2 w. ago From Private Jets to Budget Seats: How China’s Offshore Aviation Shift Is Reshaping Travel Routes for Global Tourists

From Private Jets to Budget Seats: How China’s Offshore Aviation Shift Is Reshaping Travel Routes for Global Tourists  Travel And Tour World

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2 w. ago Why are rich Chinese ‘quietly’ moving private jets offshore, slumming it in budget seats?

China’s ultra-wealthy are quietly parking their private jets offshore to sidestep tougher compliance rules at home, while corporate executives are downgrading to commercial flights, analysts say, as economic headwinds hit the country’s business aircraft fleet. Aircraft owned by affluent Chinese nationals are said to be increasingly resurfacing in hubs such as Singapore and Japan, while more billionaires and corporate executives are turning to first-class commercial cabins or timeshare jet...

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2 w. ago Why are rich Chinese moving private jets offshore, slumming it in budget seats?

Why are rich Chinese moving private jets offshore, slumming it in budget seats?  South China Morning Post

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3 w. ago Libya military chief and 7 others killed in jet crash in Turkey

A private jet carrying Libya’s military chief, four other officers and three crew members crashed on Tuesday after take-off from Turkey’s capital, Ankara, killing everyone on board. Libyan officials said the cause of the crash was a technical malfunction on the plane. The Libyan delegation was in Ankara for high-level defence talks aimed at boosting military cooperation between the two countries, Turkish officials said. Libyan Prime Minister Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah confirmed the death of General...

Events

3 w. ago Trump flew on Epstein jet ‘many more times than reported’, newly released file shows

US President Donald Trump flew on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s private jet “many more times than previously has been reported”, according to an email from a New York prosecutor that forms part of a new batch of documents about Epstein that were released on Tuesday by the US Justice Department. In an email dated January 7, 2020, the unidentified prosecutor wrote that flight records showed Trump had flown on Epstein’s private jet eight times during the 1990s. Among those were at least...

Politics

3 w. ago Trump flew on Epstein jet 8 times in the 1990s, according to email in latest file dump

US President Donald Trump flew on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s private jet “many more times than previously has been reported,” according to an email from a New York prosecutor that forms part of a new batch of documents about Epstein released Tuesday by the US Justice Department. In an email dated January 7, 2020, the unidentified prosecutor wrote that flight records showed Trump had flown on Epstein’s private jet eight times during the 1990s. Among those were at least four...

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3 w. ago Malaysia’s LGBTQ community lives in fear as raids drive them underground

In Chow Kit, a crowded district of Kuala Lumpur forever caught between progress and prejudice, Amy* moves quietly through narrow alleys – a transgender outreach worker tending to lives the city prefers not to see. Her evenings begin with small rituals: a backpack filled with condoms, test kits and pamphlets; a quick text to let her friends know that she is safe. Then, when she steps out, much of her work happens in passing conversations – careful not to draw too much attention. “The girls know...

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