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...have often been hard to find. Fernandes expects to fly 4 million passengers this year, twice as many as in 2003. His success heralds a revolution in the airline industry in Asia. Although Americans and Europeans have benefited from low-cost air travel for years, tight regulation, powerful national-flag carriers and a dearth of airports have kept budget airlines at bay in Asia. But finally the region's long-suffering travelers are able to join in. Five years ago, Asia had only one low-cost airline; today there are 13 either already in the air or due to launch...
...frills carriers have also been helped by the changing attitudes of Asian governments. Instead of defending national-flag carriers, officials are clued in to the possibility that budget airlines can invigorate underused airports and attract much needed tourist dollars. Singapore is building a new terminal as a hub for budget carriers, and other countries have been wooing no-frills airlines by reducing airport fees. In Kota Kinabalu, AirAsia took over a mothballed terminal, which now buzzes with eight flights a day. Fernandes wants to turn the building into a regional hub. "The loyalty to national carriers is getting more...
...September flights, AirAsia countered with a 29¢ fare. Fernandes advertised the promotion with his usual flair. Ads showing two beautiful flight attendants draped over a subdued tiger boasted, "AirAsia tames even the wildest tiger." Udom Tantiprasongchai, chief executive of Orient Thai Airlines, says fierce competition from AirAsia and flag carrier Thai Airways forced him to slash the fare on his One-Two-Go budget service from Bangkok to Chiang Mai to less than $25, about 30% lower than he had planned. At that price, he admitted, he lost money. But Udom has wreaked revenge. He says he routinely employs...
...poor at symbolizing ourselves. Many of us would like to snip the Union Jack off our flag, but no one can agree on a new design. Our official Olympic mascots and emblems are kitsch, climaxing last month in the Great Medal Screwup. It turned out that all the Olympic medals, the bronze and the silver as well as the gold, had been designed to feature not the Parthenon in Athens, not even the Temple of Zeus at Olympia, but the Colosseum in Rome, less noted for Olympic-style friendship than for gladiatorial butchery. What the hell, the officials...
...Marine Corps who served in Vietnam's Quang Tri province, he saw the memorial as a way of honoring the men and women who serve in a divisive, controversial war. "They deserve this recognition," he said, "and their families deserve it. As of yesterday we had every single flag out. That anyone could do this," Enders gestured toward the damaged flags, "and call themselves Americans? I assume they were kids, and they need to understand that these men and women have given their lives so that others can stay home and enjoy college or high school without fear...