PC Air, a new Thai airline has hired four transsexuals, including a former beauty queen, as flight attendants. PC Air has already recruited six crew of the “third sex” and boss Peter Chan said recruitment, driven by a belief in equal rights, would continue. Thai airline hires ladyboys as flight attendants by ODNandfinally
BANGKOK, Feb 3 – An alleged Malaysian drug smuggler on Thursday was arrested in possession of 1.6 kilos of crystal methamphetamine, commonly known as ‘ice,’ at Suvarnabhumi Airport, according to Thai police. Neoh Bee Geok, a Malaysian Chinese woman, was detained at Thailand’s main international airport with 1.6kg of the illicit drug hidden in a […]
BANGKOK, Feb 2 — Thailand’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday said it would send a second special flight to collect some one hundred Thai nationals caught in riot-torn Egypt on Thursday. Ministry spokesman Thani Thongpakdi said 2,600 Thais remain in Egypt, but about 100 of them, mainly students and workers, asked the ministry to help bring […]
BANGKOK, Jan 31 — Thailand’s Foreign Ministry is coordinating with Thai International Airways (THAI) to provide a special flight to pick up some 80 Thai nationals stranded at Cairo airport in Egypt as anti-government protests in Egypt ran into the seventh day and showed no sign of easing, according to Foreign Ministry spokesman Thani Thongpakdi. […]
Thai AirAsia has launched its Chiang Mai hub with new daily direct flights from Singapore to the northern Thai city. The introduction of this new route is yet another important milestone for AirAsia as guests can now look forward to better connectivity to Northern Thailand. Chiang Mai is also linked to Bangkok, Hat Yai, Phuket […]
BANGKOK, 17 January 2011 (NNT) – As the Chinese New Year is approaching, Chinese tourists are flocking into Thailand. Over 130 flights have been chartered to fly Chinese holidaymakers to Thailand during the Chinese New Year. be flown to Thailand as travel agencies are changing their strategies by aiming at high-end tourists and tourists who […]
Russians Dominate the BRIC Market into Thailand With the worldwide credit-related meltdown starting its third year of reduced spending by Westerners, the countries fairing the best in the short term are the countries with the cash economies now referred to by economists collectively as “BRIC.” The BRIC countries are Brazil, Russia ,India and China. Stories […]
NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 26 – A suspect from Thailand was arrested at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on Saturday night with 19.5 kg of illegal ivory. Police intercepted her on routine patrol while she was checking into a Kenya Airways flight at 11.30pm with 105 pieces of ivory bangles, necklaces and raw ivory while […]
