Nok Air again cancels more flights till end of March

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Nok Air again cancels more flights till end of month



BANGKOK: -- Popular low cost airline, Nok Air, again has announced another cancellation of 60 flights daily until the end of March.

The cancellation of flights by Nok Air was disclosed by the Department of Airport yesterday.

Department of Airport’s director-general and also acting director-general of the Department of Civil Aviation of Thailand (DCA), Dr Chula Sukmanop, revealed that Nok Air had notified the DCA of the extra cancellations last week, stating that it would be aborting a total of 60 roundtrip flights each day until the end of the month.

He said Nok Air also stated that it would be asking its airline alliances to provide flights to various Nok Air’s intended locations through chartered services, as Nok Air itself is still lacking pilots, while bookings on some flights were not too high, making it possible to merge various flights into one.

Dr Chula said the DCA has reiterated to all airlines to hand in their flight schedules for the coming summer’s high season by the end of March, to prevent impact of flight cancellations on passengers during the holiday festivities.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/content/155145


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[taony]

So 120 flights a day.

[ginjag]

So 120 flights a day.

Air Nok---------no seat shock.

[tubby johnson]

Nok Nok.

Who's there?

Nok.

Nok who?

No care.

[Bluespunk]

A slow, lingering, painful death taking place before our eyes. Someone should just put this airline out of it's misery.

[Katipo]

Woe betide anyone unfortunate enough to have their Songkran flights booked with these guys.

Checked online just now, and they aren't offering any discounts or other incentives. Only the most foolish would risk booking with them right now.

[docshock13]

Bye bye, Birdie!

[baneko]

A slow, lingering, painful death taking place before our eyes. Someone should just put this airline out of it's misery.

Thaismile will take over!

[bark]

I cannot imagine anyone booking flight with them during the April Holiday. They should regroup as a company. Scale down to less fights, but keep the schedule. Do not cancel.

[dcnx]

That's a shame. Nok is my favorite domestic airline.

[JacksSmirkingRevenge]

i hope they don't cancel flights to myanmar or vietnam, becaus they offered good deals

[ujayujay]

By the Way. "Manage your Booking" on Nok Website does not work.........What does this tell us: Totally incompetent Company.

[scorecard]

i hope they don't cancel flights to myanmar or vietnam, becaus they offered good deals

Agree, I've had a couple of exceptional promotions to Ho Chi Minh City.

On the other hand I'm hesitant to book and then discover a few days / a day in advance the flight is cancelled. Changing my meeting dates in HCMC is just not an option.

[Saan]

i hope they don't cancel flights to myanmar or vietnam, becaus they offered good deals

Agree, I've had a couple of exceptional promotions to Ho Chi Minh City.

On the other hand I'm hesitant to book and then discover a few days / a day in advance the flight is cancelled. Changing my meeting dates in HCMC is just not an option.

They won't be cancelling flights to HCMC as they will loose their slots there if they do, according to my inside source.

Nok has brought in 20 non Thai pilots, some borrowed from Boeing, to help reduce their shortfall.

[Thian]

If they cancelled more flights the big general would punish them, they allready have a yellow card....They did it many times again and nothing happened

Edited March 16, 2016 by Thian

[Robbie Dye]

Rather a cancelled flight than one with a newly qualified pilot up front?