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    Behind the curve

    Postbag, Published on 23/02/2024

    » Re: "BoT is absolutely right in holding rates", (Opinion, Feb 22).

  • News & article

    Singapore Air adds flights to Bangkok, Phuket

    Bloomberg News, Published on 22/11/2022

    » Singapore Airlines Ltd will add flights to East and Southeast Asia, including Bangkok and Phuket, from early next year and trim some services to the United States as it tweaks routes and plane allocations to get a head start over rivals as nations ease travel restrictions.

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    Come fly with me

    Guru, Eric E Surbano, Published on 04/06/2021

    » Among the many things that we've lost during this pandemic, the ability to get on a plane on a whim and fancy has been the biggest. If you've ever been to Suvarnabhumi International Airport in the past months to just walk around with a trolley to remind yourself what it feels like waiting for your flight (no? just me then?), then you'll know that the airport is a shadow of its former self. Even if you did manage to book a flight, it involves so much paperwork and costs so much, coupled with the fear of catching the virus, it's not worth it unless in an emergency.

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    Touch-me-not travel

    Business, Published on 12/05/2020

    » As travel vaporises in the face of on-off lockdowns, airlines, airports and hotels are pondering the future of hospitality in these fluid and fearful socially distanced times. Professional hosts are examining how to safely distance yet offer hospitable warmth without turning everything into a set from 2001: A Space Odyssey.

  • News & article

    What 2019 brought to Thailand's strongest industry

    Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 26/12/2019

    » Life reviews the highlights of the tourism sector during the past 12 months.

  • News & article

    Flight test

    Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 22/07/2019

    » Carsten Spohr was named Manager of the Year in 2017 by Manager Magazin in Germany when Lufthansa's profit hit a record high and its share price jumped 150%. Two years later, he finds his skills being tested to the limit after issuing a second profit warning in six months. While the airline is on track for an operating profit of 2 billion euros this year, it is 25% below analysts' forecasts.

  • News & article

    Declining tourist numbers put pressure on THAI

    News, Published on 18/06/2019

    » Passenger traffic during the low tourism season in the third quarter will have a direct bearing on Thai Airways International Plc's (THAI) revenue for the entire year, says a source at the national carrier.

  • News & article

    Open Motors spots EV hub

    Business, William Hicks, Published on 24/06/2019

    » Thailand or the surrounding countries could form a manufacturing hub for vehicles of the future, durable battery-powered cars operating as the fleets for ride-hailing giants like Grab, Uber and Didi.

  • News & article

    Year of turbulence

    Asia focus, Published on 31/12/2018

    » Two unpredictable men with weird haircuts and access to nuclear weapons had a friendly chat in Singapore -- and that was just one of the many noteworthy stories of 2018. Elsewhere in Asia, we witnessed some surprising political developments (Malaysia) and not-so-surprising ones (Cambodia), along with what seemed to be a disturbingly high number of natural disasters. Many see the latter as a manifestation of the growing impact of climate change, and it's a debate that is bound to intensify in the year ahead. Below, Asia Focus looks back on the eventful year now ending.

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    New THAI boss envisions turnaround

    Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 09/10/2018

    » Sumeth Damrongchaitham, 53, was officially appointed last month as president of Thai Airways International Plc (THAI).

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