AOT: Etihad to open link from UK to 7 Asian cities via its Abu Dhabi hub, will start direct flight to Krabi from Oct 2025 follow by Chiang Mai from Nov. Comment: Etihad vs Emirates, lfg! tourism will continue to boon in Thailand. BA sees advance booking from 4Q24 till end of 1H25 +12% yoy, […]
Read More →Thailand, it’s the playground of Asia, and as THE playground of Asia it’s been missing a legitimate casino. Over the past few months there have been rumours and murmings about the casino project in Thailand, and similar to what I did with the cannabis plays, That Sweet Weed, here’s a random list of Thai companies […]
Read More →AOT said 6 airports under management recorded 119.2m pax last fiscal year ending Sept 2024, +19% yoy, expecting 129.9m this current year. Comment: With all the expansion taking place, I can’t see any reason why pax #’s don’t increase. BA keeps 4.5m FY passenger target after logged 2.26m in 1H, sees positive earnings momentum thru […]
Read More →ADVANC collab with Singtel and 34 members of leading mobile alliance, Bridge Alliance, to provide GPU-asa-Service offers a convenient way to access high performance computing resources for machine learning & data-intensive applications, allows users to leverage advanced computational capabilities w/o the need for expensive hardware or complex infra mgt. BA keeps 4.5m FY passenger target, […]
Read More →BA reactivates codeshare agreement with British Airways for flights to Thailand & Cambodia, allows BA’s customers to book single ticket from LDN via BKK to 5 hotspots: Samui, Chiang Mai, Phuket, Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, LDN Gatwick to BKK will return on Oct 28, 3 times weekly to SIA and will increase to 5 weekly […]
Read More →BA ranked 1st World’s Best Regional Airlines 2024, which includes airlines operation domestic flights or internatioanl flights traveling < 6 hours, also ranked 27th in the list of the World’s Top 100 Airlines 2024 recognized by global benchmark of airline standards, Skytrax Star Ratings. BAM sees 2Q turnaround from improved cash collection aft logged Bt4.5b […]
Read More →A5 announced buyback, up to 33m shares (2.73%) under Bt100m budget from Jun 17 till Dec 16. Comment: On paper the numbers seem ok, but a sharebuyback at this valuation? …it’s not that cheap.. AWC sees no impact from the insolvency of FTI in Germany, projects strong OCC to continue in 2H, plans to open […]
Read More →BA mulls adding >20 new planes, including A220 and B737 MAX7, taking total to >30 by 2029, preparing for rises in Samui traffic from 50 to 73 flights, with Bt1,500m capex to upgrade Samui airport. Comment: Are they getting these deathtraps for free? BJC-TIDLOR-ITC are among top candidate to be added in SET50 for 2H24 […]
Read More →BA: reported advance booking (May-Dec) +13% yoy, sees 4Q air tix sales +35% yoy while load factor stays above 85% in 2H, firms on 10% FY rev growth t/g. CK: reaffirms 2Q turnaround supported by higher contribution from 3 main project coupled with higher dividend income from TTW, upbeat 3Q earnings from CKP’s hydro pp […]
Read More →AOT’s price hike on Passenger Service Charges: PSC at 6 airports under management t effective today (Apr 1), international departure revised to Bt730 from Bt700 & domestic departure to Bt130 from Bt100. Comment: That’s a hefty jump in % terms for domestic. BA in talks 2 airline partners for codeshare agreement, expects to conclude in […]
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