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Nok Air captain needs to 'defend' decision after crash
News, Post Reporters, Published on 02/08/2022
» The captain of a Nok Air aircraft that slid off the runway at Chiang Rai airport will be summoned by regulators to explain why passengers were kept on board for about an hour after the accident.
Pilot must explain why passengers were kept on damaged plane
Gary Boyle, Published on 01/08/2022
» The captain of the Nok Air flight that slid off the runway at Chiang Rai airport will be asked to explain why passengers were kept on board for about an hour after the accident.
Aviation hub potential exists but work must be done
News, Erich Parpart, Published on 24/12/2017
» Despite the strong foundation of its well-established automotive industry, Thailand still requires decades of investment in personnel, expertise and research and development (R&D) before the country can properly enter the race to become an aviation hub in Asean.
Nok Air 'upgrades' fleet range
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 19/10/2017
» Nok Air has secured an agreement from Boeing to upgrade the flying range of some of its Boeing 737-800s to allow it to operate over a longer distance.
Kan Air to soar again with ATR 72-500
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 23/01/2017
» Kan Air is staging a comeback with a more definite plan for aircraft acquisition, which will enable it to rebuild services that had been scaled down.
Key challenges for 2015
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 05/01/2015
» Thais are hopeful that the Year of the Goat will be an easier and more prosperous one than the rough and bumpy Year of the Horse.
Karun’s lock-in protest finally ends
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 14/05/2012
» Former senator Karun Sai-ngam spent more than a day locked in his pickup truck trying to avoid an arrest he said was unlawful. He ended up in jail after a locksmith opened the door.
Neither high nor dry
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 02/12/2011
» Many of those motorists who thought their cars would be safe and dry on the second floor of Don Mueang airport's Terminal 2 were mistaken.
Life during the floods
Jon Fernquest, Published on 11/11/2011
» Life passing by during Thailand's great flood in a prose poem reminiscent of Walt Whitman by journalist Kultida Samabuddhi.
The difficulty of enforcing motor speed laws
Jon Fernquest, Published on 04/04/2011
» Speed laws are only enforced in Bangkok at over 110 kph, whereas the legal limit in safety conscious Singapore is 50 kph.