ACG upbeats 4Q earnings from strong vehicle sales ahead of year end, 11 more dealerships yoy and contribution from maintenance services, sets Bt200m budget to open 2 branches and expand relating business, target 20% revenue growth next year. BA to compete with King Power for duty free pick-up counter at Suvarnabhumi and Donmuang, result Jan […]
Read More →BA may pay special dividend in 3Q, having booked extra gains, yet operation remained sluggish from higher competitions and strong THB. BAY revamps app, U-Choose, to accommodate digital lending, online deposit and e-market place, kick-off services on November. BGRIM reassures solid 4Q from absence of maintenance shutdown and additional capacity from 3 solar projects combined […]
Read More →ALLA: expects earnings bottom out 2Q from one-off employee expense, will transfer crane projects for CPALL warehouse, GULF powerplants, SIRI & PSH precast concrete plant & PTT’s gas separation unit in 2H, firms on 10% revenue growth target. BA: cod code share partnership with Turkish Airlines covers 16 domestic & international roundtrip routes. Comment: I […]
Read More →It’s been well advertised that the Duty Fee of AOT is currently undergoing a bidding competition. So here’s what we know: 22 May was the deadline for submission of bids. There were five companies that bid on the 22 May and these are: King Power Duty Free co (the current player) Bangkok Airways (BA) Plc […]
Read More →BA has named South Korea’s Lotte as its partner to vie for concessions to operate duty-free shops at BKK’s main airport and 3 regional ones. Comment: Lotte has been vying for a spot in Thailands duty free market for years just look @ the mall they invested in next to RCA BGRIM sees erngs bottom […]
Read More →BA to expand CLMV routes this yr, as it invests Bt1.815b in the purchase of 2 aircraft, sets 3.5% rev growth t/g, 3% psx growth to 6.16m, bids for duty-free concession with 2 partners. Comment: Valuation wise it is cheap given the holding of BDMS. And this is shown in the share buyback program. But […]
Read More →AOT NESDC, formerly known as NESDB, opposes to AOT’s plan to build Terminal 2, asking AOT to stick to 2003 Master Plan by building 3rd runway and extensions to East/West passenger terminals. Comment: Who knows who’s right here. BDMS/BA BDMS’s founder, Prasert Prasarttong-Osoth, paid Bt500m to settle stock manipulation cases. Comment: Short term thinking never […]
Read More →AAV AAV anticipates turnaround from lower fuel costs and improved cabin factors yoy, will take delivery of 4 new aircrafts to accommodate new routes, focus CLMV and south Asia. Comment: Oil prices just confound me half the time. Then again a lot of things do. But at these levels I don’t see why the airlines […]
Read More →So what’s happened? And so its been all over the news since last Friday (18/01) https://www.hooninside.com/news-feed/84882/view/ And finally it hit the English news over the weekend and yesterday: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-21/ban-on-thai-billionaire-prompts-slump-in-top-hospital-operator?srnd=premium-asia https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/news/1615270/prasert-others-given-14-days-to-comply That the owner of Bangkok Airways Plc (BA) and Bangkok Dusit Medical Services Plc (BDMS) has been caught with his hand in the cookie jar. […]
Read More →BA SEC punishes top BA shareholders. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has imposed fines totaling Bt500mn against three major shareholders of SET-listed Bangkok Airways Plc (BA), including billionaire Prasert Prasarttong-Osoth, for share price manipulation. (Bangkok Post, 19/1/19) Comment: Isn’t it silly? Not the SEC, the founder(s) of BDMS and BA. Their official paper net […]
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