Departures
FLYING TO... Pictured: Taiwanese capital, Taipei
centre. It is the site of the world’s third-largest oil refinery and key industries include financial services, electronics and chemicals. From Heathrow, Singapore Airlines serves Singapore thrice daily, Qantas offers double- daily departures, and British Airways flies daily. Lufthansa departs daily from Frankfurt and Munich, and Air France once a day from Paris CDG. Emirates has four daily departures from Dubai, Qatar Airways 13 weekly from Doha, and Etihad three a week from Abu Dhabi.
South Korea Seoul A primary regional business centre, located in the west of the country, South Korea’s capital is a dominant force in finance and commerce. Technologically advanced, it is also a pioneer in digital television solutions and high-speed mobile wireless internet services. Korean Air and Asiana fly from Heathrow to Seoul daily, with Lufthansa offering the same frequency out of Frankfurt, plus five departures a week from Munich. Air France, KLM and Finnair operate a high number of services from their hubs, and Etihad and Qatar Airways provide daily flights from the Gulf. Korean Air is to launch three flights a week from Gatwick to Seoul on April 29.
Taiwan Taipei The Taiwanese capital city is located in the north of Taiwan Island, where key to its growing prosperity are the hi-tech, precision
equipment, textiles, food and shipbuilding industries, and, increasingly, banking. From London Heathrow, EVA Air flies to
Taipei daily and China Airlines operates twice a week. KLM and Air France depart daily from Schiphol and Paris CDG respectively.
Thailand Bangkok Due to its strategic location, the Thai capital acted as a buffer between the British and French colonial empires, winning it a reputation as a power in the region. Main- taining this stance, its influence extends over South East Asia with an economy based on manufacturing and a strong tourism sector. From Heathrow, Thai Airways and Qantas fly
to Bangkok twice-daily, with BA providing a daily service and some EVA services stopping off in the capital. Finnair, Lufthansa, Air France and KLM depart frequently from the continent, and there are numerous flights from the Gulf.
Vietnam Hanoi Formerly the capital of French Indochina and of the North during the Vietnam civil war, Hanoi became the capital of a unified, communist Vietnam in 1976. Forecast to be among the world’s fastest-growing cities in terms of GDP, its economy is reliant on tourism, finance and banking. Vietnam Airlines launched the first direct service from the UK to Vietnam at the end of last year, flying twice a week from Gatwick to Hanoi. Air France departs six times a week from Paris CDG, while Qatar Airways and Etihad fly daily from their hubs in the Gulf.
Ho Chi Minh City Once known as Saigon, the city was renamed at the end of the Vietnamese civil war. The economy consists of industries ranging from mining, seafood and agriculture, to tourism and finance. In addition to its new Hanoi service, Vietnam Airlines launched two flights a week from Gatwick to Ho Chi Minh City at the end of 2011. Air France offers five flights a week from Paris CDG; Lufthansa three a week from Frankfurt. Emirates and Etihad operate daily from Dubai and Abu Dhabi respectively, and Qatar Airways departs 11 times a week out of Doha.
THE CARBON COST
THE table below shows the distance covered by a return flight between London and the destination, along with the approximate carbon emissions produced and the cost of offsetting it with The CarbonNeutral Company. See:
www.carbonneutral.com for more information.
Australia Sydney
Melbourne Perth
New Zealand Auckland
37,132km 36,899km 31,652km
40,068km
Christchurch 41,420km Wellington
41,120km
Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan
Cambodia Pnom Penh
China Beijing
Shanghai
Indonesia Jakarta
Japan Osaka Tokyo
Laos Vientiane
3.58t 3.58t 3.05t
3.86t 3.99t 3.90t
£35.80 £35.80 £30.50
£38.60 £39.90 £39.00
22,512km 21,897km
17,795km 20,163km
Hong Kong 19,334km 25,576km
19,082km 20,926km
18,640km
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur 21,144km
Papua New Guinea Port Moresby 28,986km
Philippines Manila
21,496km Singapore 23,731km
South Korea Seoul
Taiwan Taipei
Thailand Bangkok
Vietnam Hanoi
19,371km 21,383km 20,897km 19,242km Ho Chi Minh 20,390km
2.40t 2.11t
1.71t 1.94t
1.74t 2.46t
1.72t 2.02t
1.79t 1.90t 2.80t
1.94t 2.29t
1.87t 2.06t 2.01t
1.87t 2.15t
£24.00 C £21.10
£17.10 £19.40
£17.40 £24.60 K
£17.20 £20.20
£17.90 £19.00 £28.00
£19.40 £22.90
£18.70 £20.60 £20.10
£18.70 £21.50
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