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 @ January 30, 2007 # No Comment Yet
The Nation reports that Thailand’s Transport Ministry has decided to allow non-connecting domestic flights to use Don Muang airport. It said it would take between 45 day and 60 days to prepare Don Muang to accept flights and international flights will continue to use Suvarnabhumi Airport.
No word on intra-airport transfers — we assume they’ll be [...]
Prahok @ January 12, 2007 # No Comment Yet
The Bangkok Post reports that the AoT (Airports of Thailand) Thursday approved the use of Don Muang for domestic flights with no international connections and set March 15 as the possible date for the relaunch of services at the old airport. The March 15 date has been picked in the hope that the airport will [...]
Prahok @ November 19, 2006 # No Comment Yet
Lufthansa have a special deal going at the moment for Bangkok to Saigon flights going for 7,000B return — with all the taxes and surcharges the final price comes out at 9,585B, which isn’t exactly earth-shatteringly cheap — but still it’s not tooo bad a deal — especially as you still get miles for it [...]
Prahok @ November 9, 2006 # No Comment Yet
The Bangkok Post reports that aviation analysts have said Thailand was likely to see continued sharp growth, at an annual double-digit rate, in LCC traffic. Lower fares compared to full-service airlines have also spurred demand for regional travel with Thailand acting as the hub. Now all they need to do is fix the new airport!
Prahok @ September 25, 2006 # No Comment Yet
Back from a couple of week hiatus — the posting schedule with all the latest budget airline news in SE Asia will be picking back up from today onwards.
Prahok @ July 17, 2006 # No Comment Yet
Thaisnews reports that low-cost airlines operators have indicated they are facing a different airport check-in system at Suvarnabhumi Airport which could cost them B700m more to adjust to and fear passengers will have to bear the brunt of the cost. The pres of One-Two-Go and Orient Thai Airlines Company Plc, Udom Tantiprasongchai, disclosed that the [...]
Prahok @ July 8, 2006 # No Comment Yet
The Bangkok Post reports that Thai budget airlines Thai AirAsia, Nok Air and One-Two-Go have asked the Thai Transport Ministry in a letter to be realistic about setting a new deadline. ”The September 28 opening date is too rushed. It will be beset with a lot of problems if the government insists on opening the [...]
Prahok @ June 20, 2006 # No Comment Yet
Today’s Bangkok Post reports that the latest (i.e., today’s) all-systems-go dateline for Suvarnabhumi Airport is September 28. More interestingly is the following:
Ahead of Sept 28, Thai Airways International, Bangkok Airways, PB Air, Nok Air, One-Two-Go and Thai AirAsia would direct some of their non-connecting domestic flights to land at Suvarnabhumi from July 29 for real [...]
Prahok @ June 20, 2006 # No Comment Yet
The latest opening date for Suvarnabhumi Airport has been set by the Thai caretaker-government at September 28 reports ThaiDay. Before the official opening, five domestic airlines – Thai AirAsia, Nok Air, Orient Thai’s One-Two-Go, Bangkok Airways and PB Air – will be taking part in a major test of Suvarnabhumi on July 29, when they [...]