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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.
Kanit: Boeing deal for EEC imminent
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 13/11/2017
» Talks with Boeing Co about its plan to invest in an aviation training centre for the Asean region in the Eastern Economic Corridor are expected to conclude this month, according to EEC Office secretary general Kanit Sangsubhan.
New aircraft kick off Thai Lion Air's long-haul flight expansion
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 23/11/2017
» The first of Thai Lion Air's (TLA) three Airbus wide-body jets arrived in Bangkok on Wednesday to herald its new strategy -- entry into medium- to long-haul flight services.
Qatar Airways lifts Thai profile
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 16/12/2017
» Fresh from launching its first regular service to Chiang Mai and on course to connect to U-tapao next month, Qatar Airways will further raise the Thai profile in its global network.
THAI pilot aborted landing 'over safety'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 19/04/2018
» A Thai Airways International pilot aborted his first attempt to land at Haneda airport in Tokyo last week due to safety concerns, the airline said Wednesday.
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.
New THAI boss envisions turnaround
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 09/10/2018
» Sumeth Damrongchaitham, 53, was officially appointed last month as president of Thai Airways International Plc (THAI).
Year of turbulence
Asia focus, Published on 31/12/2018
» Two unpredictable men with weird haircuts and access to nuclear weapons had a friendly chat in Singapore -- and that was just one of the many noteworthy stories of 2018. Elsewhere in Asia, we witnessed some surprising political developments (Malaysia) and not-so-surprising ones (Cambodia), along with what seemed to be a disturbingly high number of natural disasters. Many see the latter as a manifestation of the growing impact of climate change, and it's a debate that is bound to intensify in the year ahead. Below, Asia Focus looks back on the eventful year now ending.
'No survivors' from crashed Ethiopian Airlines flight
Published on 10/03/2019
» ADDIS ABABA: There were no survivors from an Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed with 149 passengers and eight crew members aboard, the state broadcaster said on Sunday.
Jet ban spreads, CAAT mulls action
News, Published on 13/03/2019
» Hejere, Ethiopia: A growing number of airlines grounded a new Boeing plane involved in the Ethiopian Airlines disaster as a global team of investigators began picking through the rural crash site yesterday.