21 February 2011, Sepang, Malaysia – Azran Osman-Rani, CEO of AirAsiaX recently returned from his adventure in Antartica where he visited the American and New Zealand research bases at McMurdo and Scott Base to experience the climate and geology of the extremes – the unique climate of the coldest, driest […]
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AirAsia X Lands In Paris On Valentine’s Day
14 February 2011, Paris, France – AirAsia X’s inaugural flight of over 85% passenger load on the Airbus A340 from Kuala Lumpur landed at Orly International Airport in Paris on Valentine’s Day at 1540 hours. With four weekly flights between Kuala Lumpur and Paris, guests may hop on to the […]
Garuda Indonesia moves to Changi’s Terminal 3
9 February 2011, Singapore – Come 22 February 2011, Indonesia’s national airline, Garuda Indonesia will move from Singapore Changi International Airport’s Terminal 1 to Terminal 3 which was operational on 9 January 2008. Garuda International currently operates eight daily direct flights from Singapore to Jakarta and Bali as well as […]
AirAsia Flies the Singapore – Chiang Mai route
24 January 2011, Singapore – The inaugural flight for Thai AirAsia‘s FD4111 from Singapore to the Chiang Mai departed Changi at around 815pm today, slightly delayed from its scheduled departure timing at 745pm. I was amongst the group of travel agents and media who were invited by AirAsia and Tourism […]
No More Hassle in LCCT with AirAsia’s Fly-Thru
17 January 2011, Singapore – AirAsia’s guests flying on multiple-flights from Singapore to their final destination (routes between Singapore and Gold Coast, Hangzhou, Mumbai, New Delhi, London, Christchurch) via Kuala Lumpur can do so without having to apply for a transit visa with Fly-Thru – A service that enables guests […]
Airline Update: Lufthansa Passenger Airlines in 2010
13 January 2011, Frankfurt (Press Release) – Deutsche Lufthansa AG today announced that it significantly improved its traffic performance in 2010 compared with the previous year, welcoming 90.2 million passengers on board their flights over the past twelve months. This represents an increase of 17.2 per cent over the previous […]
Business Class Passengers Get Upper Deck on Korean Air’s A380 Flights
Korean Air will launch its first A380 service in May 2011 with the upper deck of the aircraft devoted to business class flyers.
Garuda Indonesia Introduces New Boeing 737-800NG On KL-Jakarta Route
22 December 2011, Kuala Lumpur – 15 January 2011, residents in Kuala Lumpur can expect the new Boeing 737-800 Next Generation (738NG) aircraft when flying to Jakarta on Indonesia’s national airline, Garuda Indonesia. Seating 156 passengers in a Executive and Economy class configuration ,the new aircraft will feature the new […]