Business Traveller Asia-Pacific Edition — October 2017

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16 I Upfront

Where do you usually

dine on business trips?

Local hotspots

53%

Hotel restaurants

22%

Room service

16%

Street food

9%

International

restaurants

0%

OCTOBER 2017

Hong Kong Airlines opens new lounge

AIR CANADA will make its upcoming

seasonal Vancouver-Melbourne service a

year-round operation next June, as well as

launching flights between Montreal and Tokyo

Narita from June 1, 2018.

ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (ANA) is upping

the frequency of its Hong Kong flights at the

end of this month from nine to 12-14 times a

week, while decreasing flight frequency on its

Chengdu service.

AUSTRIAN AIRLINES has confirmed it will

begin offering premium economy class seating

on all its long-haul flights starting March 6 next

year. Tickets are already available for purchase.

CHINA AIRLINES is considering launching

new flights to Ontario in California following

increased demand on its existing Taipei-Los

Angeles service.

DELTA AIR LINES has revamped its business

class amenity kits, with the new Tumi-designed

cases being offered on all Delta One flights.

Skincare products are from Kiehl’s.

EVA AIR will launch its first new uniform in

14 years, designed by fashion house Shiatzy

Chen. The airline unveiled the new staff attire

at the retirement ceremony for its Boeing 747.

FINNAIR will launch flights to Nanjing in May

2018 – its seventh destination in China, while

also increasing flight frequency to Tokyo,

Bangkok and Delhi from next summer.

GARUDA INDONESIA is drastically reducing

its premium seating on services departing

Amsterdam in favour of higher volume, starting

October 29. Flights to London Heathrow will

also go from three to two flights a week.

MALAYSIA AIRLINES’ London Heathrow

Terminal 4 lounge is set to undergo a

renovation later this year, with new features

to include a demonstration kitchen and fine

dining for first class.

QANTAS has announced it will overhaul its A

cabins to offer more business and premium

economy class seating, while removing some

seats in economy class, by the end of 2020.

QATAR AIRWAYS business and first class

passengers can now pre-order their meals

from 14 days to 24 hours before their flight

on select routes from Doha to Australia, New

Zealand, Europe and the Americas.

VIETNAM AIRLINES is expanding its

codeshare agreement with Garuda Indonesia

to encompass domestic Vietnam and Indonesia

flights as well as services between the

countries via Singapore.

AIRLINE

NEWS

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HONG KONG AIRLINES has
opened its new Club Autus
lounge on the seventh floor
of Hong Kong International
Airport’s (HKIA) Midfield
Concourse.
The lounge is divided into six
zones: Premier Zone, Business
Zone, Leisure Area, Family
Zone, Personal Care Zone and
Scenery Zone (which offers
views of the Hong Kong-
Zhuhai-Macau Bridge).
The F&B offering is a 20-metre “food line” with Chinese and Western dishes while
innovative entertainment comes in the form of a 3D virtual mobile theatre by Royole
Moon, featuring movies and video games with noise-cancelling headphones.
Shower facilities are available in the first class VIP rooms.
hkairlines.com

Melbourne ranked

world’s most liveable city

MELBOURNE has been crowned the world’s most
liveable city for the seventh consecutive year by
the Economist Intelligence Unit. The index surveys
140 world cities, assigning them ranks based on
five categories: stability, healthcare, culture and
environment, education and infrastructure.
Australia claimed three of the top-scoring cities,
with Adelaide and Perth also ranked fifth and
seventh respectively. Other cities ranked within the
top ten include Vienna (second place), Vancouver
(third), Helsinki (ninth) and Hamburg (10th).
The report states that big cities such as New
York, London, Paris and Tokyo are “victims of their
own success” with overstretched infrastructure,
congestion, public transport issues and higher
crime rates.
eiu.com