KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (eTN) -- A study commissioned by Malaysia Airlines has revealed that eight Asian-based airlines, with the exception of Japanese Airlines, charge the lowest fares per mile in the world for domestic flights on full service carriers.

Domestic airfares in France comes in at ninth, charging US$1.03 per mile and the UK at tenth lowest, charging $1.05 per mile for European-based carriers in the table of ten lowest fares. US and Canadian carriers, outside of the top ten on the table, charge an average of $2.88 per mile. "Thai carriers charge the cheapest at only 17 cents per mile, followed by Malaysia a close second at 19 cents, with the highest charged by an Asian carrier at 54 cents per mile, by Australian carriers. The study confirms the assertion in the travel industry that Asian carriers offer the best deals for holiday travel when bundled with hotel rooms.

Talent Discovery Website Bix.com Partners With Impact Radio Networks to Host the '2006 Country Music Awards Contest'

Bix.com, the first user- generated online contest Website that allows anyone to create, enter, and view a talent competition, today announced an online country music karaoke contest in partnership with Impact Radio Networks, a division of The Marketing Group. The grand prize winner will receive a trip for two to the 40th Annual Country Music Awards (CMAs) on Nov. 6, 2006 in Nashville, Tenn. The prize includes tickets to the CMA Awards, roundtrip airfare, and hotel accommodations in Nashville.

"Country music fans have become one our biggest group of users since Bix.com launched. We are thrilled to offer aspiring country stars an outlet for their creative talents and a chance to attend the Country Music Awards," said Mike Speiser, co-founder and CEO of Bix, Inc. "We are proud that Impact Radio Networks has chosen Bix.com as its marketing vehicle to reach country music fans everywhere.

13 Bermudian youths learn about the world and themselves on three ...

A few days into his Raleigh International experience in Malaysia, 18-year-old Anthony Leevon Swan wanted to go home. He was sick of sleeping under mosquito netting, trekking miles every day and eating tuna fish and crackers for dinner.
Anthony was one of 13 Bermudian venturers, ages 17 to 25, who went to Malaysia and Namibia this year as part of Raleigh International Bermuda.
This programme helps young Bermudians to uncover their full potential by sending them abroad to work with youth from other countries on challenging environment and community projects.
After six days I was homesick, Anthony said at a slideshow presentation held on Tuesday morning at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute (BUEI). A Raleigh facilitator took me for a walk. She talked to me about self confidence.

New student group enables global travel

A new program at IU will give students the opportunity to interact with hundreds of students from more than 100 countries in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, this February.

Education Without Borders is an international organization that holds student conferences every two years in the United Arab Emirates. The organization helps build networks and bring people from across the globe together to discuss and create solutions to some of the world's greatest social problems, according to the group's Web site.

The IU branch's coordinator, sophomore Paul Commons, first heard about the group after one of his professors forwarded him an e-mail about the program. Commons is currently the president of the student advisory board for the One Here ... One There organization, a group that helps aid sub-Saharan African students by encouraging college students around the country to donate $20 through their bursar bill.