ASEAN – Hong Kong will reduce the required hotel quarantine for passenger flight crews from seven to three days, while cargo crews will be excused, in a small step toward easing the city’s coronavirus restrictions, which have transformed it into one of the world’s most secluded locations. The measures, which take effect in May, would provide “much-needed survival space” for …

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has been working 24 hours a day to repatriate Thai nationals and foreigners stranded back into the kingdom by the coronavirus. Chatri Archjananun, Department of Consular Affairs Director-General, sat down to share the inside story of the race against time to get them home. In an interview with the Bangkok Post, Mr Chatri recalled …

METRO MANILA – Flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) and AirAsia are offering low rates for local flight in a bid to help the ailing travel industry in the country. The promo fares for domestic flights are the company’s efforts to help the economy and stimulate demand for air travel after being hit with the Covid-19 pandemic. According to the Philippine …

PETALING JAYA – MALAYSIA’S low-cost airliner AirAsia Berhad has announced on Monday that it will be teaming up with digital travel platform Agoda in an effort to boost travel activity in the region. According to the AirAsia, the agreement hope to provide travellers convenience as it will be enabling its users flight sharings and hotel accomodations. The project also aims …

KUALA LUMPUR – AirAsia will be resuming their Malaysia and Singapore flights following the decision to go ahead and implement the Reciprocal Green Lane (RGL). According to AirAsia, the resumption of flights will be followed by other international destinations but will be subjected to the approval from the authorities. The budget airliner will also launch weekly flights between Singapore and …

A senior civilian director recently said that international flights for tourists are not likely to resume in Thailand until late September. He attributed the reluctance to uncertainty over the government’s policies on international travel. Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand director Chula Sukmanop, recently said that none of the airlines he had talked to expressed interest in resuming their international flights …

Thailand’s government has announced it plans to create “travel bubbles” through bilateral agreements designed to keep Covid-19 in check when Thailand reopens its borders. “Once the covid-19 situation improves, we’ll allow travel between countries. However only countries that we have an agreement with,” Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha told a briefing in Bangkok. Also adding no such pacts have reached cabinet as …

HANOI – Vietnam’s newest airline plans to launch its flight in the first half of 2021. Vu Duc Bien, CEO of Vietravel Airlines, said that the airline and tourism industriy is expected to bounce back from COVID-19 pandemic. The airline was given principal approval from the Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc with a charter capital of VND700 billion to start …

Low-cost airlines are not immune to the threat of the coronavirus pandemic and plan to reduce or scrap routes to four major destinations — Japan, South Korea, India and China — while tourism operators say the battered stock market will further weaken travel sentiment. The suspension follows the decision to temporarily halt services on all routes connecting to mainland China …

Aviation agencies are planning to step up the screening of passengers from countries affected by Covid-19 and are assigning a small airport to specifically handle these flights. Wg Cdr Suthirawat Suwanawat, general manager of Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport, said he has raised the issue with Chula Sukmanop, director-general of the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT). According to him, aircraft from …