Thai Airways Plans To Lease Some Boeing Planes
BANGKOK (Dow Jones) -Thai Airways International PCL (THAI.TH) plans to lease some of its 18 Boeing 747-400s to other airline members of the Star Alliance, the Bangkok Post reports.
The plan is aimed to maximize the utilization of its fleet during the low tourism season, the paper quotes the flag carrier’s president, Kanok Abhiradee, as saying.
Kanok said he is discussing possible deals with one or two airlines in Europe.
With its new eight Airbus 340-500 and Airbus 340-600 jets to be delivered next year, Thai Airways will offer new Bangkok-New York direct flights six times a week. Other new services for 2005 include three flights a week for routes covering Bangkok-San Francisco, Bangkok-Moscow and Bangkok-Johannesburg.
The Nation newspaper also quotes Kanok as saying he expects the company to maintain its net profit margin of 8% this year from last year.
By: Hand87_5 - 23rd June 2004 at 13:12
I guess that UA still has a bunch for sell/lease.
By: SHAMROCK321 - 23rd June 2004 at 11:41
Maybe bmi or new star member blue1.LOL.I suppose an obvious one would be LH because they already operate it.Air New Zealand?
By: KabirT - 23rd June 2004 at 02:13
not a bad idea…but are any Star members in need of any 744s?
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June 23, 2004 at 1:58 am