PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN, March 24 – Thai domestic airline Solar Air is opening a new route from Bangkok’s Don Mueang Airport to the seaside resort of Hua Hin in this southern province, according to managing director Jirathit Aungaree. He said the auspicious flight is set before the soon to come Thai new year, or ‘Songkran […]
The survivors of a plane crash in which eight people died have described the horrifying moment the aircraft skidded on to the runway and burst into flames. Ninety people are known to have died as a result of the incident in Thailand on September 16, 2007. Eight of those killed were British citizens. The crash […]
New service aimed at foreigners who went to wrong airport by mistake BANGKOK – Thai Airways today announced the launch of service between Bangkok’s Don Muang Airport and Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport. Beginning April 30, passengers can fly six times daily from one side of Bangkok to the other in under an hour. “Last year alone […]
The Crime Suppression Division is investigating the disappearance of four aircraft engines from Phitsanulok airport amid suspicions they may have been sold as part of a tax-evasion scheme. The engines, as well as other major aircraft parts, disappeared from two decommissioned Boeing 747s belonging to Orient Thai Airways parked at the domestic airport. An initial […]
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) Thailand-based Bangkok Airways Friday said it has started its first India operations by connecting Bangkok with Mumbai through six flights per week. ‘Demands are there and we realised that there is still plenty of room to be filled in terms of seat capacity,’ said Bangkok Airways president Puttipong Prasarttong-Osot. Read […]
BANGKOK, Feb 26 – Thai Airways International Public Co, Ltd (THAI) plans to buy 75 aircraft plus spare engines between 2011-2022 at the total cost of about Bt457 billion with an aim to developing its routes and increase earnings and to decommission aging aircraft, according to THAI president Piyasvasti Amranand. Mr Piyasvasti said the THAI […]
BANGKOK, 28 February 2011 (NNT)-Director-General of Department of Labor Protection and Welfare of the Ministry of Labor Mrs. Amporn Nitisiri encouraged Thai Airways flight attendants to speak openly with their employer over rules regarding their waistlines. According to Mrs. Amporn, Thai Airways cabin crews have lodged a complaint against the airlines last week for enforcing […]
BANGKOK (eTN)- Despite a tough year 2010 plagued by political turmoil in Thailand, the closure of the European air space consequent to volcanic activity in Iceland in April 2010, Thai managed to increase total revenues and its net profit in 2010 despite rising expenses (up by 10.6% over 2009). Last year, total revenues were up […]
