"Ryanair adds four new services at Manchester Airport" from Reuters

"Ryanair has announced it is to add four new routes from Manchester Airport and increase the frequency of its Manchester to Dublin service to six flights daily. The four new Manchester services will operate to Alicante, Faro, Madrid and Tenerife.

"UPDATE: Former PBOC Adviser: China Should Be Cautious On Euro-Zone Bond Buying" from Wall Street Journal

"Traffic is flying high at St. John's International Airport. More than 1.3 million people travelled through the airport's gates in 2010, up eight per cent from 2009." from The Telegram

"Also contributing to the increase in traffic flow was an increase in competitiveness of ticket prices and the number of available flights brought on by the establishment of Porter Airlines, said Collins. Porter added hundreds of seats every day in various flights to and from St. John's when it was established in 2009."

"China Yuan Up Late On Central Parity, Demand From Exporters" from Wall Street Journal

"China's yuan rose against the U.S. dollar late Monday after the central bank set a lower dollar-yuan central parity rate, and as demand for the local currency for export settlement picked up."

"Abu Dhabi Airport Passenger Traffic Rose 12% in 2010, WAM Says" from Bloomberg

"Passenger traffic at Abu Dhabi International Airport grew 12 percent in 2010 from a year earlier to about 11 million passengers, Emirates New Agency reported yesterday, citing the Abu Dhabi Airports Co."

"Passenger numbers rise 5% at Robin Hood Airport" from BBC

"The airport said there were 895,136 travellers in 2010 compared with 851,355 people the previous year."

"London mayor backs report calling for new UK hub airport" from Reuters

"London Mayor Boris Johnson has called for a new airport to be built in south-east England after a report said Heathrow was losing out to European rivals, reigniting the debate on London's airport capacity."

"Edinburgh Airport pulls back on expansion plans" from BBC

"Edinburgh Airport has pulled back on its expansion plans, saying there is no need to consider a second runway for another 20 years."

"Queensland's coal recovery to take months" from The Australian

"QUEENSLAND'S massive coal supply chain could take up to four months to fully recover from the flood crisis, which has forced the continued closure of one of global mining giant Rio Tinto's operations.

"A Tale of Two Ports:Chinese-Indian Rivalry Grows in the Arabian Sea" from Jakarta Globe

"Sino-Indian rivalry in the Indian Ocean and India's naval cooperation with the United States draw the world's attention, but quietly, out of sight, a contest has been building in the Arabian Sea centered between two ports, one in Pakistan and the other in Iran. The first is backed by China, the second by India. The first, located in Gwadar, is intended to give China access to the Indian Ocean; the second, Chabahar, is supposed to connect India to Afghanistan and counter the first."

"Emirates' next ambition:Lay down railway in desert" from Reuters

"Canadian Pacific Railway shows upbeat mood with $1 billion in spending" from Montreal Gazette

"The strength in demand is coming mainly from hauling commodities from lumber, grain and autos to sulphur and other industrial materials."

"Jammu-Srinagar highway opened for one-way traffic" from INDIA TODAY

"The 300-km Jammu-Srinagar Highway, the only road link to Kashmir valley, was reopened for one-way traffic on Sunday, a day after it was closed due to snowfall near Jawahar Tunnel in Qazigund."

"Beijing to build second airport to meet traffic rush" from rediff.com

"China plans to build a second airport in Beijing, which is expected to handle 60 million passengers a year, at a cost of whopping $15 billion to meet the growing rush of air-travellers in the country."

"Kazakhstan's Railway Monopoly Says Net Income Tripled Last Year" from Bloomberg

"Ten-year plan for big Hastings port" from The Age

"THE Baillieu government will use a national ports strategy to help push through plans to develop Hastings as a big container port within a decade."

