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As Iran war drags on, airlines pull back on fuel hedges and warn of rising fares

AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes says the Malaysian budget carrier was mostly done with hedging and was budgeting for 12 months of high oil prices.

Airfares to and from Philippines could rise as fuel surcharge increases in November

Fuel surcharge for Nov 1 to Nov 15 was raised a notch up from Level 16 to 17 in second half of October.

Japan’s banks and airlines pull digital services offline in scramble to fix PHP flaws

Governments are scrambling to plug holes discovered in sites that run on the PHP programming language.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Oct 21, 2026

Ukrainian servicemen in the Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine.

Live snake found on plane after flight cancelled in south-western Japan

The snake was identified by an expert as a juvenile Japanese striped snake.

Europe faces record airfare surge in 2027 as war drives up fuel costs, warns Ryanair boss

Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary forecasts a 20% increase in ticket prices as airlines reel from soaring costs.

No commitment for public funding support for AirAsia, says Malaysia’s Finance Ministry

AirAsia reported losses in its latest quarterly financial results.

Firefly plans to resume all Subang-Seletar flights on Oct 22 after haze cancellations

A passenger looking at Firefly aircraft parked on the tarmac at Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang, on Oct 13.

VietJet hit with global asset freeze in dispute with London investment firm FitzWalter

The freeze applies to VietJet’s assets worth up to US$251.6 million.

Bomb threat forces Austrian Tel Aviv-Vienna flight to land in Bulgaria

The flight continued from Sofia to Vienna with all passengers after reboarding.

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