News in Asia

Not long time ago Jakarta’s Administration reported the start of long-awaited MRT construction. Now they said that monorail project, which was canceled due to lack of funding, would be restored.

As the popularity and capacity of Krabi Airport Thai Air Asia launches new routes departed from there. The start of flights is scheduled for the coming high season period.

During 4-7 December this year Two-wheel Vehicle International Expo will be held at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre in Ho Chi Minh City.

Krabi Airport, which is situated in about 100 km from Phuket Island is gaining popularity and going to expand by 2015 year. The Civil Aviation Department which leads the Airport, announced that its capacity after renovation would be 3 million per year.

The part of the Thai railway between Korat and Nong Khai in the northeast part of the country is already reopened. On Thursday evening it was blocked by 9 cargo trucks, which involved in an accident.

While a lot of provinces of Thailand are under the water after heavy rain and some typhoons the Authority of Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok held a great job preparing it for floods.

On 23 October on the occasion of Chulalongkorn day lovers of steam trains will be able to make their dreams truth and to travel by real steam train. It will depart from Hua Lamphong Station in Bangkok and go to Autthaya.

Until 30 November passengers are offered to flight from Thailand capital Bangkok to Colombo in Sri Lanka with hot fares. Sri Lankan Airlines sells tickets with special prices.

Deputy Transport Minister of Thailand, Pong Chewananth, reported that new law forcing passengers to use seat belts in public vans and inter-provincial buses might come into a force up to the end of this year.

As unknown official reported to The Vientiane Times, restoration work on the road connecting Loei province in Thailand with Luang Prabang, the second city in Laos, would be finished up the Laos New Year, which hold in April.

Lao Airlines has reported the reopening of flights from Vientiane to Phnom Penh, Cambodia after they were canceled in April 2008 year. The reason to resume flights was the increased number of Laos travelers in Cambodia and the expansion of airline's air-fleet.

In the nearest future Don Mueang Airport, which was opened to support the main Airport of Bangkok - Suvarnabhumi, may become its competitor. The Airports of Thailand (AoT) is working to expand Don Mueang.

Up to the June 2018 year the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system in Bangkok will be replenished with new 19km Dark Green Line. On this Tuesday the Ministry Cabinet of Thailand had given permission for its construction.

From 26 October the visa exemption pact, signed between Myanmar and Vietnamese Foreign Ministers in New York earlier in this month, enters into force. This is only one step in the great ASEAN program to abolish visa-regime in the all region for its residents.

Some days ago one of the best low cost airlines of Thailand, Nok Air had started flights from Bangkok to Yangon in Myanmar. The company also plans to launch new routes to Mandalay, Nay Pyi Taw and Bagan.

The State Railway of Thailand will start total renovation directed by the Transport Ministry. Primarily the old Ratchathani Hotel at the main train station in Bangkok, Hua Lamphong station will be revived.

Thai Department of Public Works and Town & Country Planning calls to support the high speed railway project. Supporting program has started from Nan, Phitsanulok, Yala and Suphan Buri provinces.

The second city of Thailand, Chiang Mai is pending the thousands more Chinese tourists, which will be coming there by new Air China flights from Beijing since 7 November.

Nakhonchai Air Co is going to become first Bus Company in Thailand offering routes outside of the country. Now it is in talks with officials from Myanmar and Cambodia.

While Phitsanulok is becoming the gate of northern Thailand, Air Asia has launched its new route Bangkok – Phitsanulok. From 30 November this year airline will operate two daily flights.