BANGKOK: While Thailand’s flagship Thai Airways is struggling these days, two new budget airlines are preparing to take off in 2020. The past decade has been challenging for Thailand’s legacy airline whilst newer, more nimble and cashed-up players enter the market.
As reported in Tthe local media last week, both Thai Summer Airways and Thai Eastar Jet have gained Air Operating Licenses from the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand and are now in the process of gaining their Air Operator Certificates.
director-general Chula Sukmanop said that by law, new airlines must commence commercial flights within 12 months of being granted their AOL. “Technically, the two airlines will have to go into operation before the end of next year.” Both airlines planing to offer charter flights in the early stages of operation until their full schedules settle in.
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