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As I awake the early morning sunlight bursts through the trees overhead, my tent slowly getting warmer. I slip on some sandals and wander the short distance through the trees to a secluded strip of white sand—Ama beach. My only company is the early-bird kayakers getting ready to hit the water before the heat of the day rises. A morning swim is just the wake-up...

Jan 23, 2012 | No Comments | 834 views

Enrique Balducci

More airlines have announced plans to operate in and out of Haneda from later in the year. Most of the new services will start with the opening of the airport’s fourth runway on October 31. Hawaiian Airlines will fly to and from Honolulu, American Airlines from New York’s JFK, and Delta Air Lines will connect Haneda with Los Angeles and Detroit. Those aren’t the only companies getting in on the act, though. All Nippon Airways Co will start flying to Los Angeles, Honolulu, Singapore, Bangkok and Taipei; JAL to San Francisco, Honolulu, Paris, Taipei, Bangkok and Singapore; and Thai Airways to Bangkok. Speaking of Thai Airways, the airline is going to do something unusual from October: its advertised airfares will start including the fuel surcharge. Wiwat Piyawiroj, the airline’s general manager for Japan, said that the new policy comes in response to complaints from customers who felt they were being ripped off when they were asked to pay more than the fare originally advertised.

(July 22nd, 2010)

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