Siva Govindasamy

They will supplement a fleet of 16 Sukhoi Su-27 and Su-30 fighters.

It will hold on the the six jets for now, after retiring its fleet of Boeing 777s, says airline CEO.

Christoph Mueller says this is one part of a broader strategy to exit years of losses.

FREE The chief executive says he will focus on repairing the financial damage.

QZ8501 FREE Sources say the plane pulled up, but controls were regained too late.

QZ8501 FREE The data was sent before the jet disappeared from the screens.

The disappearance of the AirAsia jet comes at a sensitive time for Jakarta's aviation authorities.

Every part of the airline will be looked at carefully, to break even in 2015.

UPDATED 11.55PM Malaysian lacks legal powers that would come with a formal probe under UN-sanctioned rules.

MAS is keen to begin taking delivery of some aircraft from 2016.

Changi, South-East Asia’s biggest and most popular international airport, is keen to seize a greater share of a boom in regional traffic.