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AirAsia: PH unit to be profitable in Q4; IPO in 2018
AirAsia s Philippine unit is seen to go public in 2018 as it continues to remain cash positive this quarter Group CEO Tony Fernandes says

AirAsia PH to be profitable in Q2 2015, think tank says
After incurring losses in its first 3 years the Philippine unit of AirAsia Berhad will likely be profitable this quarter the Center for Asia Pacific Aviation says

AirAsia plans $300 mn IPO for Indonesia unit in 2016
The crash of flight QZ8501 in Indonesia in December has done little to dim the airline s ambitions

AirAsia Philippines eyes initial public offering
UPDATED The budget carrier’s rivals – PAL Holdings Incorporated and Cebu Air Incorporated – are being traded at the Philippine Stock Exchange


AirAsia 'not giving up' but hunt for bodies drawing to close
60 bodies have yet to be found including the captain

Indonesia retrieves last of crashed AirAsia jet fuselage
We have retrieved on Friday the last and large part of the AirAsia fuselage with a wing still intact an Indonesian official says

Indonesia resumes search for AirAsia crash victims
Official: Search operations have resumed Our focus today is to find bodies that could be trapped in the fuselage or buried in mud

Indonesian military calls off AirAsia wreckage recovery
All of our forces are being pulled out We apologize to the families of the victims

Indonesia search team to float AirAsia fuselage
The bid comes a day after divers were able to enter the main section of the jet which crashed in the Java Sea last month for the first time

AirAsia plane climbed at speed 'beyond normal' then stalled
The crashed AirAsia jet was detected to have climbed at a rate of 6 000 feet per minute when climbing around 1 000 to 2 000 feet per minute may already be considered extraordinary

Dampak regulasi tarif bagi maskapai dan penumpang
Di luar isu keselamatan apa sebenarnya efek dari penerapan batas bawah ini untuk maskapai?

Divers hunt for victims in crashed AirAsia jet's main body
An advance team of 15 divers plunged into the water early Thursday to examine the main portion of the jet

Main body of crashed AirAsia jet located
Images taken by the Remotely Operated Vehicle ROV show part of the wing and words on the fuselage

AirAsia QZ 8501 black box retrieved
UPDATED Search and rescue chief: We succeeded in bringing up part of the black box that we call the flight data recorder ; Cockpit voice recorder still missing

Black box of doomed AirAsia QZ8501 found
2ND UPDATE Indonesia s Directorate General of Marine Transport says the black box of the doomed AirAsia flight QZ 8501 has been found; retrieval attempt on Monday January 12

Indonesia zeroes in on crashed AirAsia plane's black boxes
Strong ping signals are coming from the seabed less than one kilometer 0 6 miles from where the tail of the plane was found Malaysian Navy chief Abdul Aziz Jaafar says in a post on Twitter

Tail of crashed AirAsia plane lifted from seabed
UPDATED Indonesian authorities say floating balloons were used to lift the tail to the surface but apparently without the crucial black box recorders
Indonesian divers chase crashed AirAsia black box pings
The search for the black boxes takes a frustrating twist when authorities realized the pings were likely coming away from the plane s tail found 10 days after the crash

Crashed AirAsia flight QZ 8501 plane tail found
UPDATED The discovery on the seabed could mark a breakthrough in the search as the tail of a plane usually houses the black box flight data recorders

Indonesia expands search for AirAsia crash victims
As the massive relief operation enters its 9th day officials are hopeful for a break in poor conditions to send divers down to the area where large parts of the crashed Airbus A320 200 have been found

AirAsia's Fernandes: Latest flight incident 'not stalled engine'
It s not that the engine failed The plane wanted to take off but the APU auxiliary power unit which is the equipment that helped to start the engine suddenly shut down

AirAsia Indonesia pilot fails drug test – airline
I would like to clarify that one of our pilots in a random preliminary drug test was found to be positive says airline president director Sunu Widyatmoko

AirAsia plane may have managed to ditch: experts
Experts say the results of the initial phase of search and rescue operations suggest the pilot may have conducted an emergency water landing before the plane was overcome by high seas

Bad weather halts recovery of bodies from AirAsia flight
UPDATED Stormy weather on Wednesday morning forces rescuers to suspend their search for more bodies

Allianz says lead insurer of missing AirAsia jet
We can confirm that Allianz Global Corporate amp; Specialty UK is the lead reinsurer for AirAsia for aviation hull and liability insurance the German insurer giant says in a statement

'Is it a curse?' Prayers for missing AirAsia plane
Nine months after Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 disappeared followed by the shooting down of MH17 the latest disappearance is the third crisis for a Malaysian airline this year

Indonesia's transport ministry to review AirAsia operations
AirAsia corporate secretary Audry Petriny says the company is ready to cooperate with the investigation team led by Indonesia s Aircraft Authority

Britain confirms one of its nationals on missing AirAsia jet
We have been informed by the local authorities that one British national was on board Their next of kin has been informed and we stand ready to provide consular assistance says the British Foreign Office

Indonesia, Singapore lead search ops for AirAsia plane
Transportation Minister Ignasius Johan said the plane s last position was detected near Tanjung Pandan Belitung not far from the coast line ”

'Not again': Prayers, sadness over missing AirAsia plane
Malaysia based AirAsia changes its logo from bright red to gray

AirAsia QZ8501: Emergency information
UPDATED For relatives and friends of the passengers of missing AirAsia flight QZ 8501 here are details on where you can get information and updates

AirAsia jurusan Surabaya-Singapura hilang kontak
AirAsia Indonesia telah mengkonfirmasi bahwa pesawat bernomor QZ 8501 hilang kontak dengan kontrol lalu lintas udara pada pukul 07:24 pagi ini

AirAsia Indonesia-Singapore flight missing
7th UPDATE Search and rescue operations are now underway for the missing AirAsia flight QZ 8501 which lost contact with ground control a few hours into a routine flight between Surabaya and Singapore
