NOK AIR

NOK AIR

segunda-feira, 21 de abril de 2014

NOK AIR







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Nok Air (SET: NOK, Thai: นกแอร์, derived from nok (นก), the Thai word for bird) is a low-cost airline headquartered on the 17th floor of the Rajanakarn Building (อาคารรัจนาการ) in Sathorn, Bangkok, Thailand, operating domestic services out of Bangkok's Bangkok Don Mueang Airport.
 
Nok Air is the budget airline of Thai Airways International. Nok Air is currently an official sponsor of TTM Chiang Mai, Hat Yai FC and Chiangmai FC.



 

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History


A Nok Air Boeing 737-400 (2007).
 
 

A Nok Air Boeing 737-400 at Phitsanulok Airport (2011).


The airline was established in February 2004 and started operations on 23 July 2004. It had 130 employees in March 2007 and around 600 in 2011. Nok Air began its first international service on 31 May 2007, with daily flights to Bangalore, India. The airline acquired landing rights to additional Indian cities (Chennai, Hyderabad and New Delhi).
 
Nok Air suspended its operations to Bangalore in November 2007 - the second low-cost carrier to suspend operations after Jetstar Asia Airways. According to Rajiv Bhatia, the General Manager for the Indian operations, this was due to non-availability of aircraft, and to allow service to other lucrative routes in South East Asia like Vietnam. However, according to sources in the travel sector, the suspension of operations may be due to the decrease in passenger load factor for Nok Air by 40%.
 
After its troubled international expansion, Nok Air has decided to focus on domestic services in Thailand. It is now the airline the serves the highest number of domestic routes within Thailand. This strategy has been successful. In 2010, Nok Air generated 618 million Thai Baht in net profit on revenues of 3.97 billion Thai Baht. The airline plans to add seven Boeing 737-800 aircraft and four ATR 72 turboprop aircraft in 2011.
 
Since its inception, Nok Air has been operating largely independently from Thai Airways International. This has led to some friction between the two companies along the way.
 
To gain greater control of Nok Air, Thai Airways has tried to purchase the shares of other shareholders, notably Krung Thai Bank. However, although Thai Airways and Krung Thai Bank are both state enterprises under the control of the Ministry of Finance (Thailand), Krung Thai Bank refused to sell its shares in Nok