Tag: Domestic

AirAsia to resume domestic flight ops on June 3

(Eagle News)–AirAsia will resume domestic flight operations on June 3. The airline made the announcement as Metro Manila transitions into a general community quarantine area on Monday. AirAsia said international flights will resume on July 1. “Select flights are open for booking via the airasia.com website and our mobile app. Guests may use their credit accounts to redeem these flights. Additional routes and flight schedules will be on the AirAsia website and mobile app, subject to […]

Qatar scraps unpopular exit permits for domestic workers

DOHA, Qatar (AFP) — Qatar scrapped mandatory exit permits for migrant domestic staff and other groups on Thursday, as part of efforts to boost rights for guest workers amid scrutiny of its record. Previously all foreigners working permanently in the gas-rich country required authorization from bosses to leave, but now only military personnel will routinely require such a dispensation. Qatar has made a series of reforms to its employment regulations since being selected to host […]

Head of main US labor union leaves Trump panel over Charlottesville response

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The president of the main United States labor union resigned from Donald Trump’s council on manufacturing Tuesday, saying the US president’s response to violent white supremacists in Charlottesville meant he tolerated “bigotry and domestic terrorism.” “We cannot sit on a council for a President who tolerates bigotry and domestic terrorism,” AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said in a statement announcing his immediate resignation from the panel. “President Trump’s remarks today repudiate […]

China launches first domestically built aircraft carrier

LIAONING PROVINCE, China (Reuters) — China on Wednesday (April 26) launched its first domestically built aircraft carrier, which will join an existing one bought second-hand from the Ukraine, amid rising tensions over North Korea and worries about Beijing’s assertiveness in the South China Sea. China’s state broadcaster CCTV aired the footage of the carrier at the launching ceremony on Wednesday morning. State media said the carrier, designed in China and built in the northeast port […]