Report by : Gan Yung Chyan
/ KUCINTA SETIA
Distributed to All Press & Travel Professionals
Siam Air has suspended all its international flights to Singapore and southern China after operational reviews. Flights to Singapore were suspended again since April 2016 till end of October 2016 while it suspended its scheduled flights to Guangzhou and Hong Kong from 14 July 2016. It earlier stopped flights to Changsha but it will try to continue operating its weekly flights to Zhengzhou and Macau from Don Mueang.
Siam Air suspended flights to Singapore twice, once in January due to over-competition and another in April shortly after announcing flight resumption by error on 1 June 2016, because its commercial ticketing partnership with Orient Thai Airlines ceased suddenly in April 2016 and it has to return the B737 aircraft deployed on the route to the leasing firm.
The flight suspensions of Siam Air have unusually created a mayhem among the travel trade industry and tourists of China as they leave hundreds of Chinese tourists stranded in Don Mueang. China Aviation Daily mentions that Siam Air, which has 2 B737-300 and 2 B737-800 aircraft is the third Thai airline to suspend flights this year after Orient Thai Airlines and City Airways.
Orient Thai Airlines was forced to cancel flights to Hong Kong and China after it was found to have faulty aircraft and insufficient pilot qualifications. City Airways a low-cost airline which started operations in September 2012 and suspended all flights in March 2016 due to security breaches and violation of aircraft maintenance protocols has returned all leased aircraft.
With the exits of City Airways and Orient Thai Airlines, Siam Air struggling to keep itself airborne, the remaining smaller private Thai airlines without any airline partner, R Airlines and New Gen Airways, are bringing hope to travelers.
R Airlines, formed in 2012, launched flight to Macau on 24 January 2013. It has a fleet of 1 A320-200 and 1 A321-200 aircraft. It now flies from Utapao to Wuhan, Taiyuan and is approved by CAAC to fly from Phuket to Chengdu later this year.
New Gen Airways which started operations in January 2014 has B737-400 and B737-800 aircraft. It has higher safety record than Orient Thai Airlines and City Airways. It is the first airline in Asia to operate the B737-800 with the Split Scimitar Winglets in June 2016 that are assured to reduce flight turbulence better than other winglets and enhance flight safety. It flies to many cities in China from Don Mueang and Krabi including Wuhan, Guiyang, Nanchang, Zhangjiajie, Hangzhou, Guilin and Tianjin.
/ KUCINTA SETIA
Distributed to All Press & Travel Professionals
Siam Air has suspended all its international flights to Singapore and southern China after operational reviews. Flights to Singapore were suspended again since April 2016 till end of October 2016 while it suspended its scheduled flights to Guangzhou and Hong Kong from 14 July 2016. It earlier stopped flights to Changsha but it will try to continue operating its weekly flights to Zhengzhou and Macau from Don Mueang.
Siam Air suspended flights to Singapore twice, once in January due to over-competition and another in April shortly after announcing flight resumption by error on 1 June 2016, because its commercial ticketing partnership with Orient Thai Airlines ceased suddenly in April 2016 and it has to return the B737 aircraft deployed on the route to the leasing firm.
The flight suspensions of Siam Air have unusually created a mayhem among the travel trade industry and tourists of China as they leave hundreds of Chinese tourists stranded in Don Mueang. China Aviation Daily mentions that Siam Air, which has 2 B737-300 and 2 B737-800 aircraft is the third Thai airline to suspend flights this year after Orient Thai Airlines and City Airways.
Orient Thai Airlines was forced to cancel flights to Hong Kong and China after it was found to have faulty aircraft and insufficient pilot qualifications. City Airways a low-cost airline which started operations in September 2012 and suspended all flights in March 2016 due to security breaches and violation of aircraft maintenance protocols has returned all leased aircraft.
With the exits of City Airways and Orient Thai Airlines, Siam Air struggling to keep itself airborne, the remaining smaller private Thai airlines without any airline partner, R Airlines and New Gen Airways, are bringing hope to travelers.
R Airlines, formed in 2012, launched flight to Macau on 24 January 2013. It has a fleet of 1 A320-200 and 1 A321-200 aircraft. It now flies from Utapao to Wuhan, Taiyuan and is approved by CAAC to fly from Phuket to Chengdu later this year.
New Gen Airways which started operations in January 2014 has B737-400 and B737-800 aircraft. It has higher safety record than Orient Thai Airlines and City Airways. It is the first airline in Asia to operate the B737-800 with the Split Scimitar Winglets in June 2016 that are assured to reduce flight turbulence better than other winglets and enhance flight safety. It flies to many cities in China from Don Mueang and Krabi including Wuhan, Guiyang, Nanchang, Zhangjiajie, Hangzhou, Guilin and Tianjin.
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