23 minutes ago, impulse said:

 

Did you miss the part of the OP where Nok was already flying some international routes and those were the ones taken away by CAAT?

 

Yet, CAAT still allows them to fly domestic routes, in spite of claiming they're not safe.

 

Sounds more like nepotistic (is that a word?) fooknuttery to me.

Did you miss the part that NOK is not actually flying those international routes. Nok Air stopped flights to Bangalore in 2020, Hyberbad and Mumbais's weekly flights stopped earlier this year and it has not flown to India since then. 

In June 2020, NOK Scoot, the  LCC set up by Nok to  serve international business  ceased operations. It had not  made a profit since its inception in 2014.

In  December 2024, Nok announced a reduction in its SEASONAL service to China. Flight frequency to 3 destinations went from 16 to  12  by February 2025 and then ceased altogether. This reflected the collapse of the   Chinese  tourism market.

 

CAAT really isn't suspending anything since  Nok has no international service.

Nok  had wanted to expand to japan and Taiwan, but it was no secret that it was unlikely to get approval. Thailand moved before  the foreign regulators  refused to grant permission. It's called saving face.

 

 

 

On 8/30/2025 at 4:24 PM, Georgealbert said:

While one engine failure remains unexplained, with CAAT requesting a root cause analysis of the incident, the airline stated this was not possible, as the airline no longer has the engine.

I have an idea who got the engine...

 

21 hours ago, EVENKEEL said:

The flight Utapao Airport to Samui on Scoot I think, the only flight where the entire plane clapped when we landed.

Iv'e had some dodgy plane trips in Asia.  I think that the worst was Orient Express Airlines from Utapao to C

21 hours ago, Patong2021 said:

 

CAAT is not doing its job with this limited  intervention. Suspending non active routes serves no purpose since Nok is still operating in Thailand without limitation or additional intervention.

 

 

Not  a realistic, nor valid comparison. Buses carry more passengers per annum than Nok Air, and serve districts that are otherwise isolated since there are no transit alternatives capable of moving the volume of people that buses do. 

 

 

There are alternatives to Nok such as Air Asia, Thai Lion, Bangkok Airways, and Thai Viet Jet.

Thai Airways still has a robust domestic network and serves all regional airports in Thailand.

 

You say serves no purpuse. How many domestic flights you think will be booked today or the foreseeable future? 

 

Im glad they did it. Rather than just hide or ignore.   We should all say thank you!  

21 hours ago, EVENKEEL said:

The flight Utapao Airport to Samui on Scoot I think, the only flight where the entire plane clapped when we landed.

I have had some dodgy flights in Asia. I think the worst one was in the mid- nineties from Utapao to Chang Mai. It was a  worry right from the check in because when I got my boarding pass there was no seat no. So I went back and asked the check-in girl what is my seat she said no problem free seating asd I said not free I already pay and she said no problem. So my mates and I were waiting in the departure lounge and it looked like we would be bussed to the plane.I looked around and there was a heap of people waiting and I suggested we get on the bus first because it looked like too many people.So we got in the plane my hunch was right as they had checked in too many people and they were all fighting over seats.The ones that missed out were put back on the bus.The plane was as old as the hills and I noticed all the pilots  instruments were analogue a nyway we got there safely but that Airline didn't last too long.

Too cheap.

Never really felt confident in them. 

You gotta be doing pretty badly if Thai safety authorities are even coming after you. 

21 hours ago, Patong2021 said:

There are alternatives to Nok such as Air Asia, Thai Lion, Bangkok Airways, and Thai Viet Jet.

Thai Airways still has a robust domestic network and serves all regional airports in Thailand.

 

Thai Airways serves only nine major domestic airports and does not serve the regional airports of Chumphon, Ranong, Trang, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Phitsanulok, Nan, Loei, Narathiwat, Roi Et, Sakon Nakhon, Buriram, or Hua Hin.

