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Cebu pacific 2008-04-14 21:24:02 Cebu Pacific inaugurates flights to Vietnam 15-Apr-2008 Cebu Pacific (CEB), the airline business unit of JG Summit Holdings Inc, inaugurated its flights to Vietnam on 10-Apr-08. Cebu Pacific’s Manila-Hanoi service is offered three times weekly using A319 equipment. The carrier also inaugurated services to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) on 11-Apr-08. The Ho Chi Minh service is offered four times weekly. amazing triumph of aviation entrepreneurship in the Philippines, with Cebu Pacificbeing the second (Behind Philippines Airlines) carrier in terms of popularity and network throughout the Philippines and an ever expanding routes in Asia.
QANTAS GROUP TAKE 18% SHARE IN VIETNAM's PACIFIC AIRLINES. 2008-04-14 21:06:57 ://www.jetstar.com/3k/index.htmlQantas owned Jetstar, has taken an 18% stake in Vietnam's Pacific Airlines, in July 2007. The new airline was renamed Jetstar Pacific and will begin services within Vietnam and later on by acquiring 30 Airbus 320, expanding its network to over 40 destinations across Asia, the Asia Pacific, Australia and New Zealand. The metamorphosed airline will by the end of 2008 fly to Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and Cambodia. At the moment Jetstar Pacific flies to seven destinations in Vietnam operating almost 130 weekly return services with an existing fleet of four single class Boeing 737-400s.
Discount airlines in Asia 2008-04-14 05:29:33 Asian carriers have often offered lower fares than their European or American rivals. Now they are starting to catch the wave of discount airlines, pioneered in the US and Europe. In South-East Asia, an ASEAN-wide open skies agreement is in the works, but in the rest of the continent flights are still severely restricted by bilateral agreements.Asian carriers are generally much cheaper than their American or European rivals, and there are some great bargains to be had. The low-cost airline industry in Asia is sure to boom in the coming years.All fares quoted below are one-way (except where noted), include taxes and charges, and are widely available. Flight destinations may change and airlines may go bust without notice.Here are (Below) some of the low cost Asian carriers with their logo's Read more:Discount
, Asia
What is causing the flight of European airlines from Australia? 2008-04-14 05:02:30 , the land "down under", enjoyed a plethora of European
airlines coming to it's shores, for decades.But, now, one by one the very same airlines who were bringing thousands upon thousands of passengers, eagerly awaiting to see this country, are now deserting it, by withdrawing it's services, leaving only British Airways and Virgin Atlantic airlines to fly into Australia
.The last European airline to withdraw it's services from Australia was Austrian airlines in 2007.Among those airlines who withdrew their services from Australia are: KLM, which first flew to Australia in 1938, with a weekly Sydney to London flight.A journey that took eight days!Alitalia, now fighting for it's survival, was bringing Italian migrants to this country in the 1940's and 1950's, began their scheduled services in
PUDU HOSTEL IN KUALA LUMPUR - MALAYSIA 2008-04-14 04:56:28 was recently in Pudu Hostel for backpackers, right across from the Puduraya bus station.The hostel is quite comfortable and has a lobby with a wide screen TV DVD and plenty ofspace to relax , eat and drink at very affordable prices.The atmosphere is a relaxed and friendly.Although the rooms are very basic, the air-con is making life pleasant and easy to sleep.There's plenty of bathrooms and showers for guests to use and what's more importantthey are CLEAN!They have also an air-con and very comfortable net cafe located on the first floor.If the menu is not up to your needs than right below the hostel is a Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet and for those on a tiny budget 20m further from KFC
SO YOU WANNA VISIT KARON BEACH NEAR PHUKET? 2008-04-14 04:33:12 ://www.tourismthailand.org/We visited Phuket after a long bus journey from Hat Yai in February 2008.When we arrived at the bus terminal it was past 8PM, the town itself has got onlyaccomodation for tourist arriving with groups and thus do not cater to single travellers or backpackers. For that you need to go out of town to various beach areas usually about a few miles out of town.At that hour of the night it was impossible to find decent and cheap mode of transport (usually available from 6 AM to 6PM) so we were at the mercy of toutsasking the exorbitant fares of 400BHT to to one of those beaches.We were shocked to find that even the tourist bureau (across from the bus terminal) was telling us to take one of these pirate taxis (pirate because private citizens using their own vehicles) to
Air Asia 2008-04-12 02:01:28 www.airasia.com/site/ph/en/home.jspAir asia is truly a success story from the aviation pages of Malaysia.Bought from the Malaysian Government for a token price of 1MYR, today Air Asia
is boasting an ever expanding network with new aircraft continuing to be added in to thefleet.Recently their subsidiary Air AsiaX has included Gold Coast as their new port in theEastern Coast of Australia and will soon be adding Melbourne, in Victoria.
FLASH NEWS!!!!!!!!!! OASIS HONG KONG LOWCOST CARRIER IN LIQUIDATION!! 2008-04-10 23:21:41 heard on BBC TV 9 April 2008, that Oasis Air from Hong Kong is in liquidation.This is what their website says: Latest update: 9 April 2008 – 2050h HKG time "Notice to Passengers It is with regret that Oasis Hong Kong Airlines announces that the airline has this morning applied to the Hong Kong Court to appoint a provisional liquidator. The Court has appointed Edward Middleton and Patrick Cowley of KPMG as the provisional liquidators, and they have assumed control of the airline with effect from 1400h HKG time today. Our flight operations have been cancelled until further notice. The Provisional Liquidators are liaising with other airlines in order to help customers make alternate travel arr
Viva Macau 2008-04-09 01:01:58 Macau flies from Macau to Jakarta and Sydney.
