AirAsia (AirAsia.com) (Malaysia) Airbus A320-214 9M-AFA (msn 2612) TLS, originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
AirAsia (Kuala Lumpur) continues to make money, despite a challenging environment. The airline group produced a record $349 million profit in 2010.
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Virgin Atlantic Airways Boeing 747-443 G-VROY (msn 32340) LGW (Antony J. Best), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Virgin Atlantic Airways (London) has recently stated it has received several inquiries. One of them may be from Tony Fernandes of AirAsia as reported in this article. Singapore Airlines currently owns 49 percent of Virgin Atlantic.
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Meanwhile Tony Fernandes has denied these reports that he is interested in Virgin Atlantic.
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Copyright Photo: Antony J. Best. Please click on the photo for additional aircraft details.
AirAsia (AirAsia.com) (Malaysia) Airbus A320-216 9M-AHE (msn 3327) DPS (Michael B. Ing), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
AirAsia (AirAsia.com) (Malaysia) (Kuala Limpur) is moving ahead with its planned new joint venture in the Philippines. AirAsia Philippines is expected to be launched in August 2011.
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AirAsia (AirAsia.com) (Malaysia) Airbus A320-216 9M-AHE (msn 3327) DPS (Michael B. Ing), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
AirAsia (AirAsia.com) (Malaysia) (Kuala Lumpur) reported a net profit of $141 million in the third quarter.
Copyright Photo: Michael B. Ing.
AirAsia (AirAsia.com) (Malaysia) Airbus A320-216 9M-AHE (msn 3327) DPS (Michael B. Ing), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
AirAsia (AirAsia.com) (Malaysia) (Kuala Lumpur) reported its second quarter net profit rose 43 percent to $63 million.
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In other news, the airline is claiming to have set a world record for the most tickets sold in 24 hours – 500,000.
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Copyright Photo: Michael B. Ing. A fine ramp study of Airbus A320-216 9M-AHE (msn 3327) at Denpasar.
AirAsia (AirAsia.com) (Kuala Lumpur) and Jetstar Airways (QANTAS) (Melbourne) have formed the first alliance between budget airlines. The cooperation will extend to joint purchases of aircraft.
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Jetstar Airways (subsidiary of QANTAS Airways) (Melbourne) and AirAsia (AirAsia.com) (Malaysia) (Kuala Lumpur) are expected to announce a new strategic alliance on January 6. The two groups have been discussing how they can cooperate for the past year.
News link:
biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/12/31/business/5389706&sec=business
Copyright Photo: W.T. Liew. 9M-AFJ taxies at Kuala Lumpur base.
AirAsia (AirAsia.com) (Malaysia) (Kuala Lumpur) has introduced this new logojet on Airbus A320-216 registered 9M-AFJ (msn 2881) featuring cartoon figures.
AirAsia (AirAsia.com) (Kuala Lumpur) has deferred the delivery of eight Airbus A320s.
News link:
biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/10/31/business/5015620&sec=business
AirAsia (AirAsia.com) (Kuala Lumpur) has issued a free lifetime pass to a baby born on board a flight this week.
News link:
www.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_News&set_id=1&click_id=79&art_id=nw20091023102016857C822080
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