BANGKOK, 13 January 2015 (NNT) – Limits have not been placed on how low budget airlines’ fares can go, even though a capping of the upper limit does exist, according to Transport Minister ACM Prajin Juntong. Responding to comments on the restrictions placed on low-cost airlines’ fares, being circulated on social media, the transport minister […]
PHUKET: With several hundred passengers of Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways still stuck in Phuket, the airline has announced that relief is finally on its way. In a statement released this afternoon (January 5), the airline said, “Etihad Airways is dispatching relief aircraft to both Bangkok and Phuket in Thailand to assist passengers whose travel plans […]
An Air Asia plane travelling from Surabaya, Indonesia to Singapore has lost contact with air traffic control, Indonesia’s Metro TV reported on Sunday. Read more: straitstimes.com Straits Times
Thai Airways International today reported a consolidated net loss of 9,117 million baht for the first nine months of this year. The loss represented a 2,864 million baht increase from the same period last year, said THAI acting president ACM Siwakiat Jayema. Read more: thaipbs.or.th
An AirAsia passenger plane hit an egret while landing at Nakhon Si Thammarat airport yesterday morning, delaying its return flight to Bangkok. The left engine of flight FD 3188 from Don Mueang airport in Bangkok sucked in the bird as the plane was descending to land at Nakhon Si Thammarat airport about 7.30am. Read more: […]
BANGKOK, Sept 10 – National flag carrier Thai Airways International (THAI) will not ask the Government Savings Bank (GSB) for a loan to increase its liquidity, according to a senior THAI executive. Areepong Bhoocha-oom, acting chairman of the airline’s executive board, said THAI did not need to borrow from GSB this year because improving ticket […]
Thai Airways International is projected to suffer a loss of between 12-20 billion baht for the whole year this year compared to about 12 billion baht last year, said ACM Prajin Juntong, THAI chairman and deputy chief of the National Council for Peace and Order. He attributed the projected increased losses to poor operating performances […]
PHUKET: Three hundred Chinese holidaymakers have been stranded in Phuket since Sunday (August 9) when the charter aircraft that was supposed to pick them up broke down in Bangkok. The aircraft is operated by City Airways, a small airline owned by a group of Thai, Chinese and Hong Kong investors. Read more: thephuketnews.com Darawan Naknakhon, […]
