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Cheap air flights vs. fast trains: Which wins?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 15/05/2013
» Costing over 2 trillion baht, high-speed rail unlikely to win customers from cheap & fast airlines. Sightseeing & some cargo, main use for trains.
Nok Air’s attention-getting calendar
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 20/02/2013
» Nok Air chief executive Patee Sarasin wanted attention for his budget airline and he got it. All it took was an age-old marketing tool, the sexy calendar.
Low-cost airlines growing fast
Jon Fernquest, Published on 24/10/2012
» Low-cost airlines (Nok, ThaiAirAsia) are growing fast, going international & stealing passengers from big established airlines (THAI).
Don Mueang reopens for business
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 02/10/2012
» It almost looked like the good old days at Bangkok's Don Mueang airport yesterday as it reopened for business after renovations following last year's heavy flood damage.
Suu Kyi pledges to help refugees
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 02/06/2012
» MAE SOT -- While thanking Thai authorities for taking care of refugees from Myanmar for decades, Aung San Suu Kyi vowed on Saturday to do all she could to help them leave.
Move budget airlines to Don Meuang?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 21/03/2012
» Delays & long lines at Suvarnabhumi. Designed for 45 million passengers a year but faces 51 million this year. Expansion 5 years away.
AoT mulls no-move guarantee
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 21/03/2012
» Airports of Thailand Plc (AoT) is devising a package of incentives to woo airlines, especially reluctant budget carriers, to Bangkok's Don Mueang airport to shift traffic away from overloaded Suvarnabhumi airport.
Post-Flood: Don Muang airport reopens
Jon Fernquest, Published on 02/03/2012
» Only one airline Nok Air will be using Don Mueang despite soaring Suvarnabhumi traffic of 51 million (above capacity of 45 million).
Hide the government debt? (like Greece)
Jon Fernquest, Published on 20/01/2012
» Heed central bank & international financial markets warns outgoing Finance Minister Thirachai (former central banker & securities regulator).
Floods close Don Mueang
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 26/10/2011
» Floodwaters have reached Don Mueang Airport, forcing a halt to all flight operations until at least next Tuesday.