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Turkish starts Istanbul-Phuket flights, seeks better slots
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 19/07/2017
» Phuket: Turkish Airlines is keen to ramp up its new Istanbul-Phuket flights to a daily basis from four flights a week.
Boeing cuts back on large aircraft as demand drops
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 12/07/2017
» The era of very large passenger aircraft like the Airbus A380 and the Boeing 747 is coming to an end.
Grounded Dreamliners stagger THAI
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 06/07/2017
» Thai Airways International (THAI) had to ground its fleet of Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner jets for a few weeks due to troubles with jet engines made by Rolls-Royce.
Chiang Rai to see three new Chinese airlines
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 04/07/2017
» Three additional carriers, all focusing on ferrying Chinese tourists to Thailand, are set to descend on Chiang Rai airport this month.
Sri Lankan launches new Colombo flight
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 29/06/2017
» Sri Lankan Airlines will introduce a third daily flight between Bangkok and Colombo aimed essentially at boosting transit passenger traffic to the Middle East and South India.
Silly buggers: Russia, US play chicken
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 23/06/2017
» I don't remember which navy I was in when I first heard the term "silly buggers", but the meaning was clear. It included some sensible exercises like "man overboard" drills, but the heart and soul of the game was high-speed manoeuvres by ships travelling in close company. These sometimes got quite exciting, because ships don't have brakes.
Thai Lion's latest routes play on China
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 19/06/2017
» Thai Lion Air (TLA) will establish new flight connections between northern Thailand and China in a bid to capture rising inbound Chinese traffic.
Mystery US space plane lands with a bang after 2 years
Published on 09/05/2017
» CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA - The US military's experimental X-37B space plane landed on Sunday at Nasa's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, completing a classified mission that lasted nearly two years, the Air Force said.
NewGen starts up at U-tapao
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 18/04/2017
» NewGen Airways launched its maiden service yesterday out of U-tapao airport, which the airline has adopted as its new local base.