Cover Story
If there was one factor reflecting the global ambitions of Vietnam’s leading airline, LCC Vietjet, it was the January launch of its first flight to the U.S., an A330 service from Ho Chi Minh City to Miami, Florida by way of Anchorage in Alaska. Read More »
Cover Story
Vietjet delivers best quarterly results since 2019
In final quarter 2024, Vietjet booked aviation revenue of US$784 million and an after-tax aviation profit of US$6.6 million, growth of 36% and 247% year-on-year, respectively. Read More »
Cover Story
Madam Nguyen thi Phuong Thao, 54, launched Vietjet in 2011 and took it private in February 2017. Read More »
Main Story
OAG’s table of the of the world’s busiest airports, published in January listed three of Asia’s major hubs in the list. Read More »
Main Story
Credit outlook for world’s airports
“In our view, the next challenge for airports will be to fund their sizeable expansionary and maintenance capital programs in the coming years without materially eroding their financial resiliencies, competitiveness or market shares,” wrote Morningstar DBRS in January. Read More »
News Backgrounder
Another good year for lessors in 2025
In 2025 forecast growth in the Asia-Pacific will help drive global airline revenue to more than US$1 trillion for the first time. Read More »
Addendum
Region’s airline lobby association welcomes Air New Zealand to membership ranks
Five of the region’s airlines have joined the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines post the pandemic increasing the lobby group’s membership to 18 carriers. Read More »
Addendum
From March 1, all of Taiwan’s carriers will prohibit passengers from using power banks in flight. Read More »
Addendum
China Airlines employees mourn chairman’s sudden passing
China Airlines and Mandarin Airlines chairman, Su-Chien Hsieh (72), who successfully led the airline group through the pandemic followed by CAL’s best financial performance in its history (US$618.9 million profit), died of a heart attack at Taipei Veterans General Hospital in January. Read More »
Addendum
After decades of local opposition and political obfuscation, Britain’s Labour government is supporting the construction of a third runway at London Heathrow airport. Read More »
Comment
As airlines have discovered, including Asia-Pacific carriers, coping with strong growth and matching capacity to demand are formidable challenges, particularly as supply chain delays are continuing into 2025. Read More »
