When he returned to the Vietnam embassy in Manila the senior official hugged him and said, “Hahn, you are a hero of our country.” Both men cried with the emotion and the sheer significance of the moment.
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Feeling the high-octane energy in Ho Chi Minh City
The country may have been through two brutally tough years but as with newly established IPP Air Cargo it’s almost take-off time following the lifting of travel restrictions.
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Seeing old friends in Dubai and making new ones in Ho Chi Minh City
Hoardings like this are a symbol of aviation and tourism recovery and I can tell you that Vietnam will be right up there among the leaders of that revival.
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Why regeneration more than sustainability underpins key Saudi giga-projects
“The features of the destination are a magnificent archipelago of 90 pristine islands and the beauty of it is that it’s never been touched.”
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Readers’ contest: Help Sunil banish the BA.2.12.1 blues
Take one boiled egg (remember to discard the shell) and insert into the Prosecco rosé (gently please, it does not require Magnum Force)
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Saudi Arabia – a place where the future has already arrived
“So people started to believe and when you see something on a national scale like this, something inside you makes you want to be part of it – for me even before I joined Riyadh Airports.”
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From Dubai to Switzerland and Saudi Arabia with a fond farewell to Julián Díaz along the way
He has captained the ship through the most tumultuous, sustained and severe storm in our industry’s history. He has done it with a trademark determination and a remarkable calm. Al Mal Tiempo, Buena Cara – when the going gets tough, the tough get going.
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Around the world in 80 (or so) days
Over dinner Lal told me how he would watch the wealthy residents and citizens of Dubai turn up to his workplace in their swanky cars. “I would look at the cars and decide which one I would buy one day,” he said. Not dream about. Decide. And that is precisely what he did.
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A flying Kiwi once more
This is the closest I’ve got to Hainan since before the pandemic. Where’s my parachute when I need it?
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Feeling the buzz – and appplying the Max factor
“We were comfortable before as an industry, surfing a good wave… now we aim to be the best at what we know and become great at what we might not yet know.”
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Baby steps in Hong Kong as Dr. Duty Free’s clinic opens
Don’t punish the airlines for circumstances beyond their control. As long as appropriate documentation was provided and properly checked at the departure airport how can the airline be held to account?
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The Year of the Caged Tiger
Two legends in their own fields. But not even Novak Djokovic nor Colm McLoughlin could have had any idea of how the next two years would pan out.
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Ham-fisted UK politicians, high-risk Hong Kong hamsters and (almost) a flying Kiwi
Like a couple of Hong Kong hamsters desperately clutching onto their exercise wheel as the men in hamstermat, sorry hazmat, suits come to take them away, Boris is hanging on like grim death.