BANGKOK, 28 March 2013 (NNT) – Airports of Thailand public company has announced that it will allow all airlines to use Don Muang international airport again. The decision was made by the airport company’s board of directors, and will have to be approved by the Cabinet, as 70 per cent of the company’s shares are […]
BANGKOK, March 16 – A landing gear tyre of a Thai Airways International plane arriving from India burst this morning as it was landing at Bangkok’s international airport, though all 287 passengers were reportedly safe. The accident occurred around 6.20am with the Airbus A-330 flight TG341 from Kolkata to Bangkok. The plane, however, landed at […]
BANGKOK, March 7 – Don Mueang Airport, Bangkok’s budget airline facility, will boost its capability to take 27.5 million passengers annually in 2016, an airport executive said today. Don Mueang Airport director Paranee Wattanotai said Terminal II is being developed to cope with expanded service capacity given its clear-cut role as an aviation facility for […]
Scandinavian Airlines from April 1 will stop flying to Thailand, after 64 years of uninterrupted service. Global sales director, Elisabeth Milton Hemmingsen, confirms the shutdown to standby.dk. The internet-based news agency furthered that the Bangkok will be shut down, leading to the layoff of 30 employees. Read more: The Nation By The Nation
BANGKOK, 19 February 2013 (NNT) – Tour operators have demanded a 100-million-baht compensation from private airline PC Air following a row that left 400 Thai passengers stranded at Incheon International Airport in October last year. According to the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA), operators have travelled to the Ministry of Transport to file complaints against […]
Air Emirates is in the news this week as reports of an exit door opening during a flight from Bangkok to Hong Kong hit the newspapers around the world, However many are questioning the validity of the reports. According to travelers, the exit door in the business class section opened up slightly during the flight, […]
A passenger plane broke apart and caught fire after an emergency landing yesterday at Donetsk International Airport in eastern Ukraine, causing at least five fatalities. Twelve were also injured in the incident, although “most of the survivors were able to walk off the plane by themselves” according to Svytlana Borodyna, an emergency ministry spokesperson. Russia-based […]
BANGKOK, Feb 14 – Thai Airways International (THAI), Thailand’s national flag carrier, will launch more routes to attract 25 million more travellers as part of its collaboration with the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). THAI President Sorajak Kasemsuvan said the airline had discussed with TAT, and this year’s target is to attract 25 million travellers […]
