Apr 14, 2008
AirAsia
AirAsia will introduce a fee for all checked baggage on flights
booked from April 21. Passengers who pre-book their bag will pay MYR3
($0.94) for each piece up to 15 kg. and those paying at the check-in
counter will pay MYR5 per piece. Bags weighing more than 15 kg. will
cost extra, although there is no limit on the number of bags that can be
checked, while the restriction to one piece of carry-on luggage will
remain. Apr 10, 2008
Cebu Pacific Air
Cebu Pacific Air will launch a fourth daily Manila-Hong Kong flight
on June 30. Apr 7, 2008
Oasis Hong Kong Airlines
Thousands of passengers face potentially long delays in returning
from Hong Kong following yesterday[sup.1]s April 10 collapse of budget
carrier Oasis. The airline - which operated five Boeing 747-400 aircraft
on routes from Hong Kong to London Gatwick and Vancouver - pulled the
plug, stranding thousands of its customers - many of whom were still on
Easter holidays. Rival Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific says it will
provide two extra aircraft this weekend to repatriate Oasis passengers
to Heathrow on a charter basis and has indicated it will offer a special
one-way fare of [pounds sterling]160 ($316), while British Airways and
Air New Zealand have also proffered help. Cathay says it is planning for
around two weeks of disruption at Chep Lap Kok, but adds that it is
unsure whether or not passengers will be able to claim any refund. Calls
to Provisional Liquidators KPMG in Hong Kong were not returned to see if
passengers could claim compensation, while a spokeswoman for the Chep
Lap Kok airport remained tight-lipped as to precisely how many Oasis
customers were affected and where they were staying ahead of return
flights. Apr 10, 2008
Virgin Blue
Virgin Blue said on Friday that high fuel prices meant it was
likely to incur an extra fuel charge of AUD$120 million in 2008/09, and
would likely introduce a further fuel levy of about AUD$10-AUD$12 per
one-way fare from May 1, 2008. It also faced yield erosion due to a
forecast increase in capacity as new carriers enter the market. Virgin
Blue shares ended down 1.3 percent before the announcement at AUD$1.11
and have fallen from around AUD$2.70 a year ago, outpacing the fall in
the overall market. Apr 11, 2008
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