From Bangkokpost.com
Thai Airways International has succumbed to political pressure and will keep flying between Bangkok and Ubon Ratchathani, one of the three loss-making domestic routes that was supposed to end later this month.However, the flag carrier will only offer one flight a day on the route, allowing sister budget carrier Nok Airlines to assume the two other daily services, starting on March 1.
But the airline has been able to resist pressure to reverse terminating two other loss-making routes - Bangkok-Phitsanulok and Chiang Mai-Mae Hong Son - and allowing Nok to operate in its place, also beginning on March 1.
Over the past five years, THAI lost an average of 86.3 million baht a year on the Bangkok-Phitsanulok services, 74.9 million baht a year on the Bangkok-Ubon Ratchathani route and 49.9 million baht a year on the Chiang Mai-Mae Hong Son route.
THAI has already closed its stations in Phitsanulok, Ubon Ratchathani and Mae Hong Son with staff being reassigned to other sites or being offered redundancy packages.
THAI is offering the flight primarily to appease politicians who prefer THAI to Nok because they believe a budget airline is not reliable and will not allow them to accrue mileage and enjoy other perks extended by THAI.
THAI has agreed to release two aircraft to Nok under a three-year lease to provide the capacity needed for it to operate the three THAI routes.
The jets will also allow Nok to step up the frequencies on Bangkok-Sakhon Nakhon and Bangkok-Nakhon Phanom, now operating at three flights a week each, to daily, also starting on March 1.
Nok offers a promotional net fare of 790 baht for a one-way flight on THAI's three routes, with a travel period between March 1 and June 30.
THAI will keep Ubon route
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