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Comment, Did You Know, & Airlines
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Airlines, Airports & Hotels
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Travel Advisories, Travel News
Greg
James, General Manager
It
seems that Corporate Travellers are well connected and are looking to
enjoy the same creature comforts of home when abroad. A recent survey
found some fascinating results. You may read about it in our Travel
News Column.
Creature
comforts are taking to the air as well. You can now enjoy wireless broadband
connectivity on Singapore-London flights on Singapore Airlines. Northwest
and Mastercard have teamed up to spoil you rotten with an Apple iMac
if you travel to the Big Apple.
If
you are not yet using e-tickets, you better catch up. The Economist
has a fascinating report on IATA's plan for “Simplifying the Business”,
a plan for revolutionizing cost and technology in the airline industry.
We reprint some of this article on page three.
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IMPORTANT NOTICE: Changi
Airport Security advises that a passengers name on his or her passport
must tally with his or her booking name upon check-in to avoid rejection
upon check-in.
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The centre of Paris will be largely traffic-free starting
in 2012 under a development project drawn up by the office of the city's
Socialist mayor, Bertrand Delanoe, according to a newspaper report on
13 March.
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Now is probably the best time to visit Athens, Greece.
A sparkling modern airport, a state-of-the-art subway system, a convenient
new tram network and a crop of refurbished or new hotels with rates
30% less than a year ago mean that the city no longer reflect the description
by Melina Mercouri as "a tired old lady in need of some lipstick".
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Fears that the confined space of commercial airliners
and recycled air in aircraft cabins help spread flu
and other respiratory diseases among passengers are largely unfounded,
according to a new study. Click
here to read the full report.
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BEIJING: China's first private airline of the communist
era launched its maiden flight Friday 11th March 2005, opening a new
chapter for efforts to modernize the country's booming air travel industry.
The Okay Airways Boeing 737-900, with 81 people aboard, flew from the
airline's base in the eastern city of Tianjin to Kunming, a popular
tourist spot in the mountain southwest. China also has approved the
launch of three other privately owned carriers as it tries to build
up modern airlines able to compete with bigger, established foreign
rivals.
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China has given the green light to link Hong Kong to Macau and the mainland
with a multi-billion-dollar road bridge reports the China
Daily.
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Cathay
Pacific with Asia Miles now offers you stylish hampers
from the Grand Hyatt for redemption of 16,000 miles or more. Click
here to learn more. Plus travel roundtrip to Hong Kong on any CX
flight from Singapore between March 15 and June 30 2005 and pick up
an entry coupon to win your share of 1,200,000 Asia Miles! Non-members
can join online before you travel at www.asiamiles.com
Delta
Airlines Starting April 3, Delta will scrap its food
sales and offer a free, expanded snack selection to coach passengers.
As is the case now, coach passengers on Delta flights of less than 90
minutes will receive no food. The new policy applies to flights in the
USA, Canada and to some Latin America and Caribbean destinations. Delta
will eliminate pillows from its cabins, and alcohol prices will go up
a dollar to $5. Delta coach passengers will get to choose from granola
bars, multigrain chips, honey-roasted peanuts and animal crackers. On
longer flights, they'll also get a snack box with crackers, cheese,
raisins and Oreos. Delta's Song flights will continue to sell food,
because Song doesn't offer any free snacks, and flight durations tend
to be long.
Eva
Air There will be a change of Aircraft type used for
the Singapore – Taipei – Singapore sector from 16 March
to 13 June 2005. During this period, the craft will change from a Boeing
B747 to either Airbus A330-200 or Boeing B767 without
First Class & Evergreen Deluxe Class service.
Jetstar
Asia is to launch flights to Bangkok, Thailand with
the introduction of two daily flights commencing March 23, 2005. To
accommodate the flights to Bangkok each day, Jetstar Asia is suspending
its daily service between Singapore and Pattaya. [continues
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