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AirAsia drops Sydney as ‘cost pressures’ bite

AirAsia is to suspend operations to Sydney as part of a wider network “recalibration”, and as it cuts its widebody fleet.

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Author: Alfred Chua

Alfred Chua covers airlines and air transport topics in Asia-Pacific. He joined FlightGlobal in 2019 and is based in Singapore, where he previously worked as a news reporter at a local news outlet.

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