Asian airlines maintain AI investments despite budget cuts due to Iran war oil shock
Source: The Business Times
Published on: 2026-04-08 07:41
[SINGAPORE] As Asian airlines aggressively slash capital expenditures to hoard cash during the worst oil shock in decades, investments in artificial intelligence and data infrastructure are being spared the knife. Such initiatives are being protected from sweeping budget cuts, with tech upgrades deemed essential amid skyrocketing operating costs. This marks a departure from previous airline industry crises, where tech and infrastructure budgets were often the first to be frozen during cash crunches. Thai Airways CEO Chai Eamsiri noted that while his carrier is cutting and postponing various capital and operational expenditures to preserve cash, it has deliberately kept several major digital initiatives alive. This includes the rollout of a new enterprise data platform to overhaul the airline's technological foundation. "The rest, the other projects, investments, we (are) postponing.....
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