BANGKOK, 26 February 2012 (NNT) – The Airports of Thailand Public Company Limited (AoT) is set to adjust the airport tax up to THB800 for international flights and THB150 for domestic flights. AoT Chairman ACM Sumet Phomanee disclosed that the board meeting, held on February 23, approved the new rates of passenger service charge (PSC), […]
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 […]
Malaysia on Wednesday detained an Iranian man suspected of involving in the series of bomb attacks in Bangkok’s Klongtan district on Tuesday, a senior Thai security official said. The arrest of Masoud Sedaghatzadeh was made about 3pm in Kuala Lumpur following the Thai side giving information and identity of the suspect. The suspect was scheduled […]
Thai Police have identified a 3rd Iranian suspect in yesterday’s bomb blasts in Bangkok as Sedaghatzadeh Masud and immigration police said he’s left for Malaysia on an 8.20 P.M. flight yesterday. A CCTV image of the suspect has been circulated. National Police chief Police General Priewpan Damapong says the second Iranian suspect arrested at Suvarnabhumi […]
Police on Tuesday arrested an Iranian suspected of involving in the triple bomb blasts in Bangkok at Suvarnabhumi Airport as he was about to depart for Malaysia. The suspect was identified as Mohammad Hazaei, 42. He was waiting for an Air Asia flight to to Kuala Lumpur. The arrest was made after separate three bomb […]
BANGKOK, Feb 9 – The eco-friendly Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft arrived Thailand on Thursday morning and the test-run flight is to take off Friday from Suvarnabhumi Airport to the northern province of Chiang Mai. Boeing launched its latest aircraft, flying from Seattle in the United States, as a new innovation focusing on energy savings. The […]
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 […]
BANGKOK, Feb 3 – THAI Smile Air, Thai Airways International (THAI)’s new sub-brand carrier, will begin its first operational flight July 1 from Bangkok to Macau. THAI Executive Vice President for Strategy and Business Development, Chokchai Panyayong, spoke after a board meeting which also approved business plans for both THAI and its new airline. Flight […]
