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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.
Sky-high WiFi set to go far and wide
Business, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 27/06/2018
» Air passengers putting their phones and tablets on flight mode are set to be a thing of the past as on-board WiFi service becomes the rule rather than the exception in the hugely lucrative connectivity industry, says an executive at Inmarsat, the British provider of global mobile satellite communications.
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.
SpiceJet to start Bangkok-Delhi route
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 06/03/2017
» The Indian no-frills carrier SpiceJet will launch a non-stop regular service between Bangkok and Delhi next month.
Female pilots on the rise at some airlines
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 19/01/2016
» More and more women across Asia are sitting in the cockpits of commercial airliners as cultural barriers preventing them from becoming aviators are slowly dismantled.
Global airline industry: Unprofitable
Jon Fernquest, Published on 13/02/2012
» Thai Airways will lose money this year like many other airlines, only the 2nd time in its 51-year history. Airlines are rarely very profitable businesses.
Suvarnabhumi: Tourist arrivals falling
Jon Fernquest, Published on 04/11/2011
» Cancellations & falling bookings for trips to Thailand due to fear but Suvarnabhumi protected. Flood-free destinations promoted.