BANGKOK, Thailand (eTN) – Kusukela u-Piyasvasti Amranand ethathe isikhundla sikaMongameli we-Thai Airways International ngonyaka odlule, izinto bezilokhu ziqhubekela phambili ngokushesha ukuze kuthuthukiswe kokubili ukuhamba kwemali kanye nesithunzi senkampani yezindiza. Inkampani yenethiwekhi kazwelonke yaseThailand ihlela kabusha ngempumelelo ukusebenza kwayo ngokwenza inzuzo futhi. UMnu. Amranand futhi ulungiselela ikusasa lenkampani yezindiza: isevisi ebhodini iyathuthukiswa ukuze iqhudelane kangcono nabanye abathwali esifundeni, kuyilapho inqwaba yezindiza ezintsha izolethwa kusukela ngonyaka ozayo. Ngenyanga edlule, i-Thai ya-oda ama-Airbus A330-300 ayisikhombisa kanye nama-Boeing 777-300ER ayisishiyagalombili ngaphezu kwama-oda ayo adlule.

I-Thai manje ifuna ukubuyisela umphakathi wayo ojikelezayo ekhaya nasezifundeni. I-Thai ibihlupheka eminyakeni eyisikhombisa edlule ngenxa yokuncintisana okwandayo kusuka kubathwali ababiza kancane emakethe yaseThailand. Namuhla, isabelo semakethe yabathwali besabelomali e-Thailand sesifinyelele kumaphesenti angama-22, nokukhula okwengeziwe kwalesi sigaba njengesibikezelo. Ukuncintisana kwe-Thai Airways emncintiswaneni wezinkampani zezindiza ezishibhile kwafika ngo-2004 ngokwethulwa kwe-Nok Air, inkampani endizayo imizila yasekhaya. “Kodwa-ke, ukukhula kweNok Air akusahambisani nesu lethu. Senze kwacaca ukuthi sifuna ukuya ngokwezifunda emakethe ebiza kancane. Asikwazanga ukukhulisa ubunikazi bethu enhlokodolobha yakwaNok Air [okwamanje engamaphesenti angama-39]. Futhi njengoba ukukhula kweNok Air kuhamba kancane, sibheke enye indlela,” kuchaza uMnu Amranand.

Ubudlelwano be-Thai Airways ne-Nok Air abukakaze bube lula kusukela kwasungulwa inkampani yezindiza eshibhile. Futhi iqiniso lokuthi i-Thai Airways yanquma ukuthatha isinyathelo esisha emakethe eshibhile ikhombisa ukuthi kukhulu kangakanani ukunganeliseki ngeNok Air. Yize iNok Air izoqhubeka nokusebenzela izindawo zasekhaya ezingandizeliswa yi-Thai Airways, kubukeka sengathi i-Thai ifulathela inkampani engaphansi kwayo ukuze igxile ebhizinisini layo elisha.

Lena yindlela i-Tiger Airways ezinze e-Singapore - enye yezinkampani ezithwala isabelomali eziphumelele kakhulu e-Southeast Asia - ezwe ithuba livela e-Thailand. I-Tiger Airways Holdings Ltd. yaqala ukusebenza ngo-September 2004 futhi namuhla inenqwaba ye-airbus A19 engu-320 esebenza ezindaweni ezingu-37 emazweni angu-11. “Siziphethe ngendlela ebiza kancane futhi sigxilile. Manje sithutha abagibeli abayizigidi ezi-5 ngonyaka futhi sisebenzisa ithuba lokukhulula isibhakabhaka eNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia kanye namandla amakhulu ezwenikazi,” kuchaza isikhulu seTiger Airways, uTony Davis.

Ngomhla zi-2 ku-Agasti, i-Thai Airways yasayina Imemorandamu Yokusebenzisana nenkampani yenethiwekhi yase-Singapore, ebiza izindleko eziphansi, i-Tiger Airways ukuze idale inkampani yezindiza ebiza kancane. I-Thai Tiger Airways kulindeleke ukuthi iqale ukusebenza ekuqaleni kuka-2011 iphuma eBangkok Suvarnabhumi International Airport. Izimali zaseThailand neThai Airways zizoba ngamaphesenti angama-51 ebhizinisi elihlanganyelwe, kanti iTiger Airways izobamba amaphesenti angama-49 asele. “Sikholelwa olwazini oluhle lwe-Tiger[] lwemakethe ebiza kancane,” kusho u-Piyasvasti Amranand. Isikhulu seTiger Airways uTony Davis wabelane ngenjabulo nezinkampani zezindiza ngokuthuthela eThailand: “I-Thailand inelinye lamathuba okukhula okuhle kakhulu e-Asia kwezokuvakasha. Thina ngokwethu sikhula ngokulandelana. Saba nenzuzo ngemva kweminyaka emithathu siseSingapore; senze inzuzo ngemva kwezinyanga ezingu-18 sise-Australia. Sizogxila ebhizinisini lethu elisha laseThailand ukuze siqiniseke ukuthi silenza libe nenzuzo.”

I-Thai noma i-Tiger ayikho eyembule ukuthi i-Thai Tiger izobukeka kanjani kusukela ngosuku lokuqala. Okuwukuphela kwesambulo ukuthi inkampani yenethiwekhi izoqala ngemikhumbi ye-5 Airbus A320. Azikho izindawo okuyiwa kuzo ezimenyezelwe, kuyilapho ukuqashwa kuzoqalwa maduze, ngesithembiso sokuthi i-Thai Tiger Airways izozimela ngokugcwele esinqumweni sabaphathi bayo - okuyisidingo eThailand.

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And the fact that Thai Airways decided to seize a new initiative in the low-cost market shows how high the unsatisfaction is with Nok Air.
On August 2, Thai Airways signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Singapore-based, low-cost carrier Tiger Airways to create a new low-cost airline.
Although Nok Air will continue to serve domestic destinations not flown by Thai Airways, it looks like Thai is turning its back on its subsidiary to concentrate on its newest venture.