Some months ago on a flight to HCMC  with a very big Thai carrier I experienced a lightning strike. This was confirmed to me by a flight attendant. I will not mention the name of the airline here, of course, only that it was NOT Nok Air.

 

As the impact of an lightning strike is unpredictable, it is common (and I guess stipulated) to check the aircraft very carefully before letting it perform the next flight. This investigation usually takes a whole day. Not so with this airline and this aircraft. I checked later and found that the return flight to BKK departed HCMC less than an hour after landing.

 

I didn't expect that, and indeed this was quite astonishing for me. I think it's not only Nok Air having safety issues.

On 8/31/2025 at 9:17 AM, impulse said:

 

 

Probably because Thai Airways isn't drooling over domestic routes.

Spot on 

And yet they allow Aeroflot to fly from Russia ,come on guys.

 

On 8/30/2025 at 8:13 PM, chawbdurian said:

Thank you CAAT for doing your job 

CAAT has always had a policy and a remit to make aviation safer.

 

The safest thing is to prevent aircraft flying.

 

They are very very good at doing it.

so they might crash on international but not domestic flights ? Better avoid this airline ! 

1 hour ago, Patong2021 said:

CAAT really isn't suspending anything since  Nok has no international service.

Nok  had wanted to expand to japan and Taiwan, but it was no secret that it was unlikely to get approval. Thailand moved before  the foreign regulators  refused to grant permission. It's called saving face.

 

You can believe whatever you want.  But when a regulator allows an airline to fly domestic routes but bans them from flying international routes, it's not about safety. 

 

They're picking the winners and losers.  That's going to make it much more difficult for Nok to seek funding for growth.

23 hours ago, EVENKEEL said:

The flight Utapao Airport to Samui on Scoot I think, the only flight where the entire plane clapped when we landed.

Bkk airlines has far older planes 

...Wonder 'Who's' Gonna 'Pick Up The Slack'... (?)

If they fix the interior in the "VIP" row 2, I’d rather not see what they do in places that aren’t visible to passengers.

Since then I avoid NOK Air!

    If an airline is deemed unsafe then it's unsafe to fly anywhere.  Utterly insane to allow domestic flights while banning international ones.   

On 8/30/2025 at 9:17 PM, EVENKEEL said:

It's still safer than bus travel.

 

 

Sorry,  that's not really saying much is it?

On 8/31/2025 at 11:24 AM, EVENKEEL said:

The flight Utapao Airport to Samui on Scoot I think, the only flight where the entire plane clapped when we landed.

Russians always clap, and everywhere...

I've always chosen to fly with them. Service was great, flying on time, and avoid air pockets compared to Air Asia which always flyes through them. 

 

 

2 hours ago, thjames007 said:

You say serves no purpuse. How many domestic flights you think will be booked today or the foreseeable future? 

Im glad they did it. Rather than just hide or ignore.   We should all say thank you!  

 

If people were booking when the airline was  financially insolvent and had more serious issues over the past 5 years, I expect that they will continue to keep booking.  There are still millions of people flying who have no clue as to the safety of an airline and  select the carrier primarily on price. 

 

2 hours ago, LosLobo said:

Thai Airways serves only nine major domestic airports and does not serve the regional airports of Chumphon, Ranong, Trang, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Phitsanulok, Nan, Loei, Narathiwat, Roi Et, Sakon Nakhon, Buriram, or Hua Hin.

 

Those 9 airports that TG serves  generate most of Thailand's  passenger traffic. Do you know how many passengers Nok Air carried last year? 4 million. That's the volume Thai Airways carried in Q 1 of 2025.  It is a  small number of passengers. Thai Air Asia carried 20.8 million passengers in 2024. Some of the cities you mention  are not serviced by Nok. Hua Hin only has Air Asia flights. Chumphon is seasonal. Air Asia flies to Loei and Ranong, not Nok.  The cities that Nok serves, are also serviced by Thai Lion and  Air Asia. Thai Viet Jet  also serves most of the Nok cities too. They can easily absorb the insignificant Nok volume.

