Government endorses establishment of Thai Smile with 1.8 billion baht investment

BANGKOK, 25 September 2013 (NNT) – The Cabinet has endorsed Thai Airways International Plc. to establish the Thai Smile airline to compete in the low-cost airline segment, believing that the new company will be able to generate almost 2 billion baht of annual profit by the year 2017. According to Chalitrat Chantharubeksa, deputy spokesperson to […]

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Thai Airways to offer WiFi on board

Thai Airways, Thailand’s national carrier, will equip its airplanes with WiFi connections to be used by passengers inflight. The country’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunication Commission has signaled to give the green light for WiFi to be operated on international flights, expected to start from September 2013. Read more: investvine.com

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Thai AirAsia spreads wings with new Airbus A320s

BANGKOK, MAY 31 – Thai AirAsia (TAA), one of Thailand’s budget airlines, was granted a Bt2.1 billion (US$70 million) financial lease to purchase two Airbus A320s, according to an executive of Leasing ICBC (Thai). Ong-art Vorachattarn, Leasing ICBC managing director, said the loan was approved with a strong belief in TAA’s capability, strength and success […]

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