NEW SKY GIANT: THAI AIRWAYS RECEIVES ITS FIRST A380 SUPERJUMBO
Thai Airways received its first Airbus A380 superjumbo last week, boosting efforts to compete with Singapore Airlines and Emirates for lucrative corporate travellers.
The carrier's planned fleet of six A380s and new Boeing 777-300ERs will help it raise the percentage of seats filled in premium cabins across its network to more than 70 per cent from about 60 per cent, Acting-President Chokchai Panyayong said in a interview in Bangkok. He didn't give a timeframe for the goal.
Load factors in first and business class are "a little bit low," he said. "With improvements in the product and services we can increase that."
Thai's 507-seat A380s and new regional unit Thai Smile will lead a push to win more business traffic as low-cost airlines lure leisure flyers. Budget airlines eventually may boost their share of regional travel to as much as 35 per cent from 20 per cent, Chokchai said.
01/10/2012 : WA Today.
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