China’s popular social media platform WeChat has made in-flight mobile payment possible by post-landing settlement. WeChat Pay has rolled out a pilot in-flight mobile payment service for passengers taking two flights carried by Spring Airlines. WeChat Pay users with a credit score above 550 can apply for the service, which enables them to make purchases […]
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AirAsia launches Borneo’s new intra-island route Where? Kuching (Malaysia) to Pontianak (Indonesia) When? Daily, effective immediately Who? AirAsia Why? Low-cost carrier expands intra-island connectivity in Borneo, with new cross-border link between Malaysia and Indonesia Anything else? Pontianak is known as the “Equatorial City” as it is positioned exactly on the Equator. Air China expands European
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Spring adds low-cost link between key Asian cities Where? Shanghai Pudong (China) to Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) When? Four times a week, effective immediately Who? Spring Airlines Why? China’s largest low-cost carrier expands its international network with a new route connecting two of Asia’s key cities Anything else? Spring becomes the fourth airline operating
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Despite continued strong passenger growth, Chinese airlines experienced declining profits in the first quarter of 2017. The China Securities Journal, which is published by the state-run Xinhua news agency, reported this week that profits at three of the country’s largest carriers plunged in Q1. China Southern Airlines, Asia’s biggest carrier by passenger traffic, suffered a
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Bangladesh gets low-cost Dubai link Where? Dubai (UAE) to Sylhet (Bangladesh) When? Four times a week, effective immediately (rising to six per week in May 2017) Who? Flydubai Why? New low-cost link to tap demand for trade between two Muslim countries, including overseas workers in the Gulf Anything else? Located in northeast Bangladesh, Sylhet is
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China Eastern expands operations in Sapporo Where? Nanjing (China) to Sapporo, pictured (Japan) When? Twice a week, effective 26 March 2017 Who? China Eastern Airlines Why? Another new route taps the surge in demand for outbound travel and tourism from mainland China to Japan Anything else? Japan’s fourth largest city, Sapporo has hosted both the
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