THAI: News
Sep 5, 2019, 2:16 pm
#437
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This is partly news - senior TG staff at MAN Airport.
Source: https://twitter.com/nickb_s/status/1169669251881492480?s=19
Whether a flight from Manchester will follow, well, who knows...
Source: https://twitter.com/nickb_s/status/1169669251881492480?s=19
Whether a flight from Manchester will follow, well, who knows...
Sep 6, 2019, 2:06 am
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This is partly news - senior TG staff at MAN Airport.
Source: https://twitter.com/nickb_s/status/1...881492480?s=19
Whether a flight from Manchester will follow, well, who knows...
Source: https://twitter.com/nickb_s/status/1...881492480?s=19
Whether a flight from Manchester will follow, well, who knows...
Oct 14, 2019, 5:02 am
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reply moved to other threat (Thai reports huge loss....)
https://www.thaipbsworld.com/ex-fina...t-ridden-thai/
https://www.thaipbsworld.com/thai-ce...ancial-crisis/
https://www.bangkokpost.com/business...amp-rehab-plan
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand...ssenger-growth
https://www.asiatimes.com/2019/10/ar...-day-lifeline/
https://www.thaipbsworld.com/ex-fina...t-ridden-thai/
https://www.thaipbsworld.com/thai-ce...ancial-crisis/
https://www.bangkokpost.com/business...amp-rehab-plan
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand...ssenger-growth
https://www.asiatimes.com/2019/10/ar...-day-lifeline/
Last edited by Creole Spirit; Oct 17, 2019 at 2:46 am
Oct 21, 2019, 2:06 am
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Oct 21, 2019, 3:13 am
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“These routes are all covered by a small number of flights and have low customer capacity,” he said. “Once the cancellation plan is finalised, THAI will assign Thai Smile Airways to cover these routes instead.”
Oct 21, 2019, 3:15 am
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However, next year’s strategy remains to be seen. Our prices this year have been reduced to a record low and if this strategy doesn’t work, we may take a different direction, such as seeking more partners for organisation tickets, increasing online channels, or giving privileges to frequent fliers,” he added
Giving privileges to frequent fliers is certainly new and untested territory in the airline business....
Oct 21, 2019, 5:49 am
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Is he experienced or yet another nephew on Someone Important?
Oct 21, 2019, 4:08 pm
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One does wonder how they come up with these people. It is actually really sad, TG does have a lot of great people in the frrontline, but they ar being sacrificed by the incompetence in management.
Oct 21, 2019, 7:15 pm
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Mr. Sumeth Damrongchaitham | Thai Airway International (THAI)
Definitely not an aviation background..
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Oct 21, 2019, 9:30 pm
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Bio from the TG investors website here (I realise it does not go back more than five years for professional experience):
Mr. Sumeth Damrongchaitham | Thai Airway International (THAI)
Definitely not an aviation background..
Mr. Sumeth Damrongchaitham | Thai Airway International (THAI)
Definitely not an aviation background..
Maybe not much airline background, but seemingly he took classes in the economics of popular music.
Oct 21, 2019, 9:38 pm
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Oct 22, 2019, 4:11 am
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Thai Airways at risk of closure, president says
https://www.bangkokpost.com/business...president-says
Oct 22, 2019, 5:09 am
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Thai Airways at risk of closure, president says
https://www.bangkokpost.com/business...president-says
Oct 22, 2019, 7:11 pm
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Yes.
He is the nephew (note that this can really mean son, by a second or third wife) of Paiboon Damrongchaitham, Chairman of GMM GRAMMY, an entertainment conglomerate.
He could also be married into a more prominent family.
In the current "government" the BJT (Bhum Jai Thai - Proud to be Thai) party "shares" the transport ministry with the "Democratic" party.
Thai Airways at risk of closure, president says
Thai Airways International (THAI) president Sumeth Damrongchaitham said on Tuesday that staff must cooperate with the airline's rehabilitation efforts because it is in a crisis and faces possible closure.
"The competition is very fierce this year," Mr Sumeth said. "THAI is really in a crisis. Next year it must do its best. If staff are still unaware and do nothing, they will not have enough time to fight back. Today very little time remains. Today there is no comfort zone. Everyone will die if the vessel sinks," .
https://www.bangkokpost.com/business...president-says
He is the nephew (note that this can really mean son, by a second or third wife) of Paiboon Damrongchaitham, Chairman of GMM GRAMMY, an entertainment conglomerate.
He could also be married into a more prominent family.
In the current "government" the BJT (Bhum Jai Thai - Proud to be Thai) party "shares" the transport ministry with the "Democratic" party.
Thai Airways at risk of closure, president says
Thai Airways International (THAI) president Sumeth Damrongchaitham said on Tuesday that staff must cooperate with the airline's rehabilitation efforts because it is in a crisis and faces possible closure.
"The competition is very fierce this year," Mr Sumeth said. "THAI is really in a crisis. Next year it must do its best. If staff are still unaware and do nothing, they will not have enough time to fight back. Today very little time remains. Today there is no comfort zone. Everyone will die if the vessel sinks," .
https://www.bangkokpost.com/business...president-says