AirAsia

AirAsia founder urges Airbus to re-look software tests

The budget carrier is a major customer of Airbus, which is facing fallout from a weekend software glitch

AirAsia X now operates four flights per week between Istanbul and Kuala Lumpur, offering more than 150,000 seats annually.

AirAsia X plans new long-haul European routes

It aims to ramp up to daily flights between the two cities

AirAsia is taking advantage of the improved travel numbers to get cheaper refinancing.

AirAsia plans up to US$600 million bond to cut borrowing cost: sources

The Malaysian budget carrier operator is targeting a coupon rate of below 10% for the proposed note

AirAsia X will start flying to Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen airport from Kuala Lumpur four times a week,

AirAsia X set to start Istanbul flights in renewed Europe push

The move comes just over a month after the carrier tentatively agreed to purchase as many as 70 extended-range Airbus jets

AirAsia co-founder Tony Fernandes says that the partnership aims to create a product that reflects South-east Asia’s culture and heritage.

Food Empire partners AirAsia to launch ready-to-drink beverages

The tie-up kicks off with a Vietnamese iced-coffee product to be sold on board the airline’s flights

AirAsia deputy CEO Farouk Kamal said the company was coming to the final conclusion of talks with investors “not just from an equity injection perspective, but from an overall transactions perspective”, and hopes to make an announcement in “due course”.

AirAsia talks with investors near conclusion, says deputy CEO

The airline is arranging a RM1 billion equity injection alongside financing for its extensive order book of new planes

The buying spree, particularly for commercial jets, comes as both Airbus and its American rival Boeing benefit from trade visits and bilateral tariff negotiations.

Airbus inks US$20 billion Malaysia jet deals on Anwar trade trip

AirAsia plans to open a Gulf hub this year and extend its flight network to some European destinations

Malaysia-based AirAsia is one of Asia’s largest low-cost carriers and one of Airbus’ largest customers, with more than 350 planes on order.

AirAsia in talks with Airbus to convert some narrow-body orders to long-range model: sources

[KUALA LUMPUR] Budget airline AirAsia is in negotiations with Airbus to convert some existing narrow-body plane orders to the long-range A321XLR model as it sets a path out of restructuring, two indus...

Low-cost carriers have proliferated in Asia in the past two decades as disposable incomes rise, supported by robust travel demand from Chinese tourists.

South-east Asia’s budget airlines bet on travel demand, despite competition woes

Demand for air travel in Asia is expected to grow faster than in other regions in the next few decades

A three-digit order haul for Airbus’s smallest commercial jet would be a major boost to the A220 programme, which has been beset by slow sales and supply-chain issues that have impeded output.

AirAsia’s 100-jet Paris order pits Airbus A220 against Embraer

The budget airline is mounting a comeback after scaling back operations and restructuring its finances during the Covid-19 pandemic