Hong Kong: Cheap thrills

Low-fare airline Oasis Hong Kong commences its non-stop service today between Hong Kong and London (Gatwick).

At start-up, Oasis has two Boeing 747-400s -- each one has 81 business and 278 economy class seats.

Oasis says 10% of all economy seats wil be priced at HK$1,000 (one way) on every flight. Otherwise, tickets are HK$2,500 or HK$3,000 (one way) depending on day and hour of departure.

Surcharges? Yes, air passenger departure tax (HK$120), fuel surchage (HK$481), security surcharge (HK$33). How much is all that? HK$634. But all the other airlines also add those charges to their advertised tariffs, too.

Flight schedule: Oasis

Homepage: Oasis Hong Kong

Update: Oasis' inaugural flight never gets off the ground because Russian officials withold permission for airline to fly through their airspace.