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Dragonair ups flights

DANANG, 6 December 2013: Dragonair, a Hong Kong-based subsidiary of Cathay Pacific, will raise its weekly flights between Danang and Hong Kong from four to seven starting 18 December. The airline launched the route late March, this year, making Danang is the airline’s second destination in Vietnam after Hanoi. During the past nine months, the airline has transported more than 30,000 pas...

Agencies gain more trips

BANGKOK, 6 December 2013: Association of Thai Travel Agents’ member companies handled 3,979,651 international tourists at Suvarnabhumi Airport in the first 11 months of this year representing substantial improvement of 25.71% from 3,165,578 visits during the same period last year. ATTA released its data, Wednesday, based on fees member agencies pay to the airport to provide a meet-and-gree...

Backpackers drop Bangkok

BANGKOK, 6 December 2013: A backpackers’ haven, Khao San Road, has reported hotels and hostels have suffered a 50% decline in reservations due to the protests last week and the country’s overall political uncertainty. Khao San Road Business Association consultant, Surat Wongchansin, said foreign tourists who had booked accommodation in the famous backpacker district, Khao San Road, had e...

Vietnam tourism in steady climb

HANOI, 4 December 2013: Vietnam National Administration of Tourism estimates the country welcomed 731,034 international travellers in November representing an increase of 8.8% over the same month last year. Thailand’s outbound business to Vietnam ranked ninth with 25,621 trips, up by a marginal 0.9% from last year. China continued to lead the field in November with 190,310 trips growing...

Nok fare for Krabi launch

BANGKOK, 4 December 2013: Nok Air offers an introductory fare to support its newest route, Bangkok -Krabi, due to start 1 January 2014. The Bt1,299 one-way fare, inclusive of airport taxes and surcharges, is on offer for passengers departing Bangkok directly to Krabi including a Fly ‘n’ Ride option to Ao Nang Bay. For Fly ‘n’ Ride passengers, coach services are operated by Tiger...

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Dragonair ups flights

Agencies gain more trips

Vietnam Air speeds up check-in

HANOI, 6 December 2013: Vietnam Airlines is offering automated check-in kiosks at Noi Bai Airport in Hanoi. Launched 1 December, the kiosks are located on the second floor of the airport’s T1 terminal and should help passengers reduce check-in time by about two minutes. It will also take some of the pressure off the manual check-in counters where... [Read full story]

Backpackers drop Bangkok

India travellers vote Thailand

NEW DELHI, 6 December 2013: For the third time in a row, Thailand was voted the ‘favourite country’ at the annual readers’ travel awards of the Indian edition of Condé Nast Traveller. The prestigious award were released 3 December during a week when Thailand’s image was buffeted yet again by violent protests in the Thai capital. Indian travel... [Read full story]

France seeks Chinese invasion

BEIJING, 6 December 2013: As many as 300 million Chinese are potential visitors to France, French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said Thursday as he arrived in Beijing for a five-day visit focused on trade. The two countries are preparing to celebrate 50 years of diplomatic ties. Speaking to reporters at the Forbidden City, the sprawling former imperial... [Read full story]

Nepal’s airlines on black list

BRUSSELS, 6 December 2013: The European Commission on Thursday put all Nepal airlines on its safety blacklist, banning them from flying to the EU, but said the Philippines, Sudan and Zambia were making improvements. “The current safety situation in Nepal does not leave us any other choice than to put all of its carriers on the EU air safety list,”... [Read full story]

Qantas hits fiscal turbulence

SYDNEY, 6 December 2013: Embattled Australian carrier Qantas was placed in a trading halt Friday ahead of an announcement on its credit rating by Standard and Poor’s after the airline issued an unexpected profit warning. Qantas on Thursday flagged a half-year loss of up to A$300 million (US$271 million) and said it would axe 1,000 jobs as it struggles... [Read full story]

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