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Nok Air resumes
Phuket service
Posted on Wednesday, 6 August 2008, 22: 52 GMT
Nok Air is resuming twice-weekly flights to
Phuket from
Bangkok following media reports of
Phuket-bound tourists stranded in
Suvarnabhumi Airport in
Bangkok. The limited service, which resumes on August 9, is scheduled to operate on Saturdays and Sundays only. Flights depart from
Don Muang airport in
Bangkok to
Phuket International Airport (PIA) at 9.15 am, with the return leg taking off from PIA at 11.05 am. Many
Phuket-bound tourists who already faced limited flight options following the suspension of One-Two-Go's services on July 22 were stranded in
Bangkok when Nok Air suspended its
Bangkok-
Phuket service on August 1. The move followed Nok Air's halt of its
Krabi-
Bangkok service on July 1. (Source: The
Phuket Gazette)
Will NOK come back?
Posted on Monday, 4 August 2008, 18: 01 GMT
Nok (bird in Thai) is hoping for life after a near-death experience triggered by skyrocketing fuel prices and plummeting traffic demand. Some observers believe the budget carrier could eventually go under, despite having Thai Airways International as a major shareholder. But Nok could also be resurrected as a brand for other diversified products or businesses such as hospitality services. In the eyes of Patee Sarasin, the chief executive of Nok Air and a former advertising executive, Nok has goodwill and brand value that can still be exploited in the future. Now on the drawing board and due for completion in two months, the plan envisages the development of three-star hotels, each with 30-50 rooms, in major Thai cities. "We are looking at hotels with simple but hip designs, very clean with very reasonable prices at locations with easy accessibility to public transport systems, " Mr Patee explained. The national carrier would like to see Nok Air work help protect its market share on domestic and regional routes, particularly against other budget carriers. (Source: The
Bangkok Post)
Nok Air stops
Phuket service
Posted on Friday, 1 August 2008, 18: 18 GMT
From August 1, low-cost carrier Nok Air will no longer operate flights between
Phuket and
Bangkok, the
Phuket Gazette has confirmed. The move follows Nok Air ceasing its services between
Krabi and
Bangkok on July 1. "Nok Air has no official statement regarding its marketing strategies, but if one looks carefully at what we are doing they might be able to figure it out, " a source at the budget airline told the Gazette.
"Since Nok Air started flying to
Phuket and
Krabi, the number of competing flights increased dramatically, making these routes very competitive.
There is, however, little or no competition to many less-popular destinations and Nok Air has most probably taken the initiative to exploit this niche by providing more lucrative services to other destinations in the South, such as Haad Yai, Trang and Nakhon Sri Thammarat, " the unknown source said. (Source: The
Phuket Gazette)