BEIJING, June 13 -- China and Taiwan agreed Friday to allow 36 round-trip charter flights every weekend as the first step in a mutual plan to dramatically expand visits to the self-ruled island by Chinese tourists.

Buyers beware when it comes to airfares these days. Gone are the days when air travel was relatively hassle-free and buying a plane ticket was straightforward. High fuel prices and fewer flights guarantee that passengers will pay more for airfares for the

Gov. Linda Lingle and Lt. Gov. James "Duke" Aiona Jr. will travel separately to Asia next week to promote travel to Hawai'i as well as business investments and partnerships with the state.

Anxious airline carriers reeling from financial pressures have posted travel schedules for November that reflect a 16.4 percent drop in flights at Los Angeles International Airport compared with a year earlier.

British Airways will suspend flights from here to the Heathrow airport in London from March 28, 2009, for want of sufficient business. "The decision to suspend flights between Kolkata and London has been a difficult one to make.