Low-Cost Airlines

Qantas ditches BA in tie-up with Emirates on European flights

7 Sep 2012

Qantas Airways will work with Emirates on European routes as it quits a 17-year partnership with British Airways in a bid to end losses on international operations.

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Travellers' checks

10 Jun 2012

Boutique Bangkok

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Six degrees

3 Jun 2012

Joseph Lau Luen-hung has not been having the best of times recently: the owner of property investor and developer Chinese Estates Holdings is facing trial for bribery and money laundering in Macau...

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Budget carriers ready to take off

24 May 2012

While full-service airlines are cutting jobs or freezing headcounts amid global economic gloom, things are looking up for budget airlines.

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Jetstar still to apply for HK licence

3 May 2012

It has been over a month since the formation of Jetstar Hong Kong was announced, but those looking to fly cheap may have to wait a while as the budget carrier has yet to apply for the licence...

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Nightmare for disabled on mainland airlines

23 Apr 2012

Mainland airlines treat disabled passengers with industry-wide discrimination, according to state media.

Such passengers have been overcharged, denied boarding or physically...

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Opinion

Alex Lo

A dangerous demagogue in our midst

4:18AM

Jake Van Der Kamp

Ferry subsidies to push rents up further

4:27AM

New budget airline has no claim to home advantage

Australia's Qantas Airways and China Eastern Airlines have teamed up to launch a new budget airline for the region, Jetstar Hong Kong.

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Budget venture Jetstar facing bumpy take-off

Regulatory and licensing issues could cause significant headwinds for Jetstar Hong Kong, the low-cost airline being set up by Qantas Airways and China Eastern Airlines, even before it takes to the...

11:22AM

Qantas and China Eastern to start HK budget airline

China Eastern Airlines and Qantas Airways are joining hands to build a budget carrier called Jetstar Hong Kong.

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AirAsia probed by Australian competition watchdog

AirAsia, the regional low-cost airline, is being investigated by a competition watchdog in Australia after it allegedly failed to properly display all-in ticket prices for flights on a raft of...

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HK Express becomes budget airline

Hong Kong Express Airways is to transform itself into a no-frills airline, in a move that could threaten Cathay Pacific's lucrative regional routes.

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Singapore's new budget airline set to take off

Scoot, a brand new budget carrier wholly owned by Singapore Airlines, is set to take off in the middle of next year, jumping on the budget carrier boom in the region.

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