News in Asia

The Governor of Chiang Mai, Suriya Prasartbandit reported, that to ease traffic in the city and reduce congestions on the roads 12 new commuter routes to be opened on 1 August.

Thai Airways Vice President, Mrs. Petchpring Sarasin, said at the
awarding ceremony, that the main task of the company is constantly
improving the quality of service.

After suspending the launching the first high-speed train in Thailand, the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) had finally allowed it to move forward.

The national carrier of Thailand, Thai Airways International was forced to re-route its European flights to six destinations, such as Frankfurt, Munich, Zurich, London, Rome and Paris.

The one of the most popular Vietnamese resorts Phu Quoc island will be connected with Singapore and Cambodia by national carrier Vietnam Airlines.

At the end of the 2015 year Korean Air plans to launch new direct flights from Seoul (Incheon airport) to Phu Quoc in Vietnam.

By the decision of the Board of Directors of the State Railway of Thailand the system of wireless Internet access should be installed in Thai trains.

 

State Railway of Thailand Electric Train (SRT) isn’t satisfied with the work of airline check-in service at the Makkasan Airport Rail Link (ARL) station in Bangkok. It enjoys low demand and is under threat of closure.

Yesterday in London the winners of the international competition «Skytrax World Airlines Award» were awarded. Malaysian low-cost carrier «Air Asia» has been named the "World's Best Low-Cost Airline" and "Asia's Best Low-Cost Airline".

Mo Chit Bus Terminal should find another place as the owner of the land, State Railway of Thailand (SRT) requested its movement to a new place. Transport Company, which is a state enterprise, also planed to relocate the northern station Mo Chit.

The Indonesian Government was forced to postpone the opening of the Trans-Sumatra toll road  to the 9 October, as the works were delayed because of some complexities.

Transportation Ministry of Indonesia launched a major project of construction new roil road between Cikarang dry port in Karawang (West Java) and Tanjung Priok Port (North Jakarta).

Active development of tourism in Indonesia and in the whole of Southeast Asia resulted in the restoration of Air France’s flights from Paris to Jakarta through Singapore.

With the increase in popularity of Japan as new destination among airlines of Thailand the main carrier Thai Airways International presented its new promotion.

A few days ago Vietnam and Laos presented their joint project: a road from border maker №790 to the Phoukeua international border gate in Attapeu province (Laos).

 

The last incident, which happened on Thai train a week ago, resulted in a loss of confidence in the State Railway of Thailand. In order to restore the reputation of Thai train the military government of Thailand has adopted a series of measures.

Today in Thailand was started a long three-day weekend on the occasion of Asarnha Bucha Day or the beginning of Buddhist Lent. Thai Ministry of Transport has taken all the necessary measures to locals and visitors can safely move around the country in this period without any difficulty.

A Thai unit of Malaysian long-haul budget airline Air Asia X tries to promote its incoming new routes to the popular Japanese cities such as Osaka and Narita.

 Jet Asia Airways, the private Thai airline, which operated just charter flight will change activity and become an airline with regular flights.

According to the State Railway of Thailand’s governor, Praphat Chongsa-nguan its legal department is developing new regulations which will ban alcohol sale and drink in the trains.