Last week, Vietnam Airlines celebrated the launch of its new service to London’s Heathrow Airport. When Flight VN55 from Hanoi landed at Heathrow last Tuesday, airline officials were on hand to present arriving passengers with flowers and vouchers for duty-free outlets.
Vietnam’s aviation bureau has issued an order stating all aircraft operated by domestic carriers need to have two flight crew in the cockpit. The edict from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) mandates that the chief cabin attendant needs to be in the cockpit if one of the pilots steps out when an aircraft is airborne.
A Singapore based low cost carrier has released a statement saying it will begin serving a new Malaysian destination next month. The Tigerair statement said the airline would offer a four times a week service to Ipoh with effect from 29 May 2015.
Yesterday saw the start of the Lampang Old Town Festival. The northern Thai town is holding the five-day cultural extravaganza to showcase its timeless charms and the fact little has changed here in the past century.
A former French colonial prison on Vietnam’s Phu Quoc Island has been given a new lease of life as a national monument. Deputy-prime-minister Vu Van Ninh headed up a group of dignitaries at the ceremony held last Friday to celebrate the prison’s new-found status.
On Monday, Vietnamese low-cost carrier Jetstar Pacific inaugurated two new routes. The first route is international and connects Hanoi and the Thai capital city of Bangkok. The second is domestic and links Ho Chi Minh City and Tuy Hoa.
Luxury hotelier group Absolute Hotel Services has announced it will open a second property in Chiang Mai. A statement released by the group says the U Chiang Mai’s sister property is set to welcome its first guests in the latter half of next year.
A leading global hotelier group has just released a statement saying it will open a luxury resort on Vietnam’s Phu Quoc Island. The announcement by Meliá Hotels International is further testament that the country’s southern island is fast developing into a destination of choice for international travellers.
US taxpayers are facing a bill of almost US$250,000 for their first lady’s recent trip to Cambodia. Michelle Obama only stayed at the swanky Sofitel Angkor Phokeethra in Seam Reap for two nights, but her US delegation booked rooms, suites and offices for 14 nights.
Passengers travelling from Bangkok to South Korea with Thai AirAsia X will soon be able to buy tickets for one of the best fun parks in Asia. From 1 May 2015, the budget airline will offer tickets for the Lotte World Adventure Park on board its services to Seoul’s Incheon Airport.
People visiting the Thai seaside resort of Pattaya will soon be able to fly here from five other locations in the country. Local carrier Kan Air says that from 10 April 2015 it will be flying to Pattaya U-tapao Airport from Chiang Mai, its hub airport in the north of the country, plus Bangkok’s second airport and three other airports in the eastern Isaan region.
Pattaya Players has arranged three comedy evenings for this weekend. The Thai seaside resort’s theatrical group is staging a series of artful comedy skits at the Eastern Grand Palace tonight and tomorrow plus an extra evening at Ben’s Theatre in Jomtien on Sunday 29 March.
Municipal authorities in Ho Chi Minh City have enacted a new regulation that requires all taxis to be fitted with GPS tracking devices. The edict is effective from 1 July 2015 and any driver found driving a taxi after this date without the modern equivalent of a tachograph faces a heavy fine.
The annual travel awards by TripAdvisor have placed Bangkok at number 18 in the table of the planet’s favourite holiday destinations. TripAdvisor released its Travellers’ Choice 2015 awards earlier this week. The Thai capital climbed two places in the Top 25 Global Destinations category when compared with 2014.
The director of the airport serving the Vietnamese town of Nha Trang says a second terminal will be built to ease passenger congestion. Phan Le Hoan said the current facilities at Cam Ranh Airport are stretched to breaking point and infrastructure cannot cope with a recent surge in annual passenger numbers.
The Thai national tourism bureau has scheduled a bicycle rally for early next month in the seaside resort of Cha-am. The event will comprise a series of cycle races from a central base at the Sirindhorn International Environmental Park near the town.
The CEO of AirAsia has announced that Langkawi Island will be its newest international hub airport. Tony Fernandes told reporters at a press briefing late last week that the plan was to base five aircraft at the Malaysian island’s airport.
Siem Reap’s newest luxury resort is offering discounts at its onsite eatery to mark the grand opening last month. The promotion at the Sarai Resort’s restaurant runs through until 30 April 2015 and gives patrons a hefty discount of 25 per cent off the prices of all dishes and beverages.
A grand groundbreaking ceremony has been scheduled to mark the start of construction at an airport that will serve Halong Bay and its environs. Quang Ninh provincial officials and the Sun Group from South Korea will officially mark their auspicious collaboration with the ceremony this coming Friday, 27 March.
Authorities in Bagan have banned all heavy vehicles from passing through a gateway which is more than 1,000 years old. The administration team in charge of the ancient temple complex in the Myanmar city says heavy traffic passing through Tharapa Gate has damaged both the structure and its foundations.