Air India Express 2008-04-09 00:56:04 www.airindiaexpress.in/airindiaexpress/home.aspIndia
's airline market is rapidly liberalizing. Half a dozen domestic low-cost carriers have started operations and more are on the horizon. Low-cost flights into India remain more limited, although Air India Express
does operate some international flights and various Middle Eastern carriers fly to India.
Spice Jet 2008-04-09 00:50:03 started operations in May 2005. The airline promises Everyday Spicy Fares for as low as INR 99. Read more:Spice
Go air 2008-04-09 00:44:07 Air is an LCC based out of Mumbai and operates flights to many cities in India.
Spring Airlines of China 2008-04-08 19:22:11 Airlines
(????) flies from its base in Shanghai to over 20 destinations in China
, and is still expanding rapidly. Read more:Spring
Who will save Alitalia? 2008-04-07 22:21:03 Is anybody going to save this majestic airline fromgoing under?For over 50 years the world was used to see this magnificent airlines trot it's colours flying to 5 continents.But with Globalisation, rationalisation, and fiscal and monetary turbulences encountered in all business facets, Alitalia, like other defunct airlines, who fought from going under, is now fighting for it's own survival.The KLM-Air France, rescue team was unable to grab Alitalia and hence, with the resignation of it's executive, it is now left in limbo and hoping that it will be rescued, sooner rather than later. One and indeed millions of travellers who have enjoyed flying Alitalia over the past decades are now wishing for this magnificent airline to fly again.Here's wishing to see AZ in the skies all over the world on
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WORLD BIGGEST AIRLINE MERGER!!! 2008-04-15 22:29:58 It's just been announced that two of the biggest and well know carriers from USA, Delta and Northwest Airlines are to merge, creating a global alliance worth USD35b!!Delta who was planning to shed more than 2000 jobs in USA, have decided to merge with Northwest Airline.The new alliance will be known simply as Delta and will be managed by Richard Anderson of Delta Airlines.The unions are strongly against this merger as they fear that jobs losses might be massive.To follow this news please click on:
Rail versus Air! 2008-05-02 01:23:19 OK! So you are in Europe or planning to go to Europe. How best to see Europe? By Car? By rail? or By air? Well, about ten years ago, the answer was simple -rail!I don't even want to mention the car, although moreconvenient, the rental charges are notoriously high,price of petrol and parking charges, not to mention thetraffic, makes a car not a good choice, unless of courseyou got tons of money to spend at your disposal!As the cost of air travel in them days was costlyenough to deter you from flying around.now these days, with airlines like EasyJet andRyanair and myriads of other low cost airlinescharging, what would have been ridiculous prices adecade ago, you think "Hey that's cheap! I'll fly"Now comes the numbers and as soon as they add up you will maybe, change your mind.Here's Read more:versus
No title 2008-05-04 21:07:21 MILFORD SOUND IN NEW ZEALAND VOTED THE TOP TOURIST DESTINATION, BY THE TRIPADVISOR READERS.Yep! 26 millions TripAdvisor readers have voted to nominate Milford Sound in New Zealand the top tourist destination in the world.My fellow kiwi friends have good reasons to be proud and to celebrate this decision.Indeed, with it's serene and tranquil surroundings it is a wonderful place to go and enjoy the scenic beauty that it is.Queenstown came a close second.For more details about Milford Sound please click here.Scenic cruises and flights are available for your perusal here.Happy and safe travels to you all.Hayri(Harry) Yuruten
THE PHILIPPINES - LAND OF DIVINE BEAUTY AND GENTLE SMILES 2008-06-02 01:23:17 THE FAMOUS PHILIPPINO JEEPNEY.Here are some recommendations for boarding a Philippino Jeepney:1- Don't board on a full stomach!2- Don't board if you are expecting a comfortable ride!3- Don't board if you don't want to listen to a 90 decibels music!4- Don't board if you are expecting the jeepney to have shock absorbers!5- Don't board if you don't have the ability Read more:GENTLE
NEWS FROM THE PHILIPPINES 2008-06-06 07:38:26 RP 3rd fastest-growing air travel market Air travel within the Philippines is the third fastest growing market in the world, after India and Mexico, industry data revealed. India’s domestic market grew by 33 percent, followed by Mexico at 27 percent, Philippines at 23 percent, and China at 16 percent last year. The Philippines domestic air travel market grew with almost 10.4 m
JAPANESE ARE THE BEST TOURISTS 2008-06-25 19:59:45 A survey to find out the world top tourists, by online travel company, expedia has found that the Japanese were the top ranked tourists. Among the topics being asked in the survey were, behaviour,manners,generosity,willingness to learn the language and willingness to try the local cuisine and their propensity to complain. Japanese tourists were the tops overall followed by the British and the Germ
SINGLE AIRCRAFT AIRLINE CHOSEN AS THE TOP RATED AIRLINE FLYING FROM THE UK. 2008-07-01 20:25:10 Palmair, is a trading name for the tour operator R.E. Bath Travel Service (Palmair) ltd based in Bournemouth, UK.It operates inclusive tour charter flights to holiday destinations in Europe on behalf of Bath travel.It has it's main base at Bournemouth airport.The charter flights started operations on 1 January 1993 as Palmair Flightline operating a BAe 146 aircraft. Upgraded aircraft were acquired
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