Michael Kao

Jan 12, 2025 | executivetraveller.com | David Flynn |Michael Kao |George Lucas

Qantas will make Tokyo’s Haneda Airport its primary base in the Japanese capital, in preference to the more distant Narita Airport, with daily flights from Melbourne and Brisbane shifting from Tokyo Narita to the more ‘downtown’ Tokyo Haneda this year.

Nov 10, 2024 | urbankaoboy.com | Byzantine Empire |Michael Kao

Welcome to KAOS THEORY — a podcast collaboration between Grant Williams and me that focuses on the intersection of Macroeconomics and Geopolitics in an increasingly disorderly world. 11/9/24: Episode 8 — Barry StraussHistory might not always repeat, but it certainly rhymes. Internal divisiveness, external threats, border crises, epidemics, inflation/currency debasement, wealth inequality — these challenges all might sound recent and familiar, but they faced also Ancient Rome.

Aug 21, 2024 | executivetraveller.com | Michael Kao

There are many ways to measure the ‘strength’ of any currency, be it coin of the realm or airline points – but as it stands, Virgin Australia’s Velocity Points have been steadily muscling up to Schwarzenegger-esque proportions while also enjoying yoga-like flexibility. Velocity Points can now be spent (and earned) across all three of the world’s airline alliances, following Virgin Atlantic’s entry into the SkyTeam alliance.

Aug 21, 2024 | executivetraveller.com | David Flynn |Michael Kao

Looking to swap the sun and sand of the Gold Coast for the colour of Hong Kong, and especially its epic Chinese New Year celebrations? Then Hong Kong Airlines could just be your ticket, quite literally, with direct flights between the Gold Coast and Hong Kong Airlines taking off on 17 January, 2025. And unlike Hong Kong Airlines’ previous Gold Coast flights, which were scrapped six years ago and involved a cumbersome stopover at Cairns, these will be direct flights on the nine-hour route.

Jun 24, 2024 | executivetraveller.com | David Flynn |Michael Kao

China Airlines aims to shake up the trans-Tasman corridor between Melbourne and Auckland when the Taiwanese carrier begins flights linking the two cities from early December. The route will serve as a seasonal add-on or ‘tag’ leg to China Airlines’ established Taipei-Melbourne service, similar to China Airlines’ existing Brisbane-Auckland hop and Emirates’ extravagant superjumbo experience between Sydney and Christchurch.