Category: Travel
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Oasis tried to convince us that it was the world’s first long-haul budget airline. It wasn’t, and it went bust. The one area where Oasis had a competitive product was Business Class. Substantially cheaper than its competitors, for a perfectly reasonable old-style seat and good service. Enter Hong Kong Airlines with a new service from…
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The SCMP may have been late on to this story, but they do seem to be running with it, albeit with a somewhat sensationalist headline. Britons may be fined, held under new passport rules Citizens on mainland face penalties if stopped while their documents are in HK for renewal Keith Wallis Dec 22, 2011 Britons…
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Having finally caught up with the story about changes to the way British passports are being issued, the SCMP are not letting go. Local jobs to go as Britain closes passport operation Keith Wallis Dec 07, 2011 Up to 24 staff working at the British consulate in Hong Kong will be made redundant when all…
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Last year I highlighted the appalling delays on flights between Shanghai and Hong Kong, but things have improved – as the SCMP belatedly reports Authorities give Cathay Shanghai connections a lift Surprise boost to air traffic flow shows what officials can achieve with determination, says airline chief Anita Lam Jun 29, 2011 The number of…
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I’m not keen on the Dragonair flight from Hong Kong to Bangalore, but I can’t help feeling that it may have some advantages over this option from Jet Airways: I’m thinking that it doesn’t take 1 hour from Chicago to Delhi. So that would be the next day. Surely there’s a faster way from Hong…
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Cathay Pacific and Dragonair yesterday – Hong Kong to Shanghai. Two cancellations, and delays of 2-3 hours on most flights in the afternoon, and even worse coming back to Hong Kong, with delays of 3-4 hours:
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It amazes me that cities are still so keen to stage events such as the Olympics. Far from increasing the number of visitors it actually drives them away. Hotels put up their prices and most people assume that flights will be either unavailable or very expensive, so they go somewhere else. Locally we had this…
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Well, better late that never, I suppose. Not a flight from Shanghai to Hong Kong, but a story in the South China Morning Post about the frequent delays on that route (subscription required): Flights to and from mainland airports have been delayed for up to eight hours. About four out of every 10 Dragonair flights…
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Dragonair’s main USP is that it’s the Hong Kong airline that flies to China. Which is also its main problem. The table on the right is from the Dragonair website, and shows the scheduled and actual arrival times of flights from Shanghai to Hong Kong on one day (Wednesday 25 August). The day starts off…
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So there I was in the usual throng of people waiting to get on the plane. A middle-aged man was trying to get past me, and became upset when I didn’t immediately get out of his way. He spoke. “Typically, I like to be with my children”. I looked around for a distraught seven year-old,…
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