Thursday, January 21, 2010

CotaiJet Receives New License + Permission for Additional Routes

Sands China’s CotaiJet ferry operation has been

issued a 10-year license to operate its ferries between Macau and
Hong Kong under the new licensing regime approved by the Macau SAR
Government. The license also increases the number of routes the
CotaiJet service can use, including the addition of several daily
roundtrip sailings between the Hong Kong International Airport and
the Taipa Ferry Terminal – which is located just minutes from the
company’s properties on the Cotai Strip.

“Opening new routes and increasing capacity from
Hong Kong to Macau will facilitate the growth of the meetings,
incentive, convention, and exhibition business by seamlessly
linking the Hong Kong airport and other points of arrival and
departure to the Cotai Strip,” said Steve Jacobs, chief executive
officer of Sands China Ltd. “The additional routes will also
provide substantial flexibility for our guests coming to enjoy one
of the many live entertainment acts featured at the CotaiArena.
Our company is committed to helping the government diversify
Macau’s economy and our ability to bring more and more people to
Macau, whether to attend a meeting or convention or see a live
performance, will have a dramatic impact on those diversification
efforts.”

The CotaiJet ferry service has run daily
roundtrip sailings between the Ferry Terminal in Hong Kong and the
Taipa Ferry Terminal in Macau since it began operating in late
2007. Under the new license, CotaiJet can operate up to 35-daily
roundtrip sailings between the Hong Kong Ferry Terminal and the
Taipa Ferry Terminal; six roundtrip sailings between the Hong Kong
International Airport and the Taipa Ferry Terminal; six roundtrips
between the Hong Kong International Airport and the Outer Harbor
Ferry Terminal on the Macau peninsula; three roundtrip sailings cheap flight Dubbo to Melbourne (All Airports)
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