Travel advice and news in Asia.

Thai Airways International has had to make adjustments to its domestic fares in an attempt to cover fuel and insurance surcharges. From 1st April the airlines ticket prices will increase on its domestic routes. Pruet Boobphakam, the THAI executive vice president, stated that the domestic airfare was adjusted on an average based on the Department [...]

AirAsia has lots of wicked deals this month but you have to book before the 11th, so don’t dilly dally! Travel period is 25 Sept – 13 February 2011 and you can find flights to Jakarta, Phuket and Ho Chi Minh City for incredibly low prices. Also check out their Indochina fares.

Bangkok Airways is the largest privately owned carrier in the country and has its own exciting plans to transform Samui Airport into a major main international airport, in direct competition to Phuket.
The airline is set to launch additional direct international flights on medium-haul routes from the small resort airport and its first routes are to [...]

Starting on 15th April, the Malaysian airline is to add 2 flights to its Kuala Lumpur to Taipei schedule, which will bring the weekly number of flights up to 9, due to an increasing demand from travellers. The Taipei route was established in July 2009 and since has experienced an 80% load factor.
To cater for [...]

Over the last few days the north of Thailand has had to cope with a haze hanging over the city. This has caused all kinds of problems at Chiang Mai Airport and meant that it has had to turn on its runway lights and prompted the authorities to put out more cloud-seeding flights at various [...]

AirAsia has plans to partner with Vietjet Air, the national carrier of Vietnam. Already making headway into Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia, the budget airline has bought a 30 per cent equity stake in Vietjet Air for 180 billion dong that will allow it to set up a Vietnam-based joint venture low-cost airline to be called [...]

Thai Airways are doing their little bit when it comes to being environmentally friendly. The airline is the first to provide its carbon footprint information on its signature dishes served during flights. The president of the Thai national airline, Piyasvasti Amranand, explained that the menu will include all the info required regarding the amount of [...]