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Phuket airport slaps ban on private jets
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 30/12/2014
» Phuket airport has slapped a blanket ban on private jets this holiday season.
SpiceJet ends hiatus with new route from Kolkata
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 01/09/2014
» SpiceJet, India's second largest low-cost carrier (LCC), is returning to Bangkok later this month after a six-month hiatus.
Mae Hong Son tourism grounded
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 16/05/2014
» Mae Hong Son's economy, especially its tourism industry, is in limbo due to the dearth of flights linking Thailand's most mountainous province with the outside world.
Cessna targets jets at Asian high-flyers
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 03/07/2013
» Asia has emerged as a fast-growing market for executive jets, with the 15% annual growth rate seen in the past three years expected to continue.
Thai pilot shortage creates legal headaches
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 17/01/2013
» An outdated and impractical rule requiring Thai-based carriers and air service providers to have the bulk, if not all, of their cockpit staff made up of Thai nationals is driving airlines up the wall.
New airlines run into cash turbulence
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 20/11/2012
» Several startup airlines in Thailand do not seem to have sufficient capital to sustain good day-to-day operations, keep their aircraft in tip-top shape or train their crews properly.
Suvarnabhumi needs to act fast to beat capacity shortage
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 27/08/2012
» Suvarnabhumi Airport will need to carry out the next phase of expansion as soon as the current upgrade works are completed or faces yet again the perennial problem of capacity lagging behind traffic demand.
Don Mueang readiness decried
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 10/08/2012
» Contrary to what Thai authorities claim, Don Mueang airport appears not yet ready to resume international flights, as the South Korean budget carrier T'way Airlines says the problems it encountered has prompted it to halt service there.
Relief for immigration headaches at BKK?
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 15/03/2012
» Steps are being taken to provide at least short-term relief for the understaffed immigration force at Suvarnabhumi airport and address the root cause of the congestion woes that have been the subject of so many complaints.