AOT is expected to gain 6.5m passenger after adding 3 airports to management (Udon Thani, Krabi and Buri Ram), translated to 5-6% profit upside, Tabloid. Comment: Thailand’s airport system is actually rather fantastic. Go fly around Europe or the US, a shambles in comparison. BAFS sees clear sign of recovery this year, sets 3,000m liter […]

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AOT reported 6M22 (Jan-Jun) passenger traffic from 6 airports under management +170% yoy to 22.4m, +14.1m vs 8.3m travelers 6M21. Comment: What demand slowdown? The rate of change is going to look amazing til the end of 2024. BE8 sells PP 26.050m shares (11.52% of paid up) at Bt47.6/share to Keymaker Venture Capital, will use […]

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AOT’s Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport will be closed until Wednesday after a Nok Air passenger jet skidded off the runway on Saturday night. COTTO hikes ceramic tiles & flooring products price by 1-2% on higher energy costs, expects 2H sales fairly even with 1H, sets Bt400m budgets for efficiency upgrade, jv overseas partners […]

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AOT: British Airways extend direct flights suspension of BKK-Heathrow route from Oct22 till Mar 23; THAI & EVA are 2 carriers offering direct flights service. Comment: # of planes in the air need to ramp up faster for a quicker recovery. Regardless, visitor numbers are going to reach 1 mn this month. BAM: to wrap […]

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AOT: Israel carrier, El Al, requests Saudi Arabia authority to fly over its airspace to TH to reduce flight time to 8.5 hours from current 11 hours. CCET booked Bt13.1b sales in June, boosting 6M22 to Bt76.7b, +35% yoy, supported by continued demand for electronic devices. Comment: Oh, what slowdown? EGCO: Nam Theun 1 dam […]

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AOT to open bid for Bt7,830m East-passenger terminal extension next year, with construction expected to begin soon after. Comment: I’m all for these expansions, Thailand had infrastructure issues dealing with the increase in Chinese tourists leading up to 2019, if we throw in the Indian market, it would be impossible for the travel industry to […]

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AOT: Air Canada confirmed schedule seasonal flights from December 1, 22 to April 17, 23 from Vancouver to BKK, 4 weekly flights by Dreamliner. BGC mulls revising up FY22 sales target by 6-7% on surging demand for bottles, food packaging and corrugated cartons supported by longer operating hours of night entertainments, more eat-out as curbs […]

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ANAN says no impact from Bt60.77m investment in 225k KUB Coins as price plunged, got guarantee price buy back from Bitkub Blockchain Tech, Bangkokbiznews. Comment: BItkub seems to have quite a few buyback guarantees out there, how are they going to finance this? A cap raise? Or is this what SCB found in their DD […]

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AOT to pay full rental to Treasury Department, from 50% during covid, if govt declares an endemic from July 1. Comment: Here is the dirty little secret. When the government finally declares its an endemic. Then all the discounts and delays in payments that companies had during COVID are gone. BC’s indirect subsidiary, Bespoke Life […]

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AOT reported Vietjet resumes Phuket-Ho Chi Minh route of 4 flights/week. CPL said solid tannery business 5M22 had boosted capacity utilization to almost 100%, launched new biz line, Bio-TAN, to cater for environmentally conscious customers both here and overseas. Comment: When I see things like this, I genuinely hope that the companies care about the […]

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