AirAsia mulls breaking up with Japan’s ANA

Published June 11, 2013 9:55am ET



KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Southeast Asia’s top budget carrier, AirAsia, said Tuesday it may dissolve its partnership with Japan’s All Nippon Airways Co. amid clashes over how to run their low-cost joint venture airline.

AirAsia said its Japanese affiliate has been facing challenges due to a “difference of opinion in management, most critically on the points of how to operate a low cost business” operating out of Tokyo’s Narita airport.

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