AIRLINE UPDATES

Air Asia cabin crew

* AirAsia now allows online booking up to four hours prior to departure

* Qatar Airways plans to increase Doha - Kuala Lumpur service, offering two daily flights

* Malaysia Airlines has launched thrice-weekly non-stop service linking Kota Kinabalu and Perth

* AirAsia has launched Medan-Bangkok service

* Garuda Indonesia has increased its Jakarta-Sydney schedule from thrice-weekly to daily

* Turkish Airlines will launch thrice-weekly Istanbul - Guangzhou service beginning Jan. 30

* All Nippon Airways will resume daily Tokyo - Jakarta service this month, and will launch daily Tokyo - Manila flights in March

* Jetstar Airways will commence new Manila - Darwin flights Feb. 9, and Singapore - Auckland service in March

* Korean Air plans to launch A380 service from its Seoul hub to Hong Kong and Tokyo in June, and to Bangkok in July