Thailand’s Department of Airports Plans To Expand Nan Nakhon Airport
Thailand’s Department of Airports (DoA) is seeking 40 million Thai baht (US$1.2 million) to conduct studies on the expansion of Nan Nakhon Airport. DoA says the budget of 40 million Thai baht is to pay for an environment impact assessment…
INTERVIEW: Thai AirAsia Executive Chairman Tassapon Bijleveld On The Carrier’s Flights Through Unrelenting COVID-19 Storms
Thai AirAsia (TAA) is seeing green shoots for a turnaround after being struck severely by the catastrophic COVID-19 outbreak. The prospects for recovery seem to be looming large as the largest no-frills carrier of Thailand is moving strenuously to jumpstart…
OBITUARY: Udom Tantiprasongchai, founder of Orient Thai Airlines, dies aged 66
Udom Tantiprasongchai was the first in Thailand to establish a low-cost airline and he was also the airline executive who pioneered Thailand’s inbound tourism charter market from China. It could be said he was a visionary for that, but he was…
Thai AirAsia Using A321s to Drive Growth
Thai AirAsia says it did consider adding regional turboprop aircraft, but instead decided to grow the airline by adding larger jet aircraft. The airline decided against regional turboprops because it was concerned about the slot constraints at Thailand’s busiest airports,…
