Prahok @ February 26, 2007 # No Comment Yet
The Korea Herald reports that four airlines will move some or all of their operations from Suvarnabhumi Airport back to Don Muang following the Thai Cabinet’s decision to reopen the old airport as a domestic hub on March 25. THAI, Nok Air, One-Two-Go and PB Air plan to transfer a combined 71 flights per day […]
Prahok @ February 23, 2007 # No Comment Yet
From 25 March 2007 Jetstar commences flights to Ho Chi Minh City and is kicking it off with 68% off their Singapore to Ho Chi Minh City fares. You need to book between February 23 and 27 for travel between March 25 and May 31, 2007. (Fares quoted are for one-way travel and exclude airport […]
Prahok @ February 20, 2007 # No Comment Yet
The Nation reports that Bangkok Airways is adding a number of new routes including Bangkok to Ho Chi Minh City (starting March 2), Bangkok to Pakse (starting April 10), Chiang Mai to Siem Reap and Phuket to Siem Reap (both starting in April). For more information, see the Bangkok Airways website.
Prahok @ February 18, 2007 # No Comment Yet
The Economic Times reports that AirAsia and Nok Air are to fly to India — even as JetStar Asia cans its service to Bangalore. Air Asia is believed to be planning to link to destinations including Bangalore, Trichy and Kolkata from Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur via its subsidiary carrier Thai AirAsia. While Nok Air has […]
Prahok @ February 16, 2007 # No Comment Yet
The Nation reports that Don Muang airport is now unlikely to reopen as not enough airlines indicated an interest in moving back there — despite an earlier announcement that the airport would reopen! What a fiasco.
Prahok @ February 15, 2007 # No Comment Yet
The Adelaide Advertiser reports that Tiger Airways will be meeting with Adelaide airport authorities to discuss flights to Adelaide and perhaps even Tiger setting up a base there. Certainly an unusual choice as a hub given the volume of traffic is on Australia’s east coast and this story in The Age has Tiger talking […]
Prahok @ February 10, 2007 # No Comment Yet
The Bangkok Post reports that THAI plans to shift all non-connecting domestic flights to its subsidiary LCC Nok Air to lessen the cost of the move back to Don Muang. The vast majority of THAI’s domestic flights are non-connecting, so this is a boon for Nok Air and also consumers given Nok Air’s ticket prices […]
Prahok @ February 9, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Bloomberg reports that Tiger Airways has applied to start a low-fare airline in Australia to compete with Virgin Blue and Qantas. An application for an Australian Air Operator’s Certificate is being made after the plans were outlined to Australian government ministers Thursday, Tiger said in a statement Friday. CEO Tony Davis said getting permission to […]
Prahok @ February 9, 2007 # No Comment Yet
The Sydney Morning Herald reports that Tiger is believed to be planning to rapidly expand its operations from Asia into Australia. They already fly into Perth and Darwin and should they gain rights into other key Australian cities they could do very well, especially when compared to Jetstars smaller rage of destinations in Asia.
Prahok @ February 8, 2007 # No Comment Yet
The Star reports that Malaysian airline, Fly Asian Xpress is to expand its fleet by up to US$10m. The ATR 42 or 72 and the Canadian Bombardier Q300 or Q400 are the two planes ot the table.