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KUALA LUMPUR: Crisis-stricken Malaysia Airlines said Thursday its second-quarter loss nearly doubled as the mysterious loss of flight MH370, combined with intense industry competition, prompted a drop in the carrier’s bookings. The flag carrier airline said it posted a MYR305 million (USD97 million) loss in the April to June quarter, which followed the 8 March disappearance of flight MH370 with …

JAKARTA: For the second consecutive year Bali and Singapore lead as the most popular destinations for flight searches during the Indonesian Lebaran holiday travel in 2014, according to latest Wego.Com assessment. While the majority of flight clicks were for domestic destinations with Bali at the top of the board, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur registered second and third overall on Indonesia’s …

PHNOM PENH: Aviation Corp of China (AVIC) launched Cambodia Bayon Airlines , last week in Phnom Penh, with its first flights scheduled to begin in January. Cambodia Bayon Airlines, China’s first airline venture in the Mekong region, opened officially in Phnom Penh with officials touting the venture’s potential to advance relations between the two countries. Its major shareholder is an …

28 August 2014, 5:40pm TOULOUSE, FRANCE – Qatar Airways, the launch customer of the Airbus A350 Xtra Wide Body aircraft is set to receive its first delivery before the end of this year. The airline has ordered 80 of the widebody A350 XWB which will be deployed on a wide variety of routes served by the Qatar Airways network. The …

Posted on 27 August 2014 KUALA LUMPUR: The UBER mobile app transport service that connects passengers with drivers of private vehicles for hire and ride-sharing services is illegal. Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) chairman Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar (pix) said the use of private vehicles to carry fare-paying passengers is an offence under the Land Public Transport Act 2010. …

BANGKOK, 26 August 2014: Department of Tourism, under the supervision of Ministry of Tourism and Sports, held a seminar to hear opinions on the draft of the Act of Tourism Standard last Friday. Presiding at the “Study and Development of Tourism Standard Act” seminar, deputy permanent secretary, Kajorn Weerajai, said Thailand needed a tourism standard, or benchmark, to create a …

AUG 26, 2014 Confirmation has been received from Nairobi that the Kenyan government has, for the time being, suspended the introduction of what has been described retaliatory Visa requirements for South African citizens. Forward bookings by South African tourists visiting the Kenya coast had in recent weeks taken a drastic downturn when it became known that wannabe visitors were to …

Regional humanitarian hub Senegal said on Friday it had blocked a regional U.N. aid plane from landing and was banning all further flights to and from countries affected by Ebola, potentially hampering the emergency response to the epidemic. A number of aid agencies have their regional headquarters in politically stable Senegal. Both medical charity MSF and the United Nations, which …

Labor market improvements and positive consumer expectations drive 1.3 percent increase in holiday travelers. Automobile travel will increase by 1.4 percent this year, with 29.7 million travelers hitting the road. Nearly eight percent of travelers (2.65 million) will travel by air, a one percent increase from last year. ORLANDO, FLA. – AAA Travel projects 34.7 million Americans will journey 50 …