Chinese officials clarify terror threat
After yesterday’s news of a probable terrorist attack on a plane bound for Beijing for China’s remote western front, the lack of coherent media reports within China led to much speculation by western media, and today the chief of Xinjiang ...
by Dave Bess March 13th, 2008
Thwarted terrorism attempt in China
The of China’s Civil Aviation Authority has made a statement that a man has been detained and is now held in custody after a suspected terrorist attempt in the city of Urmqi, in the western Chinese region of Xinjiang. China ...
by Dave Bess March 13th, 2008
Adam Air jet skids of runway
Landing this past Monday during heavy rains, an Adam Air jet sided off the runway at Hang Nadim Airport on Batam Island, Indonesia, causing injury to five passengers on board. The hydraulic system and the right wing of the Boeing ...
by Dave Bess March 12th, 2008
SriLankan Airways on the up
Srilankan Airlines has had a very good year in 2007. The struggling airline that made some drastic internal adjustments must be elated to report that i2007 saw more passengers per year than any year since the airline was formed in ...
by Dave Bess March 12th, 2008
Beijing Hotel prices increase dramatically for Olympics
It should come as no surprise that the price of hotel rooms in Beijing are going to get a bit crazy this summer, but thanks to Ctrip.com, a Shanghai-based travel booking site, the numbers are stunning to say the least, ...
by Dave Bess March 12th, 2008
Qatar’s Thailand flights paying off
Qatar Airways, an airline with one of the best reputations in the business reported yesterday that it’s routes between Doha and Bangkok are dong very well a year on from their launch. Qatar reports an 84 percent load factor with ...
by Dave Bess March 12th, 2008
Shanghai courts Disney for new theme park
While Hong Kong Disneyland reworks its marketing schemes to attract new visitors to the flagging amusement park on HK’s Lantau Island, which has failed to live up to expectations since opening in 2005, another Chinese city is taking steps to ...
by Dave Bess March 10th, 2008
Expedia goes Indian
Expedia.co.in will be the seventeenth regionally designated website from travel booking experts Expedia Inc. The move into the Indian market is further assurance of Expedia’s full-on charge into the Asia-pacific market, as Expedia, Inc chief executive officer Dara Khosrowshahi explains, "The ...
by Dave Bess March 7th, 2008
Unused terminal may ease Delhi congestion
Anyone who’s flown in or out of Indira Gandhi International Airport in new Delhi, India, will know how frustrating it can be, with its sub-par facilities, archaic luggage system, intense overcrowding and recently, dust-filled rooms. The dust signals hope however, ...
by Dave Bess March 7th, 2008
Police shoot hijacker in China
Police in northern China shot a man dead who had taken a bus containing 10 Australian tourists hostage yesterday, with none of the passengers coming to any harm according to the Australian Embassy in Beijing. The reasons for the bus hijacking are as yet unclear. The bus was hijacked in the
by Dave Bess March 7th, 2008
Advance screening at India’s airports
Anyone who has made the trip to India in the past knows that though acquiring a Visa is always possible, there are a few hurdles to jump through before landing in the subcontinent. Everyone needs a visa to enter India, ...
by Dave Bess March 7th, 2008
Disney HK rethinks demographics
For westerners, the name Disney references a part of childhood; animated films, family entertainment and of course the theme parks home to giant Mice and other anthropomorphic characters. In Asia, the brand doesn’t incite such direct memories, and Hong Kong ...
by Dave Bess March 7th, 2008