Burj Dubai Opens as Burj Khalifa

The world's tallest building opened in Dubai on Monday with a spectacular fireworks display...

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Indian Domestic airlines report good business in festival season

The festival season is bringing cheer to the domestic airline industry with almost all players reporting daily passenger carriage of about 30,000 from about 26,000 previously...

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Tiger Airways Obtains Financing Approval for Two Airbus

Standard Chartered Bank and Tiger Airways have partnered in their first Export Credit Agency (ECA) backed financing arrangement, with Coface of France acting as the front ECA, for the purchase of two new Airbus A320-200s. Standard Chartered Bank is the mandated lead arranger for the deal for the two aircraft being delivered in January and February 2010.

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Indian Domestic Airlines will continue to add low-cost seats

The trend of airlines shifting capacities to the low-cost model, as witnessed in the current year, is likely to continue in the next year.

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Mexico City Expects Tourist Numbers to Increase 35 Percent in 2010

Mexico City received 10.4 million tourists in 2009 and expects that figure to increase to 14 million next year, helped by events such as free public viewing of World Cup games, according to city officials.

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104 ‘restricted’ peaks in Jammu & Kashmir open for expeditions

The government has given its nod for opening of a whopping 104 peaks for expeditions. The peaks—located in the Leh-Ladakh area—along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and Line of Control (LoC) were so far ‘restricted’.

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Cuba protests screening of Cuban citizens flying into US

HAVANA – Cuba has summoned the top U.S. diplomat on the island to protest extra screening for Cuban citizens flying into the United States.

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AirAsia Group and Jet Star form first low cost airlines' world alliance

In a world first for low cost airlines, Jetstar and AirAsia announced today they would form a new alliance that would reduce costs, pool expertise and ultimately result in cheaper fares for both carriers.

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Which? Holiday: Just say no to Thomas Cook

Britain’s leading travel brand, Thomas Cook, has been slammed by Which? Holiday magazine. A survey published today says the company that pioneered organised tourism in Victorian times has “work to do to get standards up to 21st-century expectations”.

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China's tourism plans condemned by Vietnam

HANOI — Vietnam has condemned what it says is a Chinese plan to develop tourism on the disputed Paracel archipelago.

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Egypt: Tourism beyond the package tour

In Egypt, tourism is big business. Nearly 13 million people visited the land of the pharaohs in 2008, and officials say the global economic crisis caused only a temporary slippage in the numbers in 2009.

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