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Short of slots, Thai AirAsia eyes longer jets
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 25/12/2017
» Thai AirAsia (TAA) will introduce the stretched-fuselage variant of its Airbus A320 workhorse to its fleet to deal with airport slot constraints.
New Year rush to increase passenger traffic by 6.6%
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 26/12/2017
» Passenger traffic through Thailand's key airports during the New Year holiday season is expected to surge 6.6%.
Thai AirAsia founder back in control
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 28/12/2017
» Thai AirAsia (TAA) chief Tassapon Bijleveld has regained his sway over Thailand's largest low-cost carrier through an 8.28-billion-baht share buyback from King Power Group.
Chiang Mai airport expansion returns to fore
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 28/12/2017
» The future of Chiang Mai airport, long blurred by unclear state policy directives and relative inaction, appears to be getting revived attention.
AirAsia buyback signals grander ambitions for group head
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 03/01/2018
» Thai AirAsia (TAA) chief Tassapon Bijleveld's 8.28-billion-baht share buyback from King Power Group last week may have been largely influenced by parent AirAsia's desire to consolidate the group's airline subsidiaries.
Thai airlines keep a wary eye on rising costs
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 04/01/2018
» Thai airlines are likely to face less financial turbulence in 2018 as competition eases, with the biggest challenge posed by rising costs, especially for fuel.
Nok Air eyes old terminal
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 30/11/2017
» Nok Air and NokScoot want to relocate their base operations to the derelict domestic terminal at Bangkok's Don Mueang airport.
Surge in arrivals, traffic lifts AoT profit
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 01/12/2017
» SET-listed Airports of Thailand Plc (AoT) posted a 7.1% increase in net profit for the year to Sept 30, buoyed by a surge in air traffic.
Cargo demand slows but remains strong
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 04/12/2017
» Growth in global air freight traffic has peaked but remains robust, shows October data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
New Don Mueang crowd plan
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 04/12/2017
» Airports of Thailand Plc (AoT) is adopting a new approach for the delayed upgrade of Don Mueang airport to address the worsening overcrowding problem.