Indochina Airlines will expand its aircraft fleet and add more flights when it resume service in mid-December, the airline chairman said, denying closure rumours, according to a Thanh Nien Daily report. “We will come back with at least two planes and more routes. At the same time, the airline will be restructured with the assistance of consultant firms VinaSecurities, Malaysian banking group CIMB and US … [Read more...] about VIETNAM: Indochina Air will survive and expand: Chairman

Vietnam Airlines plans to launch a Hanoi-Osaka Kansai code-share service in January to fill the void left by Japan Airlines, which is withdrawing from the route. The service will be operated at least three-times weekly and JAL will place its code on the service as part of an agreement between the carriers to codeshare on flights on the Vietnam- Japan sector. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM: Vietnam Airlines plans Japan service

Vietnamese Minister of Transport Ho Nghia Dung called on ASEAN transport ministers to push for early implementation of transport agreements among their respective countries and to co-operate with their partners to implement effective infrastructure development. Speaking at the 28th ASEAN Senior Transport Officials Meeting (STOM) held in Ha Noi, Dung discussed the implementation of the ASEAN connection initiative which would benefit the community in 2015. Dung highlighted the importance of … [Read more...] about VIETNAM: Vietnam pushes ASEAN transport links

Jetstar Pacific, the Vietnamese arm of Australia’s budget airline brand, has lost its chief executive as a result of what Australia’s Herald Sun newspaper described as “ideological differences”. Qantas holds 27 per cent of the Vietnamese brand. The move is a major setback for the Australian carrier, which is under orders from the Vietnamese Transport Ministry to strip the Jetstar name and distinctive orange branding off the six-jet fleet by October because … [Read more...] about VIETNAM: Ideology grounds Jetstar Pacific chief

Taiwan’s TransAsia Airways plans to start a new twice weekly service between Taipei and the central Vietnamese city of Danang using an Airbus A321. … [Read more...] about TAIWAN: TransAsia plans new Vietnam service

A robust air cargo business propelled turnover for Taiwan’s two main carriers from deficit to profit in October. According to China Airlines (CAL), the company’s balance sheet has gone from red to black since late September, when air cargo rates soared 70 per cent and continue to rise. To meet increasing demand CAL put two mothballed freighters back into use in October and service of a third mothballed plane is scheduled to resume by early December. Meanwhile, EVA … [Read more...] about TAIWAN: CAL, EVA Airways return to black in Oct