Aerospace Diary

Neelam Mathews Sept 2014 Please read Pages 46, 47 and 48 in - http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/launch.aspx?eid=e574bf9b-1d2c-4e3f-a0eb-a688bd99e811

FARNBOROUGH AIR SHOW  »  2014 by    NEELAM MATHEWS Along with Thailand’s Board of Investment, Amata Corp., a developer and manager of industrial parks in Southeast Asia already established in Bangkok, Chonburi and Rayong, as well as in Vietnam, has big plans for an aerospace cluster in Thailand, which could include MRO facilities serving airlines such as Thai Airways. July 15, 2014, 6:20 AM In view of its success in nurturing a thriving automobile industry–the ninth largest in the world–and as Asia edges toward becoming the world’s largest growth market for aviation, Thailand’s Board of Investment ( BOI ) is considering building an aerospace industry starting with Tier 2 and Tier 3 suppliers servicing global  OEM supply chains. The  ASEAN  Economic Community ( AEC ) regional economic integration plan envisions establishment of a single market and production base by 2015. Thailand already has an $800 million a...

Neelam Mathews Aug 23, 2012 Starting Sept 16, Thai Smile, a subsidiary of Thai Airways (Thai) will be starting daily services to Hyderabad from Bangkok on brand new A-320 aircraft. “Thai Smile started twice daily non-stop service Macau in July and now the airline will connect India conveniently to Macau,” said Ravinder Talwar, Area Sales Manager, India Thai to Aerospace Diary. The service will replace the four flights a week of Thai to Hyderabad   to seven. Thai Smile is a new service by Thai with a fleet of all new Airbus A320 aircraft configured with 2 classes of service; ‘Smile’ Economy Class and ‘Smile Plus’ short haul business class service. Thai Smile will operate under the same Airline Operator Certificate, TG, to selected international destinations within 1-3 hours flight time from its hub at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok. Travel with THAI Smile is designed to be vibrant, fun, speedy, trendy and while the airline is not a budget carrier like N...

Posted by- Neelam Mathews July 2, 2011 Thai Airways International is raising its presence in Europe. Starting its winter operations, the first connection   to the city from SouthEast Asia, it will fly thrice weeklies between Brussels and Bangkok. The Boeing B777-200 ER will be equipped in a two-class configuration offering 262 seats in economy class and 30 seats in Royal Silk Class. Thai Airways has been eying the sector for at least two years, following Brussels Airlines' entry into Star Alliance. The airline is also launching its first direct flights from Copenhagen to Phuket sarting om November 11 using a Boeing 747-400. Last year, arrivals from Europe to Thailand reached 4.42 million visitors, representing 28% of its international arrivals, From Europe, Scandinavian travelers were close to 640,000 arrivals, a market share of 14.5%. Denmark alone accounted in 2010 for 152,000 travelers, up by 5.2% over 2009. There were 80,000 arrivals in 2010 from Belgium. Most of the D...