Local and foreign travel on planes by government officials will be restricted from now after the cabinet yesterday endorsed an amendment to a legislation regarding expenditures of officials on official travels. Economy class is now mandated for all levels of government officials in local travels, while foreign travel for high-ranking officials will be restricted to […]
BANGKOK:– Passengers about to board a Phuket bound flight on Tuesday were horrified to see a fellow travelling had checked in a bag containing a 13 kilogram gas canister. In front of more than 100 passengers waiting to board a Thai Lion Air jet, airport officials confronted a male Thai passenger about his bag they […]
PHUKET: A South Korean co-pilot has died after suffering a heart attack in the cockpit while preparing for takeoff at Phuket International Airport early this morning (Apr 15). The 40-year-old co-pilot was conducting his preflight check on Eastar Jet Flight ZE532 when he started suffering breathing difficulty and fell unconscious, said Lt Suporn Muangkhai of […]
BANGKOK, 12 April 2016 (NNT) – Suvarnabhumi International Airport has prepared to accommodate an expected throng of travelers during this Songkran holiday. Aeronautical Radio of Thailand Ltd. has indicated that a total 23,924 flights will take place between this 8-18 April, up 10 percent from last year. Read more: NNT
One passenger and five crew members were slightly injured when a Thai Airways International flight from Jakarta hit turbulence on Monday, an airline executive said. THAI president Charamporn Jotikasthira said Tuesday that Flight TG434 from the Indonesian capital hit clear-air turbulence while the aircraft was flying over Singapore, injuring seven people, one of them a […]
Difficulties with a new air traffic management system caused delays for 130 flights at Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang airports on Thursday morning, and it could be another day or two before air controllers become fully familiar with it. Aerothai vice-president Thinnakorn Chuwong said the new air traffic control system, which uses satellite aids to assist […]
The suspected hijacker of an EgyptAir plane arrested, Cyprus Foreign ministry said in a tweet, the stand-off is over. Earlier in the day, a man hijacked an Airbus A320 en route from Egypt’s Alexandria to Cairo with at least 60 people on board. Read more: sputniknews.com Sputnik International
RAYONG, 20 March 2016 (NNT) – A large number of tourists have started to use the U Ta Phao International Airport in Rayong as a result of the government’s policy to develop it as the country’s third international commercial airport. Arrival and departure passenger halls of the airport on Sunday were bustling with both Thai […]
