HK PRESS: Cathay Pacific Open To (Moscow flights) Selling Dragonair Stake

HK PRESS: Cathay Pacific Open To Selling Dragonair Stake
DJ HK PRESS: Cathay Pacific Open To Selling Dragonair Stake HONG KONG (Dow Jones)--Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. (0293.HK) prefers to sell its 17.8% stake in Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Ltd. in return for better time slots for its flights to Beijing and Shanghai, the South China Morning Post reported Wednesday, citing company sources. Cathay may sell its stake to China National Aviation
Source: au.biz.yahoo.com

Phuket's future 'hinges on renewed direct flights'
The Laguna Phuket Sheraton has asked Thai Airways International to restore direct flights to the island to pre-tsunami levels, as the hotel says it lost 15 per cent of its visitors last year as a result of reduced air traffic.
Source: www.nationmultimedia.com

Meet an astronaut today
Tucsonans will have a rare opportunity to meet an astronaut today. The Pima Air and Space Museum is playing host to retired astronaut Kenneth Reightler Jr., a veteran of two space shuttle flights, in 1991 and 1994.
Source: www.dailystar.com

Flight attendent charged over drugs
A FLIGHT attendant was among three men arrested today after authorities cracked an alleged trafficking ring that used domestic flights to shift drugs around Australia.
Source: www.dailytelegraph.news.com.au