 

1 hour ago, impulse said:

You can believe whatever you want.  But when a regulator allows an airline to fly domestic routes but bans them from flying international routes, it's not about safety. 

They're picking the winners and losers.  That's going to make it much more difficult for Nok to seek funding for growth.

 

Where have you been? Nok is still in financial restructuring and was not expected to emerge until next year. It was delisted from the SET  last January.  The red flags were up long ago, and the CAAT directive  won't change that. This is about Thailand trying to save face. It is no secret that NOK wanted to expand to Japan and Taiwan. The foreign regulators were expected to decline permission based upon safety reasons. Had that occurred, questions would have been asked of Thailand's regulator why foreign regulators had to raise the issue first, and why hadn't the Thai regulators done anything. The reality is that Nok is still flying in Thailand. The risk continues.  Restricting non existent flights is an empty gesture.

 

14 minutes ago, Aleksey75 said:

I've always chosen to fly with them. Service was great, flying on time, and avoid air pockets compared to Air Asia which always flyes through them. 

 

 

I''ve  sworn off budget airlines altogether.

 

My life's worth more to me than the few baht I could save using them

 

 

The Beak on the nose of their aircrafts does it for me....never flown them never will......as been said here,  there's others to choose from........

Off topic troll post removed. @248900_1469958220

 

On 8/30/2025 at 7:34 AM, tomazbodner said:

Or Air India...

 

But admittedly, their planes are a bit worn down on the seat upholstery, the seat belts, also the paint on the outside looks like it's been a long time since that iconic beak and feathers were painted on it... some planes have paint completely gone on the top. Quite sad to see, actually.

 

But that's cosmetic. What really matters is how well it's maintained mechanically, for which I've no idea.

 

Flew with them several times lately as they were the only airline that had flight when I needed it. No complaints on their service, all my flights were on time as well. Thinking back... their planes don't look any worse than Air Asia's when they first started in Thailand, before they ditched all that B737s and replaced them with new A320s...

Appearances. Once flew Air Tiger that had a contract with the army. They had duct tape around one of the entry doors and struggled to close it. Surely, cosmetic appearance wasn't their primary concern. 

 

On 8/31/2025 at 11:48 AM, Patong2021 said:

Thai Airways still has a robust domestic network and serves all regional airports in Thailand.

 

1 hour ago, Patong2021 said:

Those 9 airports that TG serves  generate most of Thailand's  passenger traffic. Do you know how many passengers Nok Air carried last year? 4 million. That's the volume Thai Airways carried in Q 1 of 2025.  It is a  small number of passengers. Thai Air Asia carried 20.8 million passengers in 2024. Some of the cities you mention  are not serviced by Nok. Hua Hin only has Air Asia flights. Chumphon is seasonal. Air Asia flies to Loei and Ranong, not Nok.  The cities that Nok serves, are also serviced by Thai Lion and  Air Asia. Thai Viet Jet  also serves most of the Nok cities too. They can easily absorb the insignificant Nok volume.

You said — Thai Airways serves all regional airports in Thailand.
If that isn’t true, own it.
Don’t obfuscate with red herrings and moving goalposts.
Easier to admit than spin.

On 8/30/2025 at 4:24 PM, Georgealbert said:

halt any route expansion over persistent safety concerns,

 

Sorry for any of you who have booked flights with NOK AIR. 

Wii you be wearing brown trousers?

 

 

4 hours ago, Jiggo said:

Change their name i suppose 

Let's hope it's not Phoenix rising from the ashes.🙄

On 8/30/2025 at 4:27 PM, Will B Good said:

 

Wow!!!

 

That is scary.......how can the business recover from that?

by serving the indians and chinese..

On 8/30/2025 at 7:27 PM, Will B Good said:

 

Wow!!!

 

That is scary.......how can the business recover from that?

I certainly, after reading this,will scratch Nok Air off my booking list. Financially they are clearly heading South and maintenance will only get worse.