The US Department of State just ordered the departure of family members of employees at the consulate in Istanbul and updated their general travel warning to reflect that. While I consider the US and UK travel warnings as very conservative in general, this is a significant new piece of information to consider if you have […]
This week’s Travel News brings you a new non-stop flight to London, operated by Indonesia’s flag carrier Garuda, an overview of Western hotel brands expanding in Asia and the revised safety rating for AirAsia Indonesia! Get your detailed travel news below!
Uber, the ride sharing company, has been all over the news. While it was mostly good news in the beginning how it was changing public transportation, reducing the need for cars and making it easier, safer and cheaper to get a ride, more recently there has been a lot of bad news about their business
It’s been a tough week for air travelers concerned about safety – the FAA downgraded Thailand over safety concerns (read my report and advice here) and now, the final report of the crash investigation of AirAsia Indonesia flight QZ8501 has been issued: The cause of the crash causing 162 deaths was a mix of a
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of the US announced that Thailand does not comply with International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) safety standards and has been downgraded to category 2. What does that mean to flying to Thailand or on a Thai airline – read onto find out!
The recent tragic terrorist attach in Paris and the crash of the Russian plane in the Sinai, Egypt, have caused fear and many people are canceling trips or questioning the safety of travel. I have been shaken by these shocking events as well and asked myself what the right thing to do is with regards
I love AirAsia – their motto is “now everyone can fly” and their super-low fare have given millions of people a chance to fly for the first time! You can see that everyday across Asia and I’ve been on plenty of flights with “first-timers” trying to navigate their way around unfamiliar territory. I have seen people
Over the last year there have been 3 tragic air plane disasters, with the – still unexplained -disappearance of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 a year ago, the shooting down of MH17 over the Ukraine and the loss of Air Asia Indonesia QZ8501. And people are concerned about flying Air Asia or choose other airlines over