"The Train services launched at the Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport, Thailand aimed at shortening the distances between the airport's terminals is expected to benefit more travelers in 2011 in comparison to last year." from TRAVELIO.net

"Hu Takes Confident Tone on Inflation" from Wall Street Journal

"The People's Bank of China said Friday it would lift the reserve-requirement ratio - the share of deposits that banks must keep on reserve - by half a percentage point. The move, effective Jan. 20, follows six such increases last year, and two interest-rate increases since October."

"Glasgow Airport set for £11.2m makeover" from BBC

"PBOC Adviser Zhou:Excessive Money Supply Root Of High Inflation" from Wall Street Journal

"Minister for Transport Omary Nundu has directed railway experts in his ministry to collaborate with other institutions to prepare a Tanzania Railway Master Plan, insisting that its preparation must envisage long-term plans." from IPP Media

"The directive was given by the minister when touring Morogoro region recently where he inspected the central railway line and observed the construction of river banks from Kilosa station in Morogoro to Gulwe station in Mpwapwa District, Dodoma Region."

"Shanghai says becomes world's busiest container port" from Reuters

"Shanghai overtook Singapore as the world's busiest container port in 2010, helped by continuing growth in Chinese trade and the business generated by the World Expo it hosted last year, the city government said."

"Indonesia studies building new airport for Jakarta" from Reuters

"Indonesia's government is considering building another airport near Jakarta as the capital's main flight hub will not be able to accommodate future passenger growth in Southeast Asia's biggest economy, an official said on Friday."

"The 23-km link will connect the central shopping district of Connaught Place with the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport. It promises to take commuters from New Delhi Railway Station to the airport in 18 minutes." from Economic Times

"Given the severe weather, easyJet and Ryanair's traffic statistics are broadly in line with our expectations," said Joshua Goldman, equity analyst at Dublin based broker Davy." from Proactive Investors

"60b yuan to clean up river" from South China Morning Post

"SHAANXI- The provincial government will spend at least 60 billion yuan in the next five years to clean up the Wei River, the longest tributary of the Yellow River, Xinhua reports. The Wei River has been notorious for recurring flooding and pollution over the past century because of a lack of maintenance."

"Antwerp port sees increase in freight volumes in 2010" from Portworld

"Dubai International Airpot passenger traffic surges 15%" from Manila Bulletin

"Four arrested after Stamford police find gun in car" from Stamford Advocate

"A routine traffic stop after midnight Thursday netted a loaded semiautomatic gun and led to the arrest of three men from Bridgeport and one from West Haven, police said."

"Ms. Rosenthal's article reported that China is expected to import up to 150 million tons of coal this year." from New York Times

"300 cattle die in blizzard" from South China Morning Post

"INNER MONGOLIA"- More than 300 cattle have died since Tuesday after a blizzard wreaked havoc in Wulatehou Banner in Bayannaoer League, CNR.cn reports. Road access to 31 villages was cut, causing difficulties for herdsmen, who are short 6,5000 tonnes of feed for their 248,000 cows."

"Boy,10, hangs himself with scarf" from South China Morning Post

"YUNNAN- A 10-year-old boy hanged himself with a red scarf at his Kunming home on Wednesday after being punished at school, Yunnan.cn reports. His mother said he was asked to copy seven pages of his textbook by his teacher at lunchtime on Wednesday and had not been able to go home for lunch. He committed suicide after returning home after school. The school said the boy was a good pupil who had won awards in several competitions."

"Protest over subway noise" from South China Morning Post

"More than 100 residents in Daxing district protested near their estate on Saturday morning over noise from an adjacent subway station, The Beijing News reports. The residents said shocks from the subway line were so intense that they had caused some buildings to crack and their exterior surfaces to peel."

"China's uphill battle to invest in Myanmar" from South China Morning Post

"In the most recent developments, China Communications Construction (CCC) and dam-builder Sinohydro announced major infrastructure investments in Myanmar involving the construction of an airport at the new capital of Naypyidaw at a projected cost of US$100 million, and a hydropower project to be completed by the end of 2012."

