Dear industry partners, colleagues and friends, 2021 will be remembered as a year of challenges marked by the pandemic, but also a year of perseverance especially to our travel and airline industry. We have seen friends and colleagues leaving the field; we have seen businesses shut down, but a... read more
Dec
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Jun
08
THAI Smile Airways, a subsidiary of Thai Airways, is resuming its Hong Kong – Phuket direct flight from 02 July 2021, with a 4-weekly frequency on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. One-way fare from HKD810 only with checked baggage allowance included. Fully vaccinated tourists can visit Phuket without quarantine from... read more
May
12
MF Jebsen Group, through its Auction4Wildlife initiative, in line with its mission and commitment to the greatest environmental challenges of the 21st century announces a philanthropic partnership with Aston Martin Hong Kong, Bonhams and The Peninsula Hong Kong. The Gulf Blue Edition Vantage, exclusive and the... read more
Mar
22
According to a report released by VariFlight, a China-based civil-aviation data service provider, China is the only country with positive year-on-year growth in number of flight movement. Airports in China handled a total of 231,700 flight departures in February 2021, up 127.98% compared with the same period last year, The... read more
Mar
02
Research undertaken by ForwardKeys reveals that domestic air travel in China during New Year Golden Week was 69% down on the equivalent period in 2019, when travel was at normal, pre-pandemic levels. The period, which ran from February 11th–17th this year, is one of the busiest in the year for... read more
Dec
23
Dear industry partners, colleagues and friends around the world, What an unprecedented year full of uncertainty and difficulty. But no matter how challenging it is, we face it together as an industry. While international travel is restricted, we have continued to work behind the scenes to keep our global destination,... read more
Dec
17
(17 December 2020) The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has announced stricter measures on international flights coming into the country, as it moves to curb the number of imported coronavirus cases. Effective immediately, if five or more passengers on a flight arriving in China test positive for Covid-19, the... read more
Nov
11
Chinese tourists made 155 million outbound international trips in 2019, up 3.3 percent year on year, according to a report released Tuesday by China Tourism Academy. Last year, consumption abroad by China's outbound tourists exceeded 133.8 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of more than 2 percent compared to the 2018... read more
Oct
06
(29 September 2020) The International Air Transport Association (IATA) downgraded its traffic forecast for 2020 to reflect a weaker-than-expected recovery, as evidenced by a dismal end to the summer travel season in the Northern Hemisphere. IATA now expects full-year 2020 traffic to be down 66% compared to 2019. The previous... read more
