voici quelques nouvelles de Nok Air et One Two go pour
Phuket :
www.phuketgazette.net/...ws/index.asp?id=6801
PHUKET: In further bad news for the island’s immediate tourism prospects, the
Gazette has confirmed that low-cost carrier Nok Air has suspended its remaining flights to
Phuket, most likely for the rest of the low season.
In an email reply received by the
Gazette this morning, Nok Air’s Chief Executive Officer wrote, “Yes, we have suspended flights to
Phuket for this month. We will resume [flying to]
Phuket in the very near future after we have arranged our new TPI [timetable planning] for the coming high season.”
The high season in
Phuket nominally kicks off on November 1, with the
Phuket Carnival in
Patong.
With rival low-cost carrier One-Two-Go grounded until at least October, all regularly-scheduled flights between
Bangkok and
Phuket currently fly out of
Suvarnabhumi Airport.
Both Nok Air and One-Tow-Go use domestic hub Don Meuang Airport as their base of operations.
Report by Gazette aviation columnist Alastair Carthew.
One-Two-Go grounded until October
PHUKET: Controversial low-cost carrier One-Two-Go will remain grounded until at least October, but its owner is certain the airline will eventually resume services.
Udom Tantiprasongchai, founder and chairman of One-Two-Go, told the
Gazette this week he was confident the airline will resume its
Phuket service.
“We have done everything we have to do. It is now up to us to decide when we resume flying, ” he said.
Mr Udom admitted that the resumption of services would “honestly not happen this month” and would come in October at the earliest.
One-Two-Go initially grounded its fleet of eight McDonnell Douglas MD-80 jet aircraft citing financial conditions and the need to restructure.
It was subsequently grounded by the
Thailand Department Of Civil Aviation (
DCA) for allegedly breaching safety regulations, having a lack of proper airline management and for falsification of documents by some pilots who had misrepresented their credentials.
The government suspension, to August 21, was subsequently extended by the
DCA to September 20.
One-Two-Go’s self-imposed termination of services had been set to conclude next Monday, but neither deadline will be met, Mr Udom said.
Recent political unrest, including the two-day closure of
Phuket International Airport (PIA) by anti-government protesters, and a subsequent drop in demand were among the reasons the airline is not yet ready to resume flights to
Phuket, he said.
Mr Udom said he had received many emails urging the airline to resume flying.
Another obstacle to restarting service was that some staff had left for other jobs, he said.
However, Mr Udom pledged to “come back again, stronger and with better quality.”
Meanwhile, inquiries with Nok Air to confirm it is continuing with its weekend
Phuket-
Bangkok flights were unsuccessful, though staff at the carrier’s booking table recently told Gazette staff that no weekend flights were available. Many Nok Air staff, including some in
Phuket, lost their jobs when the airline ceased local operations.
Nok Air initially suspended all flights to
Phuket but, subsequently, starting on August 9, resumed Saturday and Sunday flights.
Phuket therefore continues to suffer from a lack of airline capacity with only Thai Airways International, Thai AirAsia and
Bangkok Airways serving the island from other domestic bases.
Report by Gazette aviation columnist Alastair Carthew. 
rien a voir avec 1-2-go malgré leur crash et leur faillite finacière 
