A new deal has been struck to allow more flights on what is (I believe) one of the most lucrative set of routes in the world, between Hong Kong and Sydney/Melbourne.  It is profitable in part because the only airlines currently allowed to operate these routes are Qantas and Cathy Pacific, who are both members of the OneWorld alliance.  Now Dragonair…

The South China Morning Post reports that “Indonesia has advised its citizens to avoid travelling to Britain over fears of possible terror attacks following the recent bombings in Spain”. I couldn’t find any confirmation of this on the AP website or anywhere else, but I don’t suppose the SCMP made it up. Later – Proof…

England seem to be heading for defeat in the Third Test in Colombo, and athough there is still the possibility of another rearguard action to save the game, the Daily Telegraph’s cricket correspondent came up with a novel excuse for their poor performance: Another excuse occurred on Friday night. A party on the front lawn…