THAI Airways International has announced that the workforce will be reduced by almost fifty percent and the number of aircraft will be reduced from 102 to 86. The Thai national airline aims to return to profitability in four years.
Record loss for THAI: More than 141 billion baht
Thai Airways International (THAI) suffered a record loss last year as air traffic came to a virtual standstill due to the pandemic.
Reader question: Good news from THAI Airways
Yesterday I found the message below from Thai Airways in my mailbox. You should know that I booked a “cheap” ticket from Brussels Airport to Khon Kaen Airport via Bangkok in early 2020. Flight from Bangkok to Khon Kaen included. Flight date June 9 outward and July 23 return.
THAI will resume domestic flights at Christmas
Thai Airways International (THAI) will resume domestic flights between Bangkok and Chiang Mai and between Bangkok and Phuket from December 25, after being suspended for almost nine months due to Covid-19.
THAI Airways International will not operate international flights again until next year. The national airline of Thailand informs its travel agents about this.
Reader Question: Email from Thai Central Bankruptcy Court
Are there still people who received an e-mail from Thai Central Bankruptcy Court in which, after registration, they can enter their details to (hopefully) refund the flight tickets of THAI Airways?
Reader question: What about THAI Airways now? Bankrupt or not?
I booked tickets directly with Thai Airways Brussels, departing June 23, 2020, 2 people from Brussels to Bangkok and back at the end of July. Flights canceled by Thai Airways. We immediately applied for a refund, to date without success. Yesterday we received an e-mail from an official body in Thailand to register as debt collectors (if we understood correctly), which we did.
Thai Airways' new plan: a flight to "nowhere"
Imagine getting on a plane, taking off and landing a while later at the same airport. It is the latest brainchild of Thai Airways management, which wants to use their budget subsidiary Thai Smile for this purpose.
Investigate debts at THAI Airways: 'Many irregularities discovered'
The Transport Ministry on Tuesday submitted the findings of an investigation into alleged irregularities at Thai Airways International (THAI) to the Ministry of Finance for further action.
Flight tickets of Thai Airways International (THAI) remain valid until the end of 2021
Thai Airways International (THAI) has announced that flight tickets already purchased will remain valid until the end of next year or can be converted into travel vouchers that are valid until the end of 2022.
THAI has again decided to postpone flights from Brussels to Bangkok by a month. The first flight must now depart from Brussels Airport on October 2. This is remarkable because THAI previously reported that the route would be restarted on September 1.
Thai Airways International (THAI) will only start its flights from Brussels airport from September 1 instead of August, as previously announced by the national airline.
We have been flying with THAI Airways from Brussels to Bangkok for years. Now we want to book plane tickets for 2021. I read that some say that THAI Air is almost bankrupt. Others say they will start flying again in August. What is Wisdom? Wait or choose another airline?
It seems like old news because we already knew this, but Thai Airways International has announced that it is considering postponing its flights until August 1. According to CEO Pirapan, this decision has not yet been finalized.
Thai Airways International postpones the resumption of its services until August. The airline is embroiled in legal proceedings before a bankruptcy court to rule on a restructuring plan for a restart.
Help for the national airline THAI
Thai Airways International (THAI), Thailand's flag carrier with a debt of 245 billion baht, must recover at all costs. A committee of wise men has been formed to help the company emerge from the years of raging crisis.
Thai Airways International (THAI) will not resume its flights from June 1. This was decided on Friday by the largely new board of directors. It was previously expected that THAI would fly again on June 1.