BANGKOK, 29 April 2011 (NNT) – Airports of Thailand Plc (AOT) is planning to elevate the standard of Phuket International Airport to accommodate the rising number of passengers. According to the statistics during the first six months of the 2011 fiscal year, or from October 2010 to March 2011, the number of travelers at Phuket […]
BANGKOK, 19 April 2011 (NNT) – Thai Airways International (THAI) is now recruiting 468 new flight attendants, both male and female, prompting more than 4,000 applicants on the first day of recruitment. According to THAI Executive Vice President for Operations Department Squadron Leader Asdavut Watanangura, the positions include 178 stewards and 290 stewardesses. This is […]
Some 34 prospective overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) were barred from going to Thailand after the Bureau of Immigration (BI) found out they were only posing as business travelers. The passengers were prevented from boarding a Philippine Airlines (PAL) flight to Bangkok after intense questioning by immigration officers forced them to confess that they were OFWs […]
Thai Airways will increase the fuel charge for international flights starting from April 18 onwards, and for European flights starting from May 2. Thai Airways International has announced that the company will raise the fuel surcharge for international-flight passengers. The company said it will be changing the fees to reduce fuel expenditures, in line with […]
NAKHON SI THAMMARAT, 6 April 2011 (NNT) – Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport has resumed its services in the wake of the recent flood while damages on the facilities are being evaluated. Director of Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport Nisit Sombat announced that the provincial airport had been back in operation after it was forced to close […]
Two flights of Thai Airways International in the Bangkok-Surat Thani route were affected today, due to the flood in Surat Thani. TG253 from Bangkok to Surat Thani just departed Bangkok at 11am, from regular schedule at 09.50am. TG254 from Surat Thani to Bangkok just departed at 1pm, from regular schedule of 11.45am. By The Nation
BANGKOK, March 31 – Thailand’s sole aircraft carrier HTMS Chakri Naruebet carrying 753 tourists, including 551 foreign visitors from Koh Tao Island in Surat Thani province to safety docked at the Sattahip naval base in the eastern province of Chonburi Thursday as Thailand’s flood crisis took its toll on the southern provinces leaving at least […]
The situation for the stranded tourists from Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland on Koh Samui, Koh Pangnan and Koh Tao stabilized during Thursday. The rain has stopped but it is still clowdy. Some roads are open again on Koh Samui, the airport and ferrys are running normally. The Danish Embassy tells Scandasia today that about […]
