Analyst tips fruitful Jetstar-AirAsia alliance
A market analyst says the planned alliance between budget airlines Jetstar and AirAsia will greatly benefit both companies. Qantas' budget airline Jetstar announced it was forming the alliance with the Malaysian discount carrier. Under the deal, the two airlines will cooperate more closely to reduc ...

Qantas' Jetstar, AirAsia in Non-Equity JV to Cut Costs
Jetstar , the budget airline owned by Australia's Qantas Airways , and Malaysia's AirAsia will form a non-equity alliance to cut costs, a sign that even budget airlines were feeling the burden of the aviation industry downturn. Wednesday's joint announcement comes less than a month after Qantas fla ...

Air Asia and Jetstar to Expand in Asia Pacific
Both AirAsia X and Jetstar airlines have released plans to expand services in the Asia Pacific region. The Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation reported that AirAsia X chief executive Azran Osman-Rani announced earlier in the month that the airline aims to triple its fleet to 35 in the next 6 years. Me ...

Singapore's Tiger dismisses Jetstar-AirAsia alliance as "hot air"
Tiger Airways has dismissed the alliance between its rivals Jetstar and AirAsia as a "publicity stunt" and "a lot of hot air". "I think it's hilarious, I had a great laugh," says the Singapore-headquartered low-cost carrier's CEO Tony Davis. "It was nothing more than a publicity stunt in the middle ...

Jetstar, AirAsia forging budget airline alliance
Jetstar and AirAsia introduced plans Wednesday to cut costs and ticket prices as the first measure that could change the budget market in Asia. "By getting together and focusing on areas where we can actually reduce costs we think it's a really exciting opportunity," said Jetstar chief executive Br ...

Jetstar Vs Tiger Vs Air Asia: Who Will Win?
I have been getting increasingly intrigued by the various moves, tactics, and strategies being pursued in Asia by Jetstar, Tiger, and Air Asia. The are all trying to set up subsidiary airlines in various Asian countries under their own brands, often partnering with rivals (for example, Jetstar Japa ...

Jetstar and AirAsia form alliance
Qantas Airways subsidiary Jetstar says its alliance with Malaysia-based low-cost carrier AirAsia could potentially generate cost-savings worth hundreds of millions of dollars and result in lower fares. Under the alliance, Jetstar and AirAsia will investigate opportunities to jointly procure the nex ...

Jetstar-AirAsia alliance to influence narrowbody design
The newly-formed Jetstar-AirAsia alliance hopes to influence the future design of narrowbody aircraft to better fit the needs of low-cost operations in Asia. "Aircraft are generally designed for full-service carriers, what we need is an aircraft designed for low-cost carriers in Asia," says AirAsia ...

AirAsia X takes the fight to Jetstar
THE Malaysian budget airline AirAsia X plans to double flights to Australia within the next two years, in a major challenge to Jetstar in its home market. A month after Singapore Airlines' new budget offshoot, Scoot, began flying to Australia, AirAsia X revealed that it plans to operate twice-daily ...

Jetstar revises routes between Darwin and Asia
Budget airline Jetstar has announced revisions to its flights from Darwin to Asia. The airline will terminate its four-times weekly services from Darwin to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. However, Jetstar will add new services to Tokyo, Manila, and Singapore. From March 25, 2012, a new four-times weekly ...

Jetstar Asia CEO to step down
Jetstar Asia has announced that Ms Chong Phit Lian will step down from her position as Chief Executive Officer on 1 February 2012. Ms Chong has served as CEO of Singapore’s largest budget airline for six years. She will remain a member of the Jetstar Asia board to help guide continued growth. Chair ...

New CEO of Jetstar Asia an old hand
Eight years after he helped get the airline off the ground, Barathan Pasupathi is back to helm Jetstar Asia. He will join the low-cost carrier as its chief executive officer in July, replacing Chong Phit Lian, who left last month. It took two years to lure him back, Jetstar's group chief executive ...

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