India
AirAsia to launch flights to 5 more Indian cities
Budget carrier AirAsia said Tuesday it would launch flights to another five Indian cities from April, as part of its regional expansion despite global economic uncertainties.
Kingfisher Airlines to Launch Flights from India to Thailand
MUMBAI: Kingfisher Airlines, India's only Five Star airline rated by Skytrax, today announced the launch of daily direct flights between Kolkata and Bangkok from August 14, 2009. After London, Colombo, Dhaka and Dubai, Bangkok will be the fifth in...
Americans help feed India's tourism boom
NEW DELHI — Keith Lotman went to New Delhi on a two-week business trip. But a quick day of sightseeing in India's capital city left him enthralled and ready to see more of the country. "I have about a hundred different places that I'd like to vis...
Sex education: a tangled Web
MANY Shanghai students in the crucial 12-19 age range have a sex educator answering the most difficult and delicate questions 24 hours a day.
Dragonair commences Bangalore service
Dragonair today celebrated the launch of its new scheduled service from Hong Kong to Bengaluru (Bangalore), India, with a ceremony held at the city's international airport to mark the arrival of the first flight.
Marvellous Mumbai
In some ways, Mumbai is just a bigger, smellier, dirtier version of London: the trains are packed, people spit in the street and property prices have gone through the roof. But this city of 16 million people – India’s largest – is much more chaoti...
Mumbai's deadly trains claim a dozen daily
MUMBAI (AFP) — Every morning college student Siddhi Sarangdhar squeezes herself onto a Mumbai train and hopes she will survive the journey to school on the world's busiest -- and deadliest -- rail network.
Druk Air cuts flights to Delhi, Kolkata
THIMPHU: Bhutan's national airline - Druk Air - has temporarily slashed its flight frequency on several routes, including Delhi and Kolkata, to deal with the hike in aviation fuel prices and the lean tourist season.
India's domestic airlines hike fares to beat rising costs
New Delhi, Mumbai, June 19 Domestic air travel has become more costly. With the price of aviation turbine fuel (ATF) soaring, almost all airlines including Air India, Jet Airways, JetLite and the low cost airline, SpiceJet have announced an increa...
Lizards, jackals and birds hold up flights from New Delhi
New Delhi - About 100 flights were delayed in one day from the international airport in New Delhi after monitor lizards, jackals and birds strayed on the runway after early monsoons hit the city, a newspaper reported Tuesday.
Finnair to increase India flights; plans services to Bangalore, Chennai
Mumbai: Nordic carrier Finnair, buoyed by increasing revenues from its India operations, will increase the number of flights to India on Saturdays and add new destinations in addition to Mumbai and Delhi.
Air Arabia doubles frequency of Mumbai flights
MUMBAI - Air Arabia, the first and largest low-cost carrier (LCC) in the Middle East and North Africa, announced on Thursday that beginning on June 8, the number of flights to Mumbai will double, from daily to double daily flights, from the LCC's ...
Hong Kong moves ahead to enhance tourism promos in India
The Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) unveiled its growth plans for the Indian market to tap the outbound visitors and expand its marketing outreach to Southern India in view of the recent breakthrough in bilateral aviation agreement between India an...
Jet Airways Connects 3 Cities With Daily Flights Mumbai To San Francisco Via Shanghai
Jet Airways, India's premier international airline will commence its daily services from Mumbai to San Francisco via Shanghai, effective June 14, 2008. Jet Airways will thus become the first Indian carrier to operate daily non-stop flights to Shan...