Asia Flights Map

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  Adrian

  10 December 2011 at 03:03 | #

  What about Dubai, isn't that in Asia? Also, don't Emirates now do Newcastle to Dubai flights? Which ones go to Gatwick, and which to Heathrow? It would be more useful to show which London airports are used, also, don't Air Asia X do cheap flights to Kuala Lumpur from Stansted?

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  David Knowles

  21 December 2011 at 22:57 | #

  Your map doesn't show if those new flights to Vietnam go from Heathrow or Gatwick?

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    James Avery

    22 December 2011 at 01:08 | #

    It says in an inset below that they operate from Gatwick, but I agree, a text box is no substitute for a map which distinguishes between Gatwick and Heathrow, which the next version will do, due late this week.

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  Paul Smith

  08 January 2012 at 21:59 | #

  Why do you have flights showing to tiny Brunei, when these aren't even direct - but you make no mention of flights to Jakarta or Manila, two of Asia's greatest emerging metropoli?

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    James Avery

    08 January 2012 at 22:36 | #

    Paul,
    
    We don't decide the airline routes, we just stick them on our maps and provide route listing tables. The reasons behind which routes work and which ones don't is a complex mix of business and geopolitics. I actually flew to Brunei on this route 20 years ago, and it operated via Singapore and Dubai. As the flights continue on the same aircraft, they count as a direct route. Despite their size, I'm afraid there are no direct flights to either Indonesia or the Philippines from the UK, so we don't include them.

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  Tom Johnston

  25 January 2012 at 18:46 | #

  I'm looking at flights to Bangkok from Birmingham in March, but the best prices are via Amsterdam and Guangzhou - or Dubai and Hong Kong. Guangzhou isn't on your map, but isn't it pretty much the same location as Hong Kong - this all seems a long way round. To get a more 'sensible' routing, I can just go via Amsterdam with KLM, but these flights are nearly £150 more. Any suggestions?

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    James Avery

    25 January 2012 at 20:58 | #

    Tom - the map only shows the direct routes, so we don't feature Guangzhou yet as the only Chinese cities with flights from London are Shanghai and Beijing (+ Hong Kong SAR).
    
    The routes you mention are all a very long way round to get to Bangkok. Bear in mind that there are four airlines offering flights to Bangkok from London - this is as much due to the 'Kangaroo' route as it is to any other reason. I really don't think it is worth the expense and hassle to take flights from Birmingham in this scenario - you will find much better convenience and value if you go from London.

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      James Avery

      26 January 2012 at 01:19 | #

      Correction - China Southern are starting flights to Guangzhou in March - although this doesn't change the advice I gave.

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  Renu

  04 February 2012 at 02:04 | #

  I'm surprised that you have direct flights to Dhaka in Bangladesh - and even flights from Manchester going there - but nothing to Kolkata (Calcutta) - surely they are similar sized cities with an equally large demand for flights from the UK - or London at least?

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