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Thailand's charter fate vexes political class
Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 29/12/2024
» Rewriting the constitution should be a breeze, given the overwhelming support for the effort to see it through in the House of Representatives.
Future's bright as THAI rebounds
News, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 01/01/2023
» The aviation business was plunged into an unimaginable depth of despair during the more than two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has also set a new rule for the industry: shape up or ship out.
Domestic travel poised to pick up this month
News, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 12/07/2022
» Domestic passenger traffic is expected to pick up this month as airlines begin to increase flight frequencies in response to the loosening of travel restrictions, according to the Aeronautical Radio of Thailand (Aerothai) and the International Air Transport Association (Iata).
Judicial precedent 'needed' to prevent coups
News, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 22/05/2022
» Today eight years ago the military did what many feared it would do -- engineer the coup that toppled the Pheu Thai Party-led government. Naming itself the National Council for Peace and Order, the coup maker argued it had to seize power to break the legal and political impasse. To its critics, there can never be justification for usurping power.
AoT 'cautious' over tourism reopening
News, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 22/06/2021
» Airports of Thailand (AoT) is welcoming the country's planned reopening to foreign visitors as airlines and other businesses have been struggling due to the Covid-19 pandemic, though it said arrivals won't pick up until October.
Turbulent times for travel
News, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 01/01/2021
» If 2020 was wretched for tourists and the flying public, 2021 looks to be a year full of calibrated plans for recovery for both the tourism and aviation sectors that are desperate for the year-long Covid-19 crisis to bottom out.
Pass touted as quarantine alternative
News, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 30/11/2020
» The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says it is in the final development phase of the IATA Travel Pass, a digital health certificate that will support the safe reopening of borders and contribute to a speedy recovery of the airline industry worldwide from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Chiang Mai suffers B100bn in lost tourist revenue
News, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 10/10/2020
» The tourism reliant economy of Chiang Mai is estimated to have lost 100 billion baht this year due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the provincial Chamber of Commerce.
Air chiefs say there's no 'shame' in flying
News, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 16/12/2019
» When global climate change activist and Time Magazine Person of the Year, Greta Thunberg, coined the term "flight shaming", the ripple effect was felt as far away as Canada.