Departures
Pictured: Hong Kong; Beijing, China ➔
Cambodia Pnom Penh Rebuilt during the French colonial era, Cambodia’s capital is considered one of the most beautiful cities in the Indochina region. The country’s economic hub, its prosperity is based on servicing the government, plus garment manufacture, trading and small- and medium-size enterprises engaged in a range of sectors. The tourism sector is growing too. With no services from the UK to Pnom Penh,
the alternatives include three flights a week from Paris Charles De Gaulle with Air France, or flying with Thai Airways, Singapore Airlines or Malayisa Airlines via their respective hubs.
China Beijing As the command centre of the world’s fastest- growing economy, the Chinese capital is a political and commercial dynamo, home to booming financial services, pharmaceutical research, automobile and electronics industries. Foreign venture capitalists looking for a slice of the action are high profile. From Heathrow, Air China flies to Beijing
daily and British Airways six times a week. Good services from the continent are provided by Finnair, Lufthansa, Air France and KLM. Emirates, Etihad and Qatar Airways serve Beijing frequently from the Gulf. Air China is to launch four flights a week from London Gatwick to the Chinese capital on May 2.
Shanghai Against an historic backdrop of landmarks such as The Bund, Shanghai is a cutting-edge player in financial services. It has the world’s busiest container port, is a crossroads for trade between east and west, and has strong steel, shipbuilding and automobile industries. From Heathrow, Virgin and China Eastern fly
to Shanghai daily, and BA has six flights a week. Finnair, Lufthansa, Air France and KLM operate from their hubs. Emirates provides a double-daily service out of Dubai, while Etihad and Qatar Airways offer daily departures from Abu Dhabi and Doha respectively.
Hong Kong Once described as “the world’s greatest experiment in laissez-faire capitalism”, the city state of Hong Kong continues the tradition,
Flights from the UK to Indonesia involve a change of plane at an Asian gateway. Alternatively, Lufthansa flies daily from Frankfurt and Munich, and KLM has a daily frequency out of Schiphol. Emirates serves Jakarta twice a day from Dubai, and Etihad and Qatar Airways operate daily out of Abu Dhabi and Doha respectively.
encouraged by a communist government that knows a good thing when it sees it. The world’s largest re-export centre, it is also a global financial player. From Heathrow, Cathay Pacific offers four flights a day to Hong Kong, British Airways and Qantas provide two flights each a day, and Virgin flies daily. Finnair, Lufthansa, Air France and KLM offer a choice of flights from their hubs, as do Emirates and Qatar Airways from their gateways. Hong Kong Airlines is due to launch a daily, all-business-class service from London Gatwick on March 8.
Indonesia Jakarta The Indonesian capital, located on the north west coast of Java, is the country’s economic, political and cultural axis. Its fiscal stability is dependent on the financial services, trade, electronics, automobile, chemicals and biomedical sciences sectors.
Japan Tokyo Located on the island of Honshu, the Japanese capital is one of the command centres of the global economy. A major force in financial services, it is home to some of the world’s largest investment banks and insurance companies, and the Tokyo stock exchange is the third-largest on earth. Japan Airlines, ANA and Virgin all fly to
Tokyo daily from Heathrow, with BA departing 12 times a week. Frequent departures are available from their hubs with Finnair, Lufthansa, KLM and Air France. Emirates flies twice-daily from Dubai, Qatar Airways has a daily departure from Doha, and Etihad operates five times a week out of Abu Dhabi.
Osaka Located on Honshu Island, Japan’s second city is its commercial capital and highly influential in world affairs. Its diversified economy is founded on the iron and steel, textiles, electronics,
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