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KUALA LUMPUR: Budget carrier AirAsia will begin direct flights from Johor Bahru to Bangkok four times a week from July 17.

It will accept bookings from tomorrow.

JB-Bangkok will be AirAsia’s eighth route into Thailand after flights from Kuala Lumpur to Phuket, Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Hat Yai, Krabi, Surat Thani and Pattaya.

“Johor Bahru is the third largest city in Malaysia with tremendous travel demand and AirAsia is determined to provide the best connectivity from the south of peninsular Malaysia,” the airline said.

With direct flights, travellers will avoid a transit stop in Kuala Lumpur or commuting to Singapore.

Promotional all-in-fares from RM69 one way, will be available from May 18-May 24 for travel from July 17 to May 31 next year.

The airline is also offering half-price tickets to all destinations, except domestic flights to Indonesia, during the same booking period, for travel from Sept 1 to March 31 next year.

– BERNAMA

As of 11MAY15, NokScoot has re-opened reservation for Bangkok Don Mueang – Nanjing route on its website, due to begin on 02JUN15. Planned operational schedule and frequency remains unchanged, with 3 weekly Boeing 777 operation.

Operational schedule as follow.

XW088 DMK1340 – 1850NKG 772 246
XW089 NKG2000 – 2240DMK 772 246

GEORGE TOWN, May 16 (Bernama) — AirAsia X, the long-haul, low-cost affiliate carrier of AirAsia Group, is banking on new routes and enhancing network connectivity to achieve profitability this year.

AirAsia X Bhd acting chief executive officer Benyamin Ismail said the airline would likely fly to Hawaii this year and broaden its connectivity in Japan and the Middle East.
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Uber has finally caught a break in the Philippines. It’s no secret that the company’s dealing with a bunch of issues, from sexual assault complaints to resistance by local taxi businesses and permit problems with governments across the globe. But in the Asian archipelago, the ride-sharing service is now completely legal, after operating without formal regulations for almost a year. In fact, the Philippine transportation department has created a whole new classification for Uber called Transportation Network Vehicle Service (TNVS). That category recognizes all app-based transportation services, which means rivals like Lyft can launch in the country with zero issues.
继续阅读Uber and other app-hailing services become legal in the Philippines

KOTA KINABALU: Gunmen linked to the Abu Sayyaf stormed into a popular seaside restaurant near Sandakan and abducted the manager and a customer during dinner on Thursday.

The four men, one armed with an automatic rifle with bullets strapped on his chest and another with a pistol, burst into the Ocean King Seafood Restaurant at about 7.40pm prompting the patrons to flee.

The restaurant owner, Chung Yan Tsim, said his 48-year-old sister-in-law, who manages the restaurant, and the customer, believed to be from Sarawak, were bundled off by the gunmen in the raid lasting less than a minute.
继续阅读Abu Sayyaf gunmen abduct two in Sandakan