Yu-Huay Sun and Kyunghee Park, Bloomberg
The strike by China Airlines points to the greater problem of a shortage of good pilots in Asia-Pacific. The region requires -- listen to this -- 637,000 new pilots by 2036.
1 week ago
Bloomberg
United got cute by symbolizing China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong with their currencies — as in New Taiwan Dollar — instead of the country names themselves. Give United credit for trying, but the airline will likely give in.
6 months ago
Samson Ellis and Adela Lin, Bloomberg
In a case of damned if you do, and damned if you don't, airlines now face backlash from Taiwan on the battle over how to identify the island. Airlines in May gave in to China on demands. It'll get interesting now. Good for you, Taiwan.
7 months ago
Dong Lyu, Bloombert
China should know better than to expect any changes to happen quickly with U.S. airlines. But, unfortunately, it's probably in the best interests of the U.S. carriers seeking to increase their footholds in China to get a move on.
7 months ago
Bloomberg
U.S. airlines are choosing their pocketbooks over their principles as they bow to Chinese pressure to designate Taiwan as part of China. U.S.-based tech companies have gone along with Chinese censorship in the past so it's not a big surprise that airlines caved in. It is, however, regrettable.
7 months ago
Anurag Kotoky, Bloomberg
U.S. airlines are not caving to China's demand that Taiwan not be described as a separate country or region. It could cost those airlines business. But kudos to U.S. carriers for standing strong on this one.
8 months ago
Daniel Meesak, Jing Travel
We still don't know whether U.S. airlines will remove Taiwan references from their websites as China has requested. Ultimately, as American CEO Doug Parker said earlier this month, this is an issue between governments. It's likely U.S. airlines will do what their government recommends.
8 months ago
Bloomberg
Designating Taiwan as a part of China is an alternative fact, at least in terms of current realities. And airlines around the world weren't about to risk losing access to a lucrative market and those precious outbound Chinese travelers.
9 months ago
Bloomberg
The U.S. went there — yes, a George Orwell jab at China's order that airlines should not refer to Macau, Hong Kong, and Taiwan as countries. The trade war gamesmanship is never boring.
10 months ago
Bloomberg
Who knew that double hotel bookings, due to the proliferation of third-party sites, was such a big problem. Alas, many hoteliers were undoubtedly well-aware of the issue. Hey, if OwlTing's blockchain can help reduce the problem, then it is likely worth a few Bitcoin to someone.
11 months ago
Brenda Goh and Muyu Xu, Reuters
Travel is always a political act. It's just that sometimes it's much more apparent than others.
2 years ago
Faith Hung, Reuters
Tourism boards hate playing politics, but when situations get extreme the smart ones speak out about what's in their best interest.
2 years ago