BANGKOK, 30 March 2012 (NNT) – Airports of Thailand (AoT) chairman ACM Sumet Phomanee says the AoT will make Bangkok Suvarnabhumi airport (SVB) a major aviation center of Southeast Asia while Don Mueang will become an airport for low cost airlines. According to ACM Sumet, Suvarnabhumi will be operated in full service ready to accommodate […]
BANGKOK, March 29 – Thailand’s Ministry of Transport urged the Airports of Thailand (AoT) to maximise capacity of Don Mueang Airport as Suvarnabhumi Airport now handles an excessive number of passengers, Deputy Transport Minister Chatchart Sittipan said on Thursday. Don Mueang Airport can accommodate more flights and negotiations between the AoT and airlines are underway […]
CHIANG MAI, 23 March 2012 (NNT) – Thai AirAsia is launching new daily direct flights from Chiang Mai to Macau, with the inaugural flight set to commence on May 22. Chief Executive Tassapon Bijleveld, Chiang Mai governor ML Panadda Diskul and Consul General Zhu Weimin presided over a ceremony in Chiang Mai to launch the […]
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has ordered that all low-cost airlines move to Don Mueang Airport to improve air and runway traffic at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi, but the plan is unlikely to ease the current turmoil frustrating countless travellers. The shift of low-cost carriers to Don Mueang was announced by Deputy Prime Minister and Tourism and Sports […]
Thai Airways International Plc (THAI) has signed a ‘Flight Hour Services -Tailored Support Package’ contract with Airbus to provide aircraft inventory and maintenance support for its A380 fleet. THAI will become the ninth operator of the A380 when it takes delivery of its first aircraft in the third quarter of 2012. THAI has firm orders […]
AIR Australia has been placed into voluntary administration, thousands of passengers stranded and its flights grounded after it was unable to pay its bills. Administrators KordaMentha posted the news about the troubled airline on its website early today, saying that flights would be grounded. It comes as the airline was denying it was broke as […]
Sydney – Australia’s Qantas Airways said Wednesday it had grounded an A380 after minor cracks were found on the wings during a routine inspection. It expects the superjumbo to be back in service within a week and said the 36 hairline cracks did not compromised air safety. Read more: In Monsters and Critics
BANGKOK, 3 February 2012 (NNT) – AirAsia, a Southeast Asian low cost carrier, is launching new domestic and international routes. It is also ready to bring in new Airbus A320 planes, hoping to spur Thailand’s tourism. Mr. Tassapon Bijleveld, Chief Executive Officer of Thai AirAsia, said that in the first quarter of 2012 AirAsia is […]
