The International Air Transport Association (IATA) urged the air transport industry in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) to focus on key challenges of growth, including safety, cost control, liberalisation and the environment.Giovanni Bisignani, IATA’s Director General and CEO, made the comments in a keynote address to the region’s leaders at the 42nd Annual […]
With a posh house on the bank of the West Lake, one of China’s most beautiful scenic spots in east city Hangzhou, Teng Ting, a ceramic artist, chose to live in a bathroom-turned bedroom nearly 400 km away from home in southern city Jingdezhen. ”It is all worth it since only in Jingdezhen can I fulfill […]
Searching for a way to visit Colombia without ignoring US State Department warnings, we came across a Royal Caribbean cruise from Colón, Panama, to Cartagena and Santa Marta, Colombia, and from there to the Netherlands Antilles’ “ABC’’ islands, Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao. Nearly buried on the website was the brief note that the cruise is […]
Northwestern China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is organizing several cultural festivals to counteract the effects the July 5 riot and last week’s syringe attacks scare have had on tourism, an official said Wednesday. Yinamu Nesirdin, head of the regional tourism administration, said planned campaigns to boost tourism include an international poplar festival focusing on the Gobi […]
Taxi ranking … Todd Romaine.Call him a cab expertHow do you get from airport to hotel after a long-haul flight without being taken for a ride?It is the question Canadian brothers Todd and Steve Romaine often asked themselves while travelling overseas, especially after handing over fistfuls of money to taxi drivers.Todd says their arrival at […]
British Airways today announced a not-to-be-missed fly drive offer to the UK, giving petrol heads and pleasure seekers the opportunity to get behind a wheel for less.Book a fly-drive holiday on ba.com between now and 15 December 2009 and enjoy a HK$500 discount on your package for bookings made up to 31 March 2010.“Nothing beats […]
A 300-million baht (US$9 million) investment will be made in building a new bridge across the 300 metre waterway separating Phuket and the Thai mainland. The existing old bridge will also be raised 10 metres giving yacht clearance beneath it. Construction work began last month and is expected to be ready for traffic in August […]
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Captain Chesley ‘Sully’ Sullenberger (left) and 1st Officer Jeffrey Skiles go through their pre-flight routine before leaving for North Carolina at LaGuardia Airport in New York. Photo: ReutersThe Miracle on the Hudson pilots are back together.Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger and 1st Officer Jeffrey Skiles piloted flights on Thursday from Charlotte, North Carolina, to New York […]