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New Vietnam Airline bets tourism boom can offset crowded skies
Bloomberg News, Published on 16/10/2025
» HANOI — Startup Vietnamese carrier Sun PhuQuoc Airways plans to acquire a total of 100 Airbus SE and Boeing Co jets within five years as it seeks to break into the country’s fast expanding tourism market and crack the nation’s congested skies.
Call for Thailand to become regional aviation hub
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 09/09/2025
» The government and related agencies are being told to urgently develop Thailand as an Asian aviation hub to boost the country's revenue amid a subdued economy.
Thai Airways to expand network, flight frequencies
Published on 24/08/2025
» SHANGHAI: Thai Airways International (THAI) looks set to expand its route network and increase flight frequencies to strengthen its regional network and reduce its reliance on particular markets.
Trump sacks data chief over poor job numbers
Reuters and Bloomberg, Published on 02/08/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump has fired a top Labor Department official after the release of unexpectedly weak employment figures, accusing her without evidence of manipulating the figures to make his administration look bad.
Thailand seeks China slot waiver amid slump
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 27/07/2025
» The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) is seeking a one-year slot waiver from China amid a decline in Chinese tourist arrivals.
NBTC hands key orbital slots to Thaicom
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 26/04/2025
» The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) board has awarded the right to use the 51°E and 142°E orbital slots to two Thaicom subsidiaries.
CPN sinks B500m into Songkran events
Business, Kuakul Mornkum, Published on 04/04/2025
» SET-listed retail and property developer Central Pattana Plc (CPN) is investing 500 million baht in the nationwide "Thai Maha Songkran" festival and plans to host more than 1,000 events across 28 branches nationwide.
PM stokes hopes on economy
Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 03/03/2025
» Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra expressed confidence Thailand's economy, despite last year's 2.5% growth, can still grow exponentially with more than 1.13 trillion baht having already been invested by foreign companies in Thailand, the highest level in the past decade, and more to come.
Satellite orbital slots tabbed for Q1 2025
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 02/12/2024
» The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) plans to allocate the two unsold rights to use the 51° East and 142°E orbit slots in the first quarter of next year.
Thaicom plans to drag satellite to 50.5°E orbit
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 11/11/2024
» Satellite operator Thaicom plans to drag an EutelSat satellite to the 50.5° East orbit to utilise the country's right to the orbit, which expires on Nov 27.