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apple air
Electronics
2 min read

Apple teases a new Air device

Anticipation is reaching peak levels today as Apple has hinted at a new “Air” device launching this week, and while a MacBook Air refresh seems probable, many are hoping for an iPad or even an iPhone version. A brief social media post from Apple CEO Tim Cook,…

austrian airlines
General
2 min read

Austrian Airlines takes off with sharkskin

Austrian Airlines will be the first airline globally to equip their Boeing 777-200ER aircraft with innovative “AeroSHARK” surface technology. On a total of four Boeing 777-200ERs the fuselage and engine nacelles will be covered with the “sharkskin” film…

korean air
General
2 min read

Korean Air to order up to 50 widebody Boeing aircraft

Korean Air signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Boeing on July 22 at the Farnborough International Airshow to upgrade and expand its widebody fleet. The airline has announced its intent to procure 20 Boeing 777-9s and 20 Boeing 787-10s with options for…

M2 MacBook Air Review
Electronics
2 min read

MacBook Air M2 laptop price falls then rises

The retail price of the MacBook Air M2 laptop dropped by VND2.1-3 million (US$89-127) to VND25 million in April and has risen back to VND28 million in May. The manager of an Apple distributor in Vietnam said retailers might have hiked the price because…

M2 MacBook Air Review
Electronics
1 min read

MacBook prices drop with new model launch

The price of MacBook Pro 2021 laptops has decreased by 11.2% leading into the launch of the new model next week. Apple authorized resellers in Vietnam said a MacBook Pro 2021 sells for VND42.9 million ($1,813), down 11.2% since January and 18.9% from December…

emirates skycargo ships
Logistics
2 min read

Air cargo transport plunges

Aviation cargo transport passing through Vietnam’s airports dropped 28.2% year-on-year in the first two months of 2023 to 168,000 tons, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV). Industry insiders say that the spreading global economic…

MacBook Pro Generic 001
E-Tailing
1 min read

MacBook Air M1 prices up by over $40 in Vietnam

Apple authorized resellers in Vietnam have increased the prices of MacBook Air M1 by over VND1 million (more than $40) against late July when promotion campaigns were on. In late July, the laptop’s selling prices were VND21.7-23 million, lower than the list…

VIETNAM AIRLINES
General
1 min read

Hanoi-HCMC world’s second busiest domestic air route

The Hanoi-HCMC route is the world’s second-busiest in November after South Korea’s Jeju-Seoul, according to British aviation analysis company OAG. The flight route connecting Vietnam’s two largest cities, which takes around two hours, has nearly 893,000 seats…

Vietnamairline
Living
1 min read

Vietnam air travel demand surges 12 pct

Airports across Vietnam served near 116 million passengers this year, up 12 percent from 2018, with Vietnam Airlines Group and Vietjet dominating the market. About 64 percent, or 74 million passengers, were domestic, up 11 percent from last year, according to…

DHL
Logistics
2 min read

DHL Expands For Temperature Sensitive Shipments

The WMX service in Mexico will expand by early Q2 2019 into 17 new origin cities, including Zapopan, Toluca, Cuernavaca, Cuatla, Pachuca, Saltillo, Aguascalientes, Puebla, Celaya, San Luis Potosi, Torreon, Morelia, Leon, Guanajuato, Jalapa, Orizaba and…

airasia crew members
General
1 min read

AirAsia X fits Fukuoka as destination into its network

AirAsia X launched its fourth Japanese route from Kuala Lumpur (KUL) on 28 February, beginning a four times weekly service to Fukuoka (FUK). The carrier already flies from the Malaysian hub to Osaka Kansai, Sapparo Chitose and Tokyo Haneda in Japan. The…

best air purifier for smoke dust
Electronics
2 min read

Air purifier sales shoot up as fine dust worries shoppers

Korea’s air purifier market has tripled since 2016 thanks to worsening fine-dust pollution levels and growing health concerns. Last year, Koreans bought 1.8 million air purifiers worth around 760 billion won ($676 million), according to market researcher GfK.…