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Skyfun.travel sets lofty target
Business, Dusida Worrachaddejchai, Published on 06/07/2022
» Skyfun.travel, an online travel agent (OTA) platform fully owned by Thai Vietjet (TVJ), is aiming for a top three position in Thailand over the next three years by capitalising on the tourism recovery.
Thai Vietjet eyes 8 new planes for fleet
Business, Dusida Worrachaddejchai, Published on 15/03/2022
» Thai Vietjet (TVJ) will be ready to add eight new aircraft this year if the Chinese market returns by the fourth quarter, in the airline's best-case scenario.
Call for surcharge on domestic flights
Business, Dusida Worrachaddejchai, Published on 10/03/2022
» The Airlines Association of Thailand (AAT) is urging the government to let them add a fuel surcharge onto tickets for domestic flights, as the Russia-Ukraine conflict continues to push up oil prices.
TAT looks to short-haul markets
Business, Dusida Worrachaddejchai, Published on 03/03/2022
» The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) aims to attract at least 1.5 million tourists from short-haul destinations to compensate for the Chinese market by teaming up with airlines to spur demand.
Airlines give up on state's soft loans
Business, Dusida Worrachaddejchai, Published on 19/11/2021
» The long-awaited soft loans for local airlines valued at 5 billion baht have failed to materialise as there is no further support from the government to shore up the aviation business, while Bangkok Airways is banking on a recovery in international tourism to help revive its profits.
TAA reshuffles operations as Chinese market takes a hit
Business, Dusida Worrachaddejchai, Published on 28/01/2020
» Thai AirAsia (TAA), Thailand’s largest low-cost carrier, expects to lose some 300,000 Chinese passengers during the first quarter as flights to China make up 30% of its total revenue.
'Amazing Asean' is next chapter in tourism success story
News, Dusida Worrachaddejchai, Published on 31/10/2019
» Tourism in Southeast Asia remains healthy despite the global economic slowdown, but this regional success story will only continue if Asean countries ramp up cooperation, experts say.
Thai tourists set to shun Hong Kong
Business, Dusida Worrachaddejchai, Published on 23/08/2019
» Thailand's outbound tourism is expected to grow at a slower pace to 10 million travellers this year, about 1 million lower than earlier projected, due to economic hardship and prolonged protests in Hong Kong, a favoured destination of Thais.
Bangkok Airways holds back new routes
Business, Dusida Worrachaddejchai, Published on 17/05/2019
» Stagnant Thai travel in the first quarter this year has led Bangkok Airways to slow plans to open new routes over the rest of the year, says chief executive and president Puttipong Prasarttong-Osoth.