KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will begin a service to Xiamen from Amsterdam starting in March next year, becoming the first airline to provide this direct flight. Xiamen, the second-largest city in Fujian province which is becoming a center for big industry, will be the seventh new destination for the airline. CEO and president Peter Hartman […]
Category: Travel & Leisure
Source: China Daily
Hong Kong-based Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts will open a Shangri-La Hotel in Nanchang in the second quarter of 2013. It will be in a multi-use complex built in two phases in the Honggutan New District, next to the government administration office and the city’s new convention center. Phase I will include 319 guestrooms with meeting […]
An increase in Chinese travelers through Melbourne Airport is expected to continue in December, with three additional airlines operating direct daily flights. (At the moment five flights arrive simultaneously and the airport struggles to deal with 2,000 passengers.) The airport’s international passenger numbers for November increased by 9.6%last year, with a 26.7% in Chinese passport […]
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) expects airlines to report stronger-than-expected profits of US$15.1 billion this year. Pushing the indusry forward is Asia, where travel is expected to grow strongly. According to the association, Air China’s market value is now twice that of Delta in the US or Germany’s Lufthansa. IATA chief executive Giovanni Bisignani […]