Image-conscious China chides its 'unruly' tourists

Association of Asia Pacific Airlines

Cargo market puts pressure on Asian carriers

27 Feb 2013

Asian airlines face mixed fortunes this year, with continued growth in the number of passengers but pressure on cargo yields and rates despite a possible resurgence in volumes, the head of Asia's...

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Is Tony Tyler saying the aviation industry is doing God's work?

27 Feb 2013

The airline industry may be slightly on the back foot with the flak it gets from environmentalists on account of its emissions.

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Travellers' checks

18 Nov 2012

Serene Africa One of Africa's fastest-growing tourist destinations, Mozambique has just become easier to reach, with new Qatar Airways flights from Doha to Maputo start-ing this month.

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Travellers' checks

23 Sep 2012

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Letters to the Editor, September 15, 2012

15 Sep 2012

Ban creates commercial uncertainty

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Angry merchants protest against Cathay Pacific's shark fin ban

8 Sep 2012

More than 100 angry merchants yesterday protested outside Cathay Pacific's headquarters against the airline's decision to stop carrying shark fi

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Opinion

Alex Lo

Rankings belie the real purpose of universities: to educate

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Howard Winn

Way to go

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Cathay Pacific bans shark fin from its cargo flights

Cathay Pacific has bowed to pressure from environmental groups and banned shark fin from its cargo flights.

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Cathay Pacific adds six new Chinese dishes to in-flight menu

Cathay Pacific's contribution to the airline industry's rethink of in-flight meals has a distinctly Hong Kong flavour, with the company adding new Chinese dishes to its menus.

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Asia's top airlines should keep from charging for ancillary services

How long can Asia's leading airlines, including Cathay Pacific Airways and Singapore Airlines, resist the lucrative lure of "unbundling" their services and charging separately for each item?

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AVIATION

Kimberly Kwok Pui-ying joins elite pilots of Dragonair as rare female

Kimberly Kwok Pui-ying has been fascinated by aviation since she was a little girl. But it took years before her childhood dream to become a pilot finally took off.

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Bumpy tax landing for Cathay

Cathay Pacific and many of its overseas-based pilots are facing a financial hit after a perfectly legal 'taxsaving'' scheme set up in the early 1990s backfired.

One well-informed...

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TRAVEL

Travellers' checks

Fun on the run Anyone inspired by today's Olympic men's marathon race, or last Sunday's women's event, can take part in something similar with Cathay Pacific Holidays' Mount Fuji Marathon 2012...

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