Bangkok, Thailand. It operates scheduled services to destinations in Thailand,
Cambodia, China, Laos, Maldives, Burma, India and Singapore. Its main base is
Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok.
Website www.bangkokair.com
History
The airline was established in 1968 as Sahakol Air operating air-taxi services under
contract from Overseas International Construction Company (OICC) an American
construction company,
United States Operations Mission (USOM) and a number of other organisations
engaged in oil and natural-gas exploration in the Gulf of Thailand. It began scheduled
services in 1986, becoming Thailand's first privately-owned domestic airline. It re-branded
to become Bangkok Airways in 1989. The airline is owned by Dr Prasert Prasarttong-Osoth (92.31%), Sahakol Estate (4.3%), Bangkok Dusit Medical Services (1.2%) and other shareholders (2.19%). It has 1,903 employees and also wholly owns subsidiary airline Siem Reap Airways.
It built its own airport on Koh Samui, which was opened in April 1989 and offers
direct flights between the island and Chiang Mai, Hong Kong, Krabi, Pattaya, Phuket and Singapore.
The airline opened its second airport at Sukhothai Province in 1996. A third airport was built in Trat Province, opening in March 2003 to serve the burgeoning tourism destination of Ko Chang.
The airline made its first foray into jet aircraft in 2000, when it started adding Boeing 717s to
its fleet. Up until then, Bangkok Airways had flown propeller-driven aircraft, primarily
the ATR-72. It had also operated the De Havilland Canada Dash 8, the Shorts 330
and for a short time, a Fokker F100. The carrier added another jet, the Airbus A320,
to its fleet in 2004.
Bangkok Airways plans to order widebody aircraft as part of its ambition to expand its fleet.
It wants to add its first widebody jets in 2006 to serve longer-haul destinations
such as London, India and Japan and is looking at Airbus A330, Airbus A340 and Boeing 787
aircraft. In December 2005, Bangkok Airways announced it had decided to negotiate an order for
six Airbus A350-800 aircraft in a 258-seat configuration, to be delivered to the airline
commencing 2013 but the order of the aircraft was cancalled in 2011.
In 2007, President and CEO of Bangkok Airways Prasert Prasarttong-Osoth received from
Kaewkwan Watcharoethai, the Royal Household Secretary-General, the royal warrant appointment to display the Garuda emblem.
Bangkok Airways ATR-72 at Luang Prabang Airport
Bangkok Airways Boeing 717 at Koh SamuiThe Bangkok Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of January 2010):
contract from Overseas International Construction Company (OICC) an American
construction company,
United States Operations Mission (USOM) and a number of other organisations
engaged in oil and natural-gas exploration in the Gulf of Thailand. It began scheduled
services in 1986, becoming Thailand's first privately-owned domestic airline. It re-branded
to become Bangkok Airways in 1989. The airline is owned by Dr Prasert Prasarttong-Osoth (92.31%), Sahakol Estate (4.3%), Bangkok Dusit Medical Services (1.2%) and other shareholders (2.19%). It has 1,903 employees and also wholly owns subsidiary airline Siem Reap Airways.
It built its own airport on Koh Samui, which was opened in April 1989 and offers
direct flights between the island and Chiang Mai, Hong Kong, Krabi, Pattaya, Phuket and Singapore.
The airline opened its second airport at Sukhothai Province in 1996. A third airport was built in Trat Province, opening in March 2003 to serve the burgeoning tourism destination of Ko Chang.
The airline made its first foray into jet aircraft in 2000, when it started adding Boeing 717s to
its fleet. Up until then, Bangkok Airways had flown propeller-driven aircraft, primarily
the ATR-72. It had also operated the De Havilland Canada Dash 8, the Shorts 330
and for a short time, a Fokker F100. The carrier added another jet, the Airbus A320,
to its fleet in 2004.
Bangkok Airways plans to order widebody aircraft as part of its ambition to expand its fleet.
It wants to add its first widebody jets in 2006 to serve longer-haul destinations
such as London, India and Japan and is looking at Airbus A330, Airbus A340 and Boeing 787
aircraft. In December 2005, Bangkok Airways announced it had decided to negotiate an order for
six Airbus A350-800 aircraft in a 258-seat configuration, to be delivered to the airline
commencing 2013 but the order of the aircraft was cancalled in 2011.
In 2007, President and CEO of Bangkok Airways Prasert Prasarttong-Osoth received from
Kaewkwan Watcharoethai, the Royal Household Secretary-General, the royal warrant appointment to display the Garuda emblem.
Destinations
Bangkok Airways serves the following destinations (as at May 2011)- Bangladesh
- Burma
- Cambodia
- People's Republic of China
- India
- Bangalore – Bengaluru International Airport [begins 26 September]
- Mumbai – Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport
- Laos
- Maldives
- Singapore
- Thailand
- Bangkok – Suvarnabhumi Airport - main hub
- Chiang Mai – Chiang Mai International Airport
- Ko Samui – Samui Airport - focus city
- Krabi – Krabi Airport
- Lampang – Lampang Airport
- Pattaya – U-Tapao International Airport
- Phuket – Phuket International Airport
- Sukhothai – Sukhothai Airport
- Trat – Trat Airport
Terminated Destinations
- Burma – Bagan
- China – Hangzhou, Jinghong, Nanjing, Shenzhen, Xi'an, Zhengzhou
- Japan – Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Okinawa
- Laos – Pakse
- Macau
- Malaysia – Kuala Lumpur
- Thailand – Bangkok-Don Mueang, Hat Yai, Hua Hin, Loei, Mae Hong Son, Nakhon Ratchasima, Ranong, Surin, Trang, Udon Thani
- Vietnam – Da Nang, Ho Chi Minh City
Bangkok Airways has codeshare agreements with the following airlines:
- Air Berlin (future Oneworld member)
- Air France (SkyTeam)
- Etihad Airways
- EVA Air
- KLM (SkyTeam)
- Thai Airways International (Star Alliance)
- Lao Airlines
Fleet
| Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Passengers | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Y | Total | |||
| Airbus A319-100 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 108 | 120 |
| Airbus A320-200 | 3 | — | 0 | 162 | 162 |
| ATR-72-500 | 8 | — | 0 | 70 | 70 |
| Total | 17 | 7 | |||
Incidents and accidents
- On 7 December 1987, Sahakol Air Hawker Siddeley HS 748 Series 2A (registration HS-THH), was damaged beyond repair after it overran the runway on landing at Udon Thani Airport (UTH) with no fatalities.
- On 21 November 1990, Bangkok Airways Flight 125 de Havilland Canada DHC-8-103 crashed on Koh Samui while attempting to land in heavy rain and high winds. All 38 people on board perished.
- On 4 August 2009, Bangkok Airways Flight 266, operated by an ATR-72 between Krabi and Koh Samui skidded off the runway, killing one of the pilots. The 68 passengers were evacuated. Of the passengers evacuated, 6 sustained serious injuries while another 4 were treated for minor injuries.
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