AirAsia, Malaysia Airlines merger an option as COVID-19 hits industry: minister
World 16:48 17/04/2020The pandemic that has killed at least 143,744 people around the world has led to lockdowns in many countries, brought air travel to a virtual halt and left airlines battling for survival
AirAsia flight makes emergency landing in Ho Chi Minh City after passenger’s power bank explodes
Vietnam News 11:37 27/12/2019One passenger was treated for multiple burns at Cho Ray Hospital
AirAsia's plan to launch Vietnam carrier fails to take off
Economy 09:10 18/04/2019Malaysia’s AirAsia Group cancelled plans to enter Vietnam’s crowded aviation market on Wednesday
New direct flights connecting Vietnamese cities with SE Asian tourism hotspots launched
Economy 10:04 13/04/2019AirAsia inaugurated a new nonstop service between Da Nang and Chiang Mai, while Vietjet started selling tickets for the Ho Chi Minh City – Bali route
AirAsia launches first direct Phu Quoc - Kuala Lumpur flight
Economy 16:00 03/11/2018The Kuala Lumpur-headquartered airline also inaugurated a nonstop service between Hanoi and Thailand’s Chiang Mai
AirAsia fends off talk that pilot revolt caused flight chaos
World 18:53 02/12/2015AirAsia has said that around a dozen pilots had called in sick this week, throwing domestic and international flights into disarray on Tuesday as passengers complained that the airline's chaotic handling of the logjam forced many to sleep overnight in Malaysian airport terminals
Singapore navy finds main body of crashed AirAsia jet
World 22:00 14/01/2015Underwater photos showed the cracked fuselage and part of a wing of Flight QZ8501, that went down on December 28 in stormy weather during a short trip from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore.
Search-rescue unit recovers seven remains from sea off Indonesia
World 23:00 31/12/2014The National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) of the Republic of Indonesia has retrieved 7 bodies of the victims of the ill-fated Air Asia plane QZ 8501 in the Karimata Strait area
Data point to "unbelievably" steep climb before AirAsia crash-source
World 21:00 31/12/2014The data was transmitted before the aircraft disappeared from the screens of air traffic controllers in Jakarta on Sunday, added the source, who declined to be identified.
First AirAsia bodies arrive at airport as bad weather hampers recovery
World 20:00 31/12/2014The bodies were taken from an air force plane to a military ambulance to be transported to a hospital for examination and identification -- but many exhausted families were left waiting for news as bad weather hampered search efforts.
Missing aircraft’s pilot asks to change route over bad weather before losing contact
Vietnam News 14:00 28/12/2014The pilot of the missing Air Asia aircraft with 162 people on board had requested a deviation due to weather before its contact with the Indonesian Air Traffic Control (ATC) was lost
AirAsia flight carrying 155 people from Indonesia to Singapore missing: officials
World 12:10 28/12/2014Flight QZ 8501, an Airbus 320-200, lost contact with the Jakarta air traffic control tower at 6:17 a.m. (6.17 p.m. EST), Indonesian Transport Ministry official Hadi Mustofa told media.
