PHUKET: Hoteliers on Koh Phi Phi, Koh Racha Yai and other islands in the Phuket region have requested that the Navy and Marine Police assist in transporting tourists back to Phuket following a ban on any boats smaller than 24 meters going out to sea. The Phuket Marine Office’s ban on small boats comes as […]
A Canadian man gets stranded at the airport after a travel agency in Pattaya takes him for a ride. The Canadian bought a ticket from the agency on the 4th of June. His departure date was the 14th. When he arrived at the airport the airline informed him he had no ticket. He had spent […]
A charter flight of Asian Air with 233 passengers was stranded at Don Muaeng airport Friday night after it was not granted permission to fly into Japan. All the passengers, mostly Thais, with homes in Bangkok were refunded, while those living in the provinces were given accommodations overnight at hotels arranged by the airline. Read […]
PHUKET: With several hundred passengers of Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways still stuck in Phuket, the airline has announced that relief is finally on its way. In a statement released this afternoon (January 5), the airline said, “Etihad Airways is dispatching relief aircraft to both Bangkok and Phuket in Thailand to assist passengers whose travel plans […]
PHUKET: Three hundred Chinese holidaymakers have been stranded in Phuket since Sunday (August 9) when the charter aircraft that was supposed to pick them up broke down in Bangkok. The aircraft is operated by City Airways, a small airline owned by a group of Thai, Chinese and Hong Kong investors. Read more: thephuketnews.com Darawan Naknakhon, […]
Thai Airways International (THAI) announced Monday that TG 508 flight with 296 crews and passengers was stranded at Karachi international airport when the airport was attacked Sunday night. But it said nobody was hurt and all of them were arranged to stay at a hotel. Read more: thaipbs.or.th
BANGKOK, Feb 19 – Nearly 300 Thai tourists were rescued from snow-struck Kawaguchiko city, about 100 km southwest of Tokyo, the Thai embassy in Japan reported. In its report to the Thai Foreign Ministry in Bangkok, the embassy said all 299 Thais were safe after leaving the city in Yamanashi prefecture in smaller vehicles. Read […]
PHUKET – Thai and foreign tourists trapped on Racha Yai island after a heavy storm were lifted to safety by the Thai navy, police said on Sunday. Read more: Bangkok Post
