Flights packed and traffic jams reported on roads leaving Bangkok; Pattaya, Hua Hin, Cha-am, Kanchanaburi main destinations; 1,000 bus trips added to carry more passengers The exodus of flood-weary Bangkokians from the city gathered pace yesterday, jamming outbound highways with cars and adding to packed accommodations in Pattaya, Hua Hin and Chon Buri, among other […]
Sydney – A Sydney-bound Qantas Airways Boeing 747 returned to Bangkok after the pilot shut down one engine following what the Australian carrier described as a “bang.” Sunday’s Q52 flight, which had 356 passengers aboard, landed safely in Bangkok about an hour after take-off, a Qantas spokesman said Monday. Read more: The Nation
Flash floods and forest runoff triggered by heavy overnight downpours ravaged northern Thailand Lampang province yesterday, damaging vast tracts of farmland in at least six districts. An 88-year-old man, identified as Tui Sri-inkaew, drowned at his house in tambon Kluay Pae in Muang district. The flooding also forced the temporary closure of Lampang airport. Bangkok […]
GEORGE TOWN: A High Court here sentenced two Malaysian men and a woman to death on Monday for heroin trafficking. Kwok Weng Fatt, 62, Abdul Rahman Lee Abdullah, 54, and Nurul Jannah Seng Abdullah, 47, were apprehended when trying to board an Australia-bound flight from the Penang International Airport on Jan 29, 2005. Read more: […]
BANGKOK, Sept 20 – THAI Smile Air, Thai Airways International (THAI)’s new sub-brand carrier, will begin operations in July next year, according to THAI President Piyasvasti Amranand. Mr Piyasvasti said the business and investment plan of THAI Smile Air is concluded and that the airline will operate with domestic routes to provinces such as Chiang […]
Thai Airways International’s THAI Smile Air is scheduled to begin its first flights in July 2012, first to replace the main brand on the routes to Ubon Ratchathani, Udon Thani, Khon Kaen, Chiang Rai, and Surat Thani. The “light premium” sub-brand will service both domestic and international destinations. “Think of it as a competitive hybrid […]
Wellington – A 31-year-old New Zealander choked and died eating an airline meal on a flight from Singapore to Auckland, a newspaper reported Sunday. His girlfriend, Vanessa Preechakul, 27, told the Herald on Sunday how she sat next to the body of Robert Rippingale after he was moved to a curtained off crew rest area […]
Thai Airways (THAI) has announced the creation of a sub-brand airline called Thai Smile yesterday. Ampon Kittiampon, chairman of the airline’s board, said the board had approved the establishment of the airline, which is a business unit affiliated with THAI. Thai Smile will start flying in July next year. Mr Ampon characterised it as a […]
