41.   Under pressure from lightly populated rural regions, the Transport Ministry has effectively required the three established carriers to fly unprofitable routes.

42.   He said the Hong Kong-based carrier would also fly journalists and protesters who were on the ship to Hong Kong later Friday.

43.   The carrier also flies between Ho Chi Minh City and Osaka.

44.   The Malaysian carrier currently flies thrice a week to Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris but wants to increase the frequency to five times a week, they said.