THAI Board of Directors has stated that the proposal for the creation of the Thai Airways International subsidiary, THAI Smile Airways, has been sent to the Office of the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Transport and to relevant government offices for their consideration. “When the Ministry of Transport approves THAI’s proposal, the Office of the Ministry of Transport will forward the proposal to the Office of the Secretariat for the Cabinet to be included in the agenda of the next cabinet meeting,” the airline said.
THAI Smile will be positioned as a regional airline serving ASEAN, China and India while competing fare wise with low-cost airlines. The airline projects the new airline will carry 5.3 million passengers a year by 2015 with revenue of Bt21 billion.
THAI Smile’s fleet is made up of seven A320s. It will have 20 aircraft in two years.
The airline operates services to serve seven domestic routes (Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Krabi, Phuket, Udon Thani, Ubon Ratchathani, and Surat Thani) and six international routes (Ahmadabad, Mumbai, Delhi, Macua, Kuala Lumpur, and Mandalay).
Thai Smile creation progresses
