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Singapore knocks back AirAsia licence request three times

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Singapore knocks back AirAsia licence request three times​

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By Andrew Curran
01OCT2024

The CEO of Capital A says the Singaporean authorities have thrice denied it airline licence applications with CEO Tony Fernandes claiming it is because Singapore wants to protect its own airlines.

“Three times we had applied for an airline licence, three times we were rejected," he told Malaysia's Daily Star newspaper. "We could get other ASEAN countries but Singapore has blocked us all the time because it protects its airlines." Capital A's AirAsia branded airlines have secured air operator certificates in Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, the Philippines, and Malaysia. Earlier this year, ch-aviation reported that Fernandes was also looking at basing an airline in Singapore and Viet Nam.

The ch-aviation schedules module shows three existing AirAsia carriers, AirAsia, Indonesia AirAsia, and Thai AirAsia, currently serve Singapore, with Thai AirAsia flying the Singapore - Bangkok Don Mueang and Singapore - Phuket city pairs; Indonesia AirAsia connects Singapore to Denpasar and Jakarta Soekarno Hatta; and AirAsia flies the Singapore - Ipoh, Singapore - Kota Kinabalu, Singapore - Penang, Singapore - Kuala Lumpur International, Singapore - Langkawi, and Singapore - Kuching sectors. Collectively, the three airlines provide over 40,500 seats per week in and out of Singapore.

Fernandes suggested he would continue to seek a Singaporean licence, saying "don’t block me."
 

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Airasia got kicked out by TATA group in india. The remnants is called air india express.
And got kicked out of japan by its partner ANA, which has devided to create their own budget airline peach. But in the case of japan, their license is still valid if i am not mistaken. Nagoya is a ideal hub for flights between US and south east asia.
 
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