"Mix-up with divorce papers" from South China Morning Post

"SICHUAN- A couple who tried to get a divorce at Luzhou's Longmatan district marriage registration office last Friday discovered when they got home that they had instead been given marriage certificates, Newssc.org reports. The office said it dealt with more than 4,000 couples getting married or divorced each year but only had two staff to cope with the workload. The couple received their divorce certificates on Thursday."

"Russian port operator sees profits climb" from Portworld

"The company, based in the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, reported profit of $233 million for the nine months to end September, up from $208 million in the same period last year, Revenue fell 1.7% to $499 million."

"24-hr hot-line for railway commuters" from SUNDAY OBSERVER

"Sri Lanka Railways has introduced four telephone hot-lines for the convenience of train commuters to seek assistance and to be used during difficulties, said the Sri Lanka Railways Planning Director Vijaya Samarasinghe."

"A high-speed railway opened Thursday in Hainan, China's southernmost province, greatly cutting travel time along the island's eastern coast." from Global Times

"Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Wins $585 Million Macau Light Railway Contract" from Bloomberg

"Turkey denies report of Greek Cyprus port deal with EU" from WORLD BULLETIN

"Rotterdam Port 2010 Throughput Advances 11%, Led By Iron Ore, Containers" from Bloomberg

"China CNR, CSR Surge in Shanghai on $106 Billion Railway Investment Plan" from Bloomberg

"China CNR Corp. and CSR Corp., the nation's two largest trainmakers, surged in Shanghai trading after the government said it would spend 700 billion yuan ($106 billion) on rail construction this year."

"Travellers between NZ and Asia will have more choice as new routes become available-Emirates expands Oz service" from NZCity

"Flights between New Zealand and Taiwan are resuming, with the first plane from Taipei landing at Auckland Airport."

"Fatality confirmed in Australian flooding;airport to close for weeks" from CNN

"Massive flooding that has swept through Queensland, Australia, and claimed at least one life will likely force the evacuation of at least 1,000 people and close a regional airport for weeks, an emergency agency said Sunday."

"China Information Technology to supply GIS to Shuohuang Railway" from Technology Marketing Corpotation

"Vietnam opens new international airport" from CNNGo

"Can Tho International Airport will serve the country's delta region and boost economic development."

"Venezuela's currency devaluation 'too timid' to narrow deficit" from South China Morning Post

"Thieves escape with 5kg of gold" from South China Morning Post

"JIANGSU- Three armed men wearing masks escaped with five kilograms of gold jewellery from a jewellery store in Donghai county on Thursday, the Yangtse Evening News reports. Police sealed off the shop to investigate the crime, the second robbery to target the shop."

"Railway linking major Silk Road towns opens in NW China" from Xinhua

"A railway linking Kashi and Hotan in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region opened Thursday for cargo transportation, and passenger transport is expected to begin in June, according to a local official."

"Pakistan Railways gets money to keep it running" from Sify

"Qatar to Complete Passenger Railway Network in Time for World Cup in 2022" from Bloomberg

"Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Co., a unit of the country's sovereign wealth fund, and German state-owned rail operator Deutsche Bahn AG last year announced that they formed Qatar Railways Development Co. to build the network in three phases by 2026."

"Travellers passing through Glasgow Airport will soon be able to experience a redesigned food hall." from Flight Hotel Reservations

"Bulgaria and Brazil will cooperate in railways sector and IT" from publics.bg

"Yuan closes at 6.59 per dlr, ends 2010 up 3.6 pct" from Reuters

"Traffic to Mobile Travel Sites Up 200% During NYC Blizzard" from NY Convergence

"The company says that traffic to its travel-related sites was up 200 percent in the past two days. The most traffic came from iPhones and Android devices, perhaps marking the first time business travelers were using more Android devices than Blackberry devices, according to Mobilized."

"Railway ministry seeks Planning Commission approval for rail link to Leh" from domain-b

"Plans for constructing the strategic, Bilaspur-Manali-Leh railway line inched forward with the Union Railway Ministry seeking the Planning Commission's approval for the proposed, 498-km, all-weather broad gauge line, estimated to cost Rs.22,831 crore."

