PB Air Shuts Down On Dec 21

[george]

PB Air shuts down on Dec 21

PB Air will shut down the business on December 21, due to the economic crisis.

Liquidator Songsak Phaktachai said the airline also does not have enough aircraft and due to losses could not lease airplane.

He insisted that the company would pay compensation to all 188 staff. The scheme would be clear within 7 days.

PB Air started the commercial aviation business in 1990.

-- The Nation 2009-12-18

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[alyx]

Forgive my ignorance but PB air means?

Edited December 18, 2009 by alyx

[Scott]

I'll second that one. What is PB air, where is located etc?

[mackayae]

It's a class C airline. They fly to smaller cities, such as Roi-et, Buriram, etc.

[neverdie]

Yes, what a shame, nearly made 20 years in business which is a good effort in that industry I guess. Sadly this will have a knock on effect for the communities in which PB service. Not good news for them.

[mizzi39]

I believe that Boon Rawd owned (owns) PB Air. Flown them a few times from Issan to BKK. Not a bad commuter airline.

[AyG]

What a pity. They did indeed start as Boonrawd's fleet of aircraft back in 1990. In 1999 it started to offer scheduled flights to anyone.

I flew with them to Nan last year. Good service. On time. Even the food was OK.

They'll be missed.

[wpcoe]

Not sure how much longer their web site will be up, but here's a link to their route map: http://www.pbair.com/en-TH/images/desinf/pbartmp.jpg

[lazygourmet]

P.B. are the initials of Khun Piya Bhirom

Here are several of his ventures: PB Partners group of companies

[rheinwiese]

PB Air Embraer EMB-145LR Reg. HS-PBF

[jaiyenyen]

I've flown with PB Air to Roi-Et several times. I enjoyed my flights with them.

Good luck to all the staff who will be looking for other jobs.

[dukkha]

Many a pleasant flight twixt Bangers and Roi Et.......the bus, me thinks not...Dukkha

[TexasRanger]

Nok air have taken over some of PB's old routes. I am still waiting for my refund of the 5 return tickets (30K Baht) I bought a couple of months ago, the travel agent and PB say they will honour all refunds but I won't hold my breath.

[TAWP]

It's a class C airline. They fly to smaller cities, such as Roi-et, Buriram, etc.

Class C should not be read in terms of quality, as how you would rate movies or stars...only in size of operations.

[llso]

Just flew them last sumer R/T to Buriam. Looks like the trainext time. I once heard that the Thai Gov't wants that route open. I don't think anyone of the companies ,Thai ,Bangok Air, PB ever made a profit on the Buriram - BKK route.

LL

[callum06]

I used them years a go to fly to Nakhon Sri Thammarat, but when Nok Air started offering tickets at half the price of PB Air then....... bye bye

[HOOD Robin]

I'll second that one. What is PB air, where is located etc?

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Forgive my ignorance but PB air means?

This post has been edited by alyx: 2009-12-18 20:19:11

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[tomallison]

Just flew them last sumer R/T to Buriam. Looks like the trainext time. I once heard that the Thai Gov't wants that route open. I don't think anyone of the companies ,Thai ,Bangok Air, PB ever made a profit on the Buriram - BKK route.

LL

I think it was the same situation on the Mae Sot route. A smaller aircraft would have been more suitable. Our only alternative now is the bus.

[sjaak327]

Blast, I flew with them regularly to Nakhom Phanon and Sakhon Nakhon. They were actually quite good. I guess this means I now have to go to Udon each time, that means a bus ride from where I stay in Laos to Vientiane and Udon, adds at least 7 hours to the journey, oh well.

Good luck for PB's personel, they were ever so friendly and efficient in the dealings I had with them.

[Dap]

Waaaay too bad. PB was a good service AND the only domestic in and out of Lampang to Bangkok. Will surely miss them

[Merangue]

One more piece of competition gone. By all accounts they were a decent enough service too. A pity.

[torrenova]

PB Air and their service from Bangkok to Buriram was a decisive factor in deciding to spend more time up there because of the ease of getting back to civilisation. Around Bt2500 each way was near taxi price (if you think about transfers as well) but when they had the Embraer jets, you could do it in a little over 30 minutes on some days.

I understand that Nok will be servicing Buriram but from Don Muang, which is better for Bangkok but not as handy for Pattaya.