Travel advice and news in Asia.

Phuket Film Festival 2010 is about to start and there’s an exciting line-up for the film buffs amongst you. Running from June 4th – 13th you can catch award-winning movies. Started in 2007, it is organized by AMW International, Co, Ltd., a Bangkok Thailand based entertainment and media consulting company.
AMW are laying the groundwork for [...]

Since April 13th when the Thai political unrest increased, the number of travellers coming to Thailand has decreased. Agents selling inbound tours combining Malaysia-Thailand-Singapore to the Chinese mainland market have reported a mass of cancellations as people watch the troubles in the media and deem it to dangerous to visit.

Thai Airways International is to resume the service from Bangkok-Johannesburg service putting on 3 flights a week between June 2 and October 30. Suspended since January it was dropped when oil prices became too expensive to make the route viable. The airline will operate the route using Boeing 777-200ER with 30 business and 262 economy [...]

FIREFLY, a subsidiary carrier of Malaysia Airlines, is all set to open up a new office in Indonesia with an individual local partner holding a majority share. The airline will hold a 48% share.
If everything goes well then Firefly will be the second regional LCC, after Indonesia AirAsia, to set up a company in Indonesia. [...]

Thai Airways International has nearly returned to normal after airspace over Northern Europe was closed following the volcanic eruption in Iceland last week. Passengers have been stranded all over the world and many of them forced to camp out at airports, find accommodation at expensive city hotels or try and find an alternative route home. [...]

The Malaysian budget carrier, Air Asia, is to introduce a further 6 flights to India this year to accommodate the growing demand.
Flights from Penang to Kolkata are due to commence April 28, Kuala Lumpur to Mumbai May 6, followed by Kuala Lumpur-Chennai, Kuala Lumpur-New Delhi, Kuala Lumpur-Bangalore, Kuala Lumpur-Hyderabad. Plans for Kolkata-Bangkok direct flight are [...]

Suvarnabhumi Airport is celebrating the Thai New Year by organizing the “Grand Songkran at Suvarnabhumi Airport” event as a welcome to all its passengers. Already in operation, if you are at the airport expect to see the passenger terminal building decked out in traditional Thai style on the 2nd and 4th floors and demonstrations of [...]