News Forum - 3 new airlines of Thailand to be launched next year

[Thaiger]

Thailand is set to welcome three new airlines, P80 AIR, Really Cool Air, and Landarch Airline, this year. The ultra-low-cost airline from Malaysia, MYAirline, is also preparing a new route to the Land of Smiles. DailyNews reported today that the three new airlines have applied for operational licenses with the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) …

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[palooka]

Tom, Dick and Harry have applied also. 

[TWS60]

I'll go out on a limb here and guess the airline with the longest, most clumsy sounding name, will fail first. 

IMHO, LandArch's use of light aircraft taxing people and bits of cargo between smaller provincial airports, has worked before, at least for a while.   Ref: Kan Air flying Cessna Caravans up North several years ago before ceasing operations.  Wisdom Air emerged next for about 2 years before winding down.  Be interesting to see if LandArch can make a go of the inter-provincial model down South.

Edited March 4, 2023 by TWS60

[Pinetree]

Oh dear.  More 'business people' with more money than sense. How to burn money without having to try. Watch out for whoever buys ATRs to serve their routes,    

[socal]

7 hours ago, Pinetree said:

Oh dear.  More 'business people' with more money than sense. How to burn money without having to try. Watch out for whoever buys ATRs to serve their routes,    

Yep. Only worse thing than starting a restaurant or bar is starting an airline. 

[Vigo]

If the airlines serve the airports that are not served now, then the market will determine viability. There are 20+ airports that have limited or no service and high season service would boost tourism. Examples are Hua Hin, Roi Et, Tran, Mai Hong, Mai Song, Trat, Rayong, Had Yai, and Chumphon.  The area around Roi Et  has some fabulous beaches  and tourism has breat potential. the limiting factor to date is access.

[Pinetree]

10 hours ago, socal said:

Yep. Only worse thing than starting a restaurant or bar is starting an airline. 

The old worn out cliché still stands.  If you want to make a small fortune from owning an airline, better start off with a very big fortune.