SINGAPORE: The US has joined a long list of countries that have now suspended Boeing 737 MAX aircraft from operating flights and even overflying their territories.
Thailand’s Thai Lion Air flies three 737 MAX...
BANGKOK: 14 March 2019: The funeral of Alwin Zecha, chairman and founder of Pacific Leisure Group, will be held at 1300, Saturday 16 March, at Rangsit Methodist Church and Crematorium.
Friends who are...
SINGAPORE, 13 March 2019: Vietjet has
announced its status as the official airline to transport Vietnamese
contestants and Asian talents on their journey to the third season of Asia’s
Got Talent 2019.
This year, Vietjet will accompany...
AMSTERDAM, 13 March 2019: Frequent flyers
using Star Alliance airlines to travel to the Dutch capital can look forward to
a new premium lounge experience at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.
The new Star Alliance lounge welcomes
eligible...
TOKYO, 13 March 2019: JTB Global Marketing & Travel received the Travelife Partner status recently in recognition of the group’s efforts to establish sustainability.
JTBGMT complied with over 100 criteria related to operators’ office...
DOHA, Qatar, 13 March 2019: Qatar Airways will introduce seven new destinations to its global route network this year.
During a media briefing at ITB Berlin last
week the airline confirmed it would launch...
BANGKOK, 13 March 2019: One of Asia’s pioneers in the tourism, Alwin Zecha, 82, died Tuesday after suffering cardiac arrest. (See below an update on the funeral arrangements.)
A resident of Bangkok, he founded...
BANGKOK, 12 March 2019: Leading airlines
worldwide are grounding their Boeing’s 737 Max 8 fleets after a deadly crash on
Sunday.
A Boeing 737 Max 8 operated by Ethiopian
Airlines crashed shortly after take-off on Sunday, killing...
BANGKOK 12 March 2019: Don Mueng Airport
rolled out the red carpet for a new Lion Air service linking Bangkok and
Nagoya.
Don Mueang Airport director of operations
for aviation, Thuanchai Tan Suriyawong, welcomed the new...
PHUKET, 12 March 2019: SilkAir, a regional airline owned by Singapore Airlines, will add its sixth daily service between Singapore and Phuket in May.
SilkAir currently operates five flights daily on the popular Singapore-Phuket...