AirAsia QZ8501: Relatives of 162 passengers wait anxiously for news of missing plane

Family members of passengers on board AirAsia flight QZ8501 talk on their phones while waiting for information inside a crisis centre at Juanda Airport in East Java. Photograph: Suryanto/ Reuters......

Admiral J G Nadkarni: Puny India

Time for reflection, introspection and stocktaking. Time for a little pat on the back for things well done, a little admonition for things not so well done.Time for a survey of things that went......

UDAN international plan under cloud as AirAsia India fails to get permit

Tata group-owned AirAsia India’s inability to get approval for international flights is hurting UDAN, the Indian government’s regional air connectivity project that also aims to link......

For AirAsia's Tony Fernandes, Indian sky is out of bounds

With cash shortage and plans going awry, the AirAsia owner is looking to cash out of the venture he built with Ratan Tata in 2013. Arindam Majumdar reports. Last September, Tony Fernandes, owner......

How Covid-19 weakened Air Asia India beyond recovery

In India, many players are in the throes of chaos and pain but at least one partnership -- Air Asia India -- that was fraying even before the pandemic now finds itself at breaking point, says......

Meet Tony Fernandes, pioneer of low-cost flying in Asia

The lobby of Hyatt Regency hotel in Mumbai is teeming with youthful AirAsia staff. They're in a terrific mood, making plans for the evening; one of them is boisterously complaining that he hadn't......

Coach Marquez yet to taste win as India held by Malaysia

IMAGE: India are yet to register a victory under new coach Manolo Marquez. Photograph: Kind courtesy Indian Football Team/X The Indian men's football team ended the year without a win as they......

Malaysian Fernandes takes over QPR

Malaysian entrepreneur Tony Fernandes completed the takeover of Premier League club Queens Park Rangers on Thursday and promised to take the club to new heights in the next few years. Fernandes,......

ISL: Odisha FC hold FC Goa in an intense draw

IMAGE: FC Goa players celebrate with Ivan Gonzalez. Photograph: ISL/Facebook FC Goa started off the Derrick Pereira era with a 1-1 draw against Odisha FC in an Indian Super League game, in Vasco,......

Fernandes warns he could quit F1

Caterham owner Tony Fernandes warned on Tuesday that he could walk away from Formula One unless his tail-end team showed significant improvement this season. The Malaysian entrepreneur, who also......

I have been exploited in 'tragic' season at QPR: Fernandes

Queens Park Rangers chairman Tony Fernandes believes he has been "exploited" in what has been a "tragic" season for the relegated Premier League club, he told the BBC on Saturday. The......