Low cost flights?

And here is a Times article discussing budget airline safety across Asia - nothing to worry about.

just a thought to that times article..
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<hr>“The important factor is how well maintained an aircraft is – a new aircraft that is poorly maintained is more dangerous than an old one that is properly maintained.”<hr></blockquote>

and i think the maintenance is exactly the problem..IF elderly fleets would be properly maintained. do you believe so? who controls it? and then what is "old"? Garuda has regionally some of the highest standart and these are the aircrafts they use:
B737-500 1997
B737-300 1990
B737-400 1993-1998
A330-200 1997
DC 10 1976-1979
B747-400 1993-1995

i try not to look at position nr. 5! so we hope for no corruption but proper maintenance..

coming back to the OP, Airasia has a some of the newest fleet in the world and has its maintenace done in Singapore if i am not wrong!

Problem is article in #30 states that older olains not necesarrily dangerous but unsteady at landing - DOH???

well bassman, perhaps you should read my post again. My point was that the flight should be completed, point A to point B without incurring additional operating costs. Whether it is late in departure is irrelevant (admittedly the term 'schedule' is ambiguous here). You will also note that I already made the point about the majors.

I reiterate, most airline accidents are due to human error. A major factor is pressure on the crew to operate the flight as economically as possible. Yes this can mean delayed departures for various reasons.