News in Asia

To serve the increased number of passengers during the New Year celebration the Authorities of Skytrain in Bangkok took a decision to prolong its work up to 2AM on 1 January.

Except Myanmar, Vietnam is only one country of ASEAN Community which doesn’t have clear system of ‘visa-on-arrival’ receipt for foreign travelers and demands pre-approval process before arriving.

8 Vietnamese engineers during one year developed a revolutionary system for tourists who want to discover the country on the bicycle.

To reduce incidents of sexual harassment and violence the Anti-Alcohol Organization applied to the Public Health Ministry of Thailand to ban the sale of alcohol at the stations and in the trains.

After the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) of Thailand approved the installation of equipment to provide WiFi on the board of aircraft at once two Thai airlines launches new option.  

The popular low-coster Air Asia opens new route from Bangkok (Don Mueang Airport) to Changsha in the Southern China in this month.

To conform the increasing number of developed cities and to provide safety new station was planned for the 209-kilometre of the high-speed railway connecting Bangkok to Hua Hin.

As Vietnam Airlines reported the airline plans to launch more flights to the Russian capital, Moscow in the next year. In the April Vietnam Airlines will offer 4 weekly flights, in November – 8.

With a view to attract more travellers in the Sultan Thaha Airport in Jambi new passenger and VIP terminals will be constructed in the next year.

The Airports of Thailand reached a new level and ready to offer free WiFi for all passengers. This is an attempt to increase their level.

Thai company The Transport Co Ltd reported the opening new 11th bus route through new 4th Thailand-Laos Friendship Bridge at the north border.

To facilitate the traffic to the main sights of Chiang Mai at the Suthep Mountain such as Doi Suthep Temple, Hmong Hilltribe Village and Bhubing Palace the Police will ban private vehicle on the road to them during New Year celebration.

As it became known, China Airlines and Tiger Airways are going to create a new budget airline in Taiwan to provide the increasing popularity of budget flights in Northeast Asia.

The Transportation Ministry of Indonesia tries to offer best New Year holidays for travellers by adding more flights and sea rides. The government approved the addition of 33,006 seats for airline travelers and 210,708 seats for ship travellers.

As Japan reported, the country plans to provide a loan of 10,46 billion yen or 3,24 billion baht for some infrastructure projects in Laos.

Singapore's Scoot and Thailand's Nok Air plans to cooperate and merge into a new low-cost carrier to provide increased interest to budget flights in the Southeast Asia region.

Chiang Mai in the northern part of Thailand is the most popular place for New Year holidays except Bangkok. To meet the growing demand the popular low-cost carrier Nok Air took a decision to add more flights for this route.

To satisfy the increasing interest of Singaporeans and South Koreans the Governments both of the countries discussed the possibility to offer more flights between them.

The best low cost airline in Southeast Asia Air Asia took a big step in its development and became the first in Malaysia be granted the RNP-AR APCH flight operations approval.

The national carrier Myanmar Airways plans to introduce new amazing journey in Mandalay. The airline will offer to discover the city with a bird's-eye view.