Bangkok Airways

Bangkok Airways
บางกอกแอร์เวยส์

IATA ICAO Callsign PG BKP BANGKOK AIR
Founded	1968 (1968) (as Sahakol Air)
Hubs	Suvarnabhumi Airport
Secondary hubs	Phuket International Airport Chiang Mai International Airport
Focus cities	Samui Airport Krabi Airport
Frequent-flyer program	Flyer Bonus
Airport lounge	Blue Ribbon Club Lounge, Boutique Lounge (Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport)
Alliance	None
Fleet size	33
Destinations	27
Company slogan	Asia's Boutique Airline
Headquarters	99 Mu 14 Vibhavadi Rangsit Road, Jom Phol Subdistrict, Chatuchak District, Bangkok, Thailand
Key people	Capt. Puttipong Prasarttong-Osoth(President)
Revenue	24.9 billion baht (2015)[1]
Net income	1.84 billion baht(2015)[1]
Employees	2,449 (as of 31 December 2014)[2]
Website	www.bangkokair.com

Bangkok Airways Public Company Limited (Thai: บางกอกแอร์เวย์) is a regional airline based in Bangkok, Thailand.^[3] It operates scheduled services to destinations in Thailand, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Laos, Maldives, Burma, India, and Singapore. Its main base is Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok.^[4] Bangkok Airways is currently an official sponsor of Bangkok Glass FC, Chiangrai UTD, Chiang Mai FC, Trat FC,^[5] Lampang FC, Sukhothai FC, and Bangkok Christian College FC. Airline ranking company Skytrax has consistently ranked Bangkok Airways very highly, currently giving them a four-star rating.^[6]

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 Prasert Prasarttong-Osoth (92.31 percent), Sahakol Estate (4.3 percent), Bangkok Dusit Medical Services (1.2 percent), and other shareholders (2.19 percent). It has 1,903 employees and also wholly owns subsidiary airline Siem Reap Airways.^[4]

It built its own airport on Ko Samui, which was opened in April 1989 and offers direct flights between the island and Chiang Mai, Hong Kong, Krabi, Pattaya, Phuket, and Singapore.^[7] 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 wide-body aircraft as part of its ambition to expand its fleet. It wants to add its first wide-body 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 cancelled in 2011 due to the further delay of the Airbus plane.^[8][9]

In 2007, President and CEO of Bangkok Airways Prasert Prasarttong-Osoth received from Kaewkwan Watcharoethai, the Royal Household Secretary-General, a royal warrant appointment to display the Garuda emblem.^[10]

Destinations

Bangkok Airways serves the following destinations (as of July 2016):^[11]

In November 2015, Bangkok Airways announced plans to expand its footprint in China, Vietnam, and Myanmar.^[16]

Codeshare agreements

Bangkok Airways codeshares with the following airlines:^[17]

Fleet

The Bangkok Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft:^[18]

Bangkok Airways current fleet

Bangkok Airways ATR 72, Luang Prabang Airport.

An Airbus A319-100, Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport

A Bangkok Airways Airbus A320-200.

An Airbus A320-200, Phuket International Airport.

The Bangkok Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2016):^[19]

Previously operated

Bangkok Airways has operated the following equipment:

• ATR 42-300 (1997–2001)
• Boeing 717 (2000–2009)
• de Havilland Canada Dash 8-100/300 (1989–1996)
• Fokker 100 (1992–1993)
• McDonnell Douglas MD-90-30 (2008–2008)
• Embraer EMB-110P2 Bandeirante (???? - ????)

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.^[21]
• 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.^[22]
• In August 2002 an ATR 72-200 skidded off the runway while landing at Siem Reap International Airport. There were no injures. The airport was closed for 2 days.
• On 4 August 2009, Bangkok Airways Flight 266, operated by an ATR-72 between Krabi and Ko Samui skidded off the runway, killing one of the pilots. The 68 passengers were evacuated.^[23] Of the passengers evacuated, 6 sustained serious injuries while another 4 were treated for minor injuries.^[24]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bangkok Airways.

• Bangkok Airways official website
• Bangkok Airways Fleet
• Fah Thai inflight magazine
• Bangkok Airways - India
• Bangkok Airways Online Booking

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