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I have little idea how difficult it is to get to and from a country like Malaysia and/or whether a new airlines there is needed, but here’s some new news for folks who are interested. According to this piece over at Yahoo, Malaysian aviation tycoon Tony Fernandes launched a new long-haul budget airline named AirAsia X, which will start flying to destinations in China and Britain in July.

The new airline is expected to carry some 500,000 passengers in first year of operations, and will ultimately cover China, India, Europe, Australia, Asia and the Middle East. Funny that North America was left our of the equation, but perhaps we have enough budget airlines covering these routes from the US as it is.

Experienced travelers all have their fancy little tips on how to make the flying experience a little better. Even the smallest things can help improve your temporary quality of life, and knowing a couple of tried and true techniques will help make the long hours pass more easily.

One of my favorite tips, for example when someone is hogging the arm rest, is to tell them that a new study you read says people with excess elbow skin die earlier than others. The person will then unquestionably extend his arm from the armrest to determine his personal elbow skin excess quotient (ESEQ…it’s always nice to throw some technical sounding verbiage into the discussion). That’s when you smile, assure the person he will be fine and that such studies are usually dubious, and then slip your own elbow comfortably onto the arm rest. Ah, problem solved.

That one comes from me to you for free. Now here is one from the LA Times on how to choose the best seat on a plane. The suggestions here are rather simple and obvious (Number one: reserve a seat when you bu your ticket - ah, I wish I’d thought of that!), but keeping the whole of them in mind when you travel can probably put the odds in your advantage for getting a decent seat. Probably the article’s best advice to to direct you to one of the best seat resources online, a wonderful site called Seat Guru. The site tells you the best seats based on comfort room and view on all sorts of different planes and airlines and is a superb resource.

For most of us, getting stuck in an airport becomes a lesson in boredom that can only be alleviated through naps, iPods, and people watching.But what about all those Type A personalities on business trips forced to eek out some productivity while stuck between flights? We’ve all seen them, hunched over their laptops at the gate while others around them snooze or fiddle with their hand-held electronics. It must be hell trying to get work done under such circumstances.

Fortunately the fine folks over at Business 2.0 have done some investigative journalism to uncover the very best American airports for the business traveler–stopover locations where suits can cozy up to a bevy of services designed to transform even the briefest of stops into a massive outpouring of workflow.

The five best airports for business travelers, according to Business 2.0, are Minneapolis-St. Paul International (MSP), Charlotte Douglas International (CLT), Denver International (DIA), San Francisco International (SFO), and Dallas-Fort Worth International (DFW).

And why are they so great? Just check out some of the following perks; free Wi-Fi and a day spa (CLT), $45 day-pass to Northwest Club Lounges (MSP), eight business centers and an onsite hotel (DFW), and sushi and a meditation room (SFO). And of course, all have internet hook-ups, CNN feeds, hypercharge stations, access to fax machines, photocopiers, and everything else you might need in your office away from home.