Almost from the get-go Phuket has had bad press. Fortunately, for them, the press has for now been limited to those that had a special interest in aviation. Once the news about this gets mainstream you can probably finish them of. Had it been an isolated incident there would have been no problem. But Phuket has had a load of incidents.
- Problems with passengers getting scared to (or from?) LGW.
- Treatment of above passengers that was shameful.
- Passenger cabins that looked as though they had not been cared for in over a year. I’ve seen photos that would even make me wonder whether I should fly them. And normally I don’t judge an airline solely by the looks of their planes.
- Pilots that lack timely medical check-ups.
- Completely outside the control of Phuket Airways, but the tsunami disaster struck the island of Phuket heavily. This will no doubt have affected tourism to that island considerably.
- Phuket will have to arrange other transport for their passengers. Gonna cost them a lot. Also, with the new EU legistlation those passengers may demand money as compensation and damages. Considering all flights till at least May 15th (they hope to get their license back by then) that may be a lot of passengers and money.
Some more bits of information I heard. It would appear that Phuket will move their flights to BRU. This will at least get their passengers somewhat nearish to AMS and it is a European destination that can be made profitable. So they hope anyway. AMS was allegedly very succesful, so BRU should also be succesful considering the proximity of BRU to AMS.
Phuket has already started to get their rights to AMS returned. They hope to get them back by the 15th of May.
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