ANAN ANAN expects to report Bt1.5bn in revenues in 1Q14, a 50% increase YoY, supported by booking revenue from its condo, Ideo Mobi 4. (Khao Hoon, 17/03/14) AOT Phase 2 to move as planned — AOT says that Phase 2 of Suvarnabhumi airport worth Bt62.50bn will go as planned. It will draft the TOR this […]
Read More →AOT AOT says political unrest is pressuring operations. Passengers in Suvarnabhumi fell 9% but passengers at provincial airports increased supporting it operation. Foreign funds request its business plan to decide whether continue to invest or divest. (Khao Hoon, 05/03/14) Comment: So as we’ve commented in the past, Bangkok is hurt yes, but the rest of […]
Read More →AOT Airport departure tax hike stalled — A bid by Airports of Thailand (AoT) to increase airport departure taxes has been stalled by the political conflict but counter check-in fees will go up anyway, by five baht. Department of Civil Aviation chief Woradej Harnprasert said it was unlikely the planned departure tax increase would be […]
Read More →AOT AOT to pay dividends of Bt4.6bnand expects revenues for the year to exceed Bt100bn.(Khao Hoon, 03/03/14) EA As expected, EA reported strong net profits at Bt268mn, 150% YoY, supported by its solar farm business that continued to grow strongly.(Khao Hoon, 03/03/14) Comment: An infrastructure fund next for this group? INTUCH Tight lips— Temasek Holdings, […]
Read More →FY2013 numbers are coming out fast and furious over the past week, and I’ll show the results of a few co’s that are relevent to the news we read about Thailand today. So here are the facts about travellers, even though we’ve had protests and continuous negative news in the media, traveller numbers to AOT’s airports […]
Read More →AOT AoT denies plan to buy govt bonds – AoT denied yesterday it is planning to spend its surplus liquidity on government bonds to help the administration raise funds to pay farmers under the rice-pledging scheme. (Bangkok Post, 19/02/14) Comment: Rumours rumours all around which government agency is going to help supply funds. We highly […]
Read More →AOT MD says political situation hurting passenger traffic — In January, passengers in its six airports increased 7.35% YoY, failing to meet expectations. It continues to expect passenger growth of 10% YoY in 2014, supported by provincial airports. It will open bidding for phase 2 of Suvarnabhumi airport construction in April. (Khao Hoon, 11/02/14) Comment: […]
Read More →AGE AGE to invest in a 9MW biomass power plant, a new line for its business. It is confident the biomass plant will bring in revenues of no less than Bt200mn per year. Coal sales for 2014 are to exceed 3mn tons this year, driven by strong demand from clients abroad. (Khao Hoon, 29/01/14) Comment: […]
Read More →AOT No infrastructure fund — AOT denies the rumor that it is going to set up an infrastructure fund. It says that AOT’s financials are sound with cash on hand of Bt40bn and profit of Bt11bn annually. Revenue this year is expected to grow by 10% and earnings for 1Q14 will hit Bt3.3bn. (Khao Hoon, […]
Read More →AOT To set up infrastructure fund — AOT will set up an infrastructure fund worth Bt60bn to build a new passenger terminal for Suvanabhumi Phase 2 and renovate and improve Don Muang and Phuket airports to prepare for an increase in the number of tourists. (Khao Hoon, 21/01/14) Comment: We heard about this idea over the weekend, […]
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