Saturday, adding another international route to its expanding regional network.
