A plane built by Russia’s Sukhoi has crashed in Indonesia with around 50 people on board during a demonstration flight to potential customers. The Superjet 100 struck a cliff as it descended over mountains near Jakarta. The aircraft departed Halim Perdanakusuma Airport at around 2pm local time yesterday and was due to return 50 minutes […]
While many parts of Thailand suffer from heat and drought, authorities have launched rainmaking operations in the lower northern region to assist farmers. Kitti Thupsri, technical specialist at the Phitsanulok rainmaking operation centre, said yesterday that since March the centre – covering seven lower northern provinces – had dispatched 137 rainmaking flights using 150 tonnes […]
Thai Airways International Plc (THAI) is organizing the “Rak Khun Tao Fah 2012” event in celebration of its 52nd anniversary. Held during April 27-May 1, the fair is aimed to thank customers for their loyalty to the brand and also to introduce THAI’s new service, THAI Smile. Presiding over the launch of Rak Khun Tao […]
Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is scheduled to return to England for the first time since 2008 to watch Monday’s crucial soccer game between Manchester United and Manchester City, his legal aide Noppadon Pattama confirmed yesterday. British authorities shut Thaksin out in late 2008 after he was found guilty in the Ratchadaphisek land case. Before […]
PHUKET, 11 April 2012 (NNT) – Phuket International Airport will be open to normal air traffic on April 12 after a temporary closure imposed as a result of a powerful earthquake in Indonesia. Mr Prathuang Sornkham, Director of the airport said the closure was prompted by the National Disaster Warning Center announcement asking people in […]
BANGKOK, 11 April 2012 (NNT) – Thai Airways International Plc (THAI) has postponed all Bangkok-Phuket and Bangkok-Krabi flights after 16.30 hrs due to a possible tsunami in the two southern provinces. Following a massive quake off the Indonesian island of Sumatra at 15.45 hrs today, the Airports of Thailand (AOT) has ordered temporary closure of […]
Approximately twenty flight routes for various airlines are to be modified to avoid the path of a rocket scheduled to be launched from North Korea later this month, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines said yesterday. Amongst the affected companies are Delta Air Lines, Garuda Indonesia, Japan Airlines, Korean Airlines, Cebu Pacific, Philippine Airlines […]
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 […]
