BANGKOK, Oct 1 – Don Mueang Airport fully relaunched its services for low cost airlines Monday, after operation had ceased in 2006 following the opening of the new Suvarnabhumi Airport and the single airport policy. Passengers began queueing for check-in at AirAsia airlines at 4am for the first flight to Bali, Indonesia at 6.15am. Source: […]
BANGKOK, Sept 29 – The first of Thai Airways International (THAI)’s six Airbus A380-800 jetliners has been delivered to the national flag carrier this morning from the Airbus assembly plant in Toulouse, France, according to Chokchai Panyayong, THAI Executive Vice President for Strategy and Business Development Department. A welcoming ceremony for the first aircraft was […]
BANGKOK, Sept 19 – Thai Transport Minister Jarupong Ruangsuwan has announced that Don Mueang Airport will officially be fully operational for budget airlines October 1. He said Airports of Thailand (AoT) and the Aeronautical Radio of Thailand (ART) have given assurances that their operational systems and personnel are completely ready for full-fledged business, accommodating 60 […]
SONGKHLA, Aug 17 – The inaugural flight of Firefly Airline to Hat Yai International Airport bringing 90 tourists from Malaysia’s Subang Airport in Subang, a suburb of Kuala Lumpur, was warmly welcomed on Friday by Hat Yai residents. Songkhla deputy governor Surapol Panasampon led representatives from the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), Hat Yai office, […]
NAKHON SI THAMMARAT, Aug 14 – Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport resumed service this morning after a temporary suspension on Monday afternoon due to dense smoke from nearby grassland fires. Nakhon Si Thammarat Governor Wiroj Jiwarangsan said that the grass fire near the airport runway was completely extinguished by 11pm last night and that airlines could […]
The attempt to launch a low-cost airline next year by Thai Airways International (THAI) will most likely be dropped due to its ongoing financial losses. Ampon Kittiampon, the board’s chairman, confirmed on Thursday that the company’s board had decided that launching a low-cost carrier would not be included in its “strategic business plan” this year. […]
BANGKOK, July 23 – Thai AirAsia’s ticket reservation system will be suspended temporarily July 27-29 due to the company’s changing its data base system, following its operations base move to Don Mueang Airport. The airline will start operating at Don Mueang on Oct 1. The online ticketing system of flights from and to its Bangkok […]
National carrier Thai Airways is working on plans with its sister budget airline Nok Air to launch a new low-cost airline by the middle of next year, with a focus on the regional market. Chokchai Panyayong, acting president of Thai Airways International Plc (THAI), said yesterday that Nok Air has hired a consultant to conduct […]
