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Desperate for change
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 16/05/2022
» Hopes are high for the Bangkok governor election on Sunday, as it will be the first time in nine years that residents have been able to cast a ballot to choose the capital's leadership.
Oil, war, pandemic: Economic costs mount
Business, Published on 14/03/2022
» The Russian invasion of Ukraine is sending economic shockwaves around the globe with crude oil prices at one point reaching US$130 per barrel, hitting businesses already reeling from tepid consumption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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.
Seven airlines to seek bailout to survive
News, Published on 29/03/2020
» Seven Thai airlines are likely to seek a 16-billion-baht bailout from the Finance Ministry so they can pay their employees while their services are suspended.
AirAsia may launch Hua Hin flights
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 09/08/2017
» Malaysia's AirAsia has indicated the possibility of launching the first regular international flight to Hua Hin in December.
Swipe and go
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 01/01/2017
» Planning a trip abroad for the coming New Year holiday? In the old days, if you were a holidaymaker or a business traveller, you probably would have booked a trip through a travel agent and when you got to your destination, bought a map and rented a car to get yourself around.
Thai Lion gains access to IATA
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 06/09/2016
» No-frills Thai Lion Air (TLA) has joined the global airline industry club whose members are largely full-service carriers in a move to support its growth plans.
Japan, Korea clip Thai flyers' wings
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 27/03/2015
» Thailand's aviation industry has begun to feel the pinch of Thai authorities' failures to comply with global standards, as Japan and South Korea have taken pre-emptive action to curb air service by Thailand-registered carriers in their countries.
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.