Friday, March 31 2023 | ASIA TODAY INTERNATIONAL - Reporting the Business that Matters in Asia
BANGKOK - Thai Airways International has further suspended Scheduled flights between Australia and Thailand until March 27 2021. The resumption of commercial flights will be subject to the adjustment of Government policies to reopen the borders of Australia and Thailand for unrestricted international travel.
SINGAPORE - Singapore Airlines has started trials on a new digital health verification process, the first in the world to be based on the IATA Travel Pass framework. This will offer passengers the ability to securely store and present information related to COVID-19 tests.
Vietnam's first inward international commercial flight for six months, from Seoul, touched down at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on September 25. Earlier, VN's first scheduled outward international commercial service flew from Hanoi to Tokyo with nearly 60 passengers, including mainly Vietnamese students and workers and Japanese nationals.
HANOI - The Vietnamese Government has suspended its visa exemption programme for eight European countries - the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Poland, Norway and Denmark - as the COVID-19 virus continues to spread.
SINGAPORE - In a restructure of its flight operations ino Kolkata, Singapore Airlines from March 29 will introduce a fifth weekly flight to Kolkata, India. On the same day, the Airline's regional wing, SilkAir, will cease services to the city. Currently, SIA operates four weekly flights and SilkAir three.
HANOI - Vietnam Airlines has reported a strong business performance in 2019, despite what it describes as a challenging business landscape which saw a market slowdown, depreciation of key currencies, and limited existing infrastructure to meet increasing travel demand.