CATHAY Pacific has introduced more smoke-free flights, this time to Seoul. The services affected are CX420/411, non-stop daily between Hong Kong and Seoul, and CX416/417, non-stop three times weekly. CX410/421 which stops in Taipei enroute to Seoul will still have a smoking section.
The majority of the airline's flights elsewhere in the world are smoke-free, but this is the first step to developing the policy in North Asia. Flights between Hong Kong and Japan still have a smoking section.
Tim Fitzsimmons, general manager marketing and sales for Cathay, said research shows that 72 per cent of passengers on the Hong Kong-Seoul flights are non-smokers. Now more than 75 per cent of Cathay flights are smoke-free.
DRAGONAIR has launched a joint service with Royal Brunei Airlines. The Hong Kong/Brunei route is being serviced by RBA B767 aircraft, and ground services at Kai Tak are being handled by International Aviation Services (IAS), a fully-owned subsidiary of Dragonair.
The flights leave Hong Kong and Brunei on Wednesdays and Sundays. Dragonair has replaced Cathay Pacific as RBA's joint venture partner.
AFTER more than a century of disuse, the Shannon-Erne Waterway is once again open to boat traffic, providing a leisurely way to experience the unindustrialised western region of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The canal, restored jointly by Ireland and Britain, opened this summer.