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Daily Digest: Today’s Asia travel news at a glance – March 23

FROM jelly bean singers to playing golf on airlines, there’s some weird and wonderful stories gracing the headlines of Asia travel news today. Read the full wrap-up here. Jellybean singer sells out three…

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Daily Digest: Today’s Asia travel news at a glance – March 22

CHAOS continues at Bangkok airport, Qantas pilots get up to speed using a flight simulator, there’s a video of a classic outback loo and new images of the Titanic come to light. These…

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Daily Digest: Today’s Asia travel news at a glance – March 16

ASIA prepares to go Irish, Japanese tourists become stranded driving to an island and Malaysia starts a virtual travel fair. For these stories and more read today’s Asia travel news round-up. Japanese students…

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Daily Digest: Today’s Asia travel news at a glance – March 13

TODAY’S daily digest has a distinct sky bound theme as we take a look at Thailand’s transgender air hostesses, the changes in Air Asia X,  fuel surcharges on FireFly and the fabulous new…

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Daily Digest: Today’s Asia travel news at a glance – March 8

FANCY yourself as a travel writer, need to travel to Sydney or get the latest details on aircraft accident rates? Today’s digest will give all that and more with a roundup of Asia…

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India orders Kingfisher to explain flight disruptions

INDIA’S top aviation watchdog is ordering troubled Kingfisher Airline to explain dozens of canceled flights as the carrier battles mounting financial troubles. On Monday airline officials were told to appear before the aviation…

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Grass fire closes Nepal’s only international airport

A GRASS fire has closed Nepal’s only international airport and forced flights to divert to India. Police spokesman Raviraj Shrestha said the fire spread close to the runway but away from the terminal…

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Daily Digest: Today’s Asia travel news at a glance – Feb 7

340 Russian tourists stranded in Phuket, Yen Tu Festival begins in Vietnam, and new Anantara resort in Vietnam. Read these stories and more in today’s Asia travel news round-up. 340 Russian tourists stranded…

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Daily Digest: Today’s Asia travel news at a glance – Feb 6

JAPAN remains one of the world’s top destinations, Judas Priest in Singapore, and new ‘Canton route’ from Heathrow to Australia. Read these stories and more in today’s Asia travel news round-up. Survey says Japan…

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Daily Digest: Today’s Asia travel news at a glance – Feb 3

Jakarta breaks own tourism record, Sydney backpackers refuse to travel, and Air NZ to fly Auckland-Bali. Read these stories and more in our Asia travel news round-up. Jakarta breaks own tourism record… Jakarta received more…

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