"ONGC road project to connect Agartala and B'desh port" from Economic Times

"The oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) gas undertaken a project of Rs crore to build a 50 km road from Ashuganj river port in Bangladesh to Agartala and develop the port, a company top brass said today."

"Laos-China Railway Construction To Kick Off Next Year" from Bernama

"The plan for the railway track construction was discussed at last Friday's workshop on the construction of Lao-Chinese railway, under the chairmanship of Standing Deputy Prime Minister Somsavat Lengsavad who highlighted the agreement between Laos and China on constructing the railway that the track would being in April 2011."

" 'World' best airport' gets faster rail link" from CNNGo

"After a construction period spanning almost 10 years, an express train line linking South Korea's Incheon International Airport to downtown Seoul has opened. The line is an extension of an existing between Incheon airport and Gimpo International Airport."

"Improving traffic scenario priority for Delhi Police in 2011" from Sify

"Tackling street crime and improving traffic scenario in the capital are among the top priorities for Delhi Police this year which include checking of motorcycles and impounding of trucks parked on roads obstructing vehicular movement."

"Positivity all round with Singapore-KL railway land talks" from AsiaOne

"The Straits Times reported that Kausikan said that discussions were going well and that both sides have made substantial progress in their latest meeting which began yesterday."

"Iran allocates $9.6b for 5 railway projects" from Tehran Times

"The Sari-Rasht, Chabahar-Zahedan-Mashhad, Tehran-Hamedan-Sanandaj, and Doroud-Boroujerd lines, and the second Tehran-Miyaneh line will be constructed in the projects, Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting reported."

"Beijing opens 5 new metro lines"

"Five new subway lines will open today in Beijing, taking the number of lines to 14. The new lines - Fangshan, Changping, the first phase of the No 15 Line, Yizhuang and Daxing - stretch for 108 kilometres, bringing the capital's total metro rail length to 336 kilometres. The network now carries 5.02 million passengers daily."

"Skype links up Apple users with app for mobile video calls"

"Guard killed as buildings burn" from South China Morning Post

"SICHUAN - One man was killed when fire swept through two adjoining buildings in Chengdu early yesterday morning, Scol.com.cn reports. The fire started in one building at 3am before strong wind carried it to the other building. A nightwatchman burned to death. More than 100 firefighters attended the blaze."

"He favours commodity and consumer stocks because of increasing demand and rising incomes." from South China Morning Post

"Fule spill creates huge traffic jam" from South China Morning Post

"INNER MONGOLIA - About 1,000 vehicles are caught in a 10kilometre traffic jam on the Beijing-Tibet highway in Xinghe county, Xinhuanet.com reports. The traffic started to back up yesterday after an oil tanker that was rammed from behind by a car leaked eight tonnes of diesel fuel. Police are searching for the driver of the car, which sped off after the accident."

"Economically it will be in interest and benefit of China if it transports Afghani gold and copper to Beijing and international markets through Gwadar Port." from Daily Times

"Yuan trade settlements jumped 160 per cent in the third quarter from the prior three months to 126.5 billion yuan, according to the central bank." from South China Morning Post

"PayPal agrees to set up forex e-commerce hub in Chongqing" from South China Morning Post

"Oman accepts Pak proposal for maritime trade, Gwadar-Muscat ferry" from Pakistan Times

"The Minister said the cooperation between the port of Gwadar and Oman's upcoming ports in Sahhar and Dukkum would create new opportunities for the traders and skilled professionals of two countries to explore the trading potential."

"Beijing will buy Hungarian debt, finance projects, says official" from South China Morning Post

"Indonesia tightens rules on foreign-exchange holdings" from South China Morning Post

"With property prices down and the stock market certain to slump in response to all the bad news, China's emerging middle class consumers would see their accumulated wealth - which is largely asset based- painfully depleted. In response they would cut back their spending." from South China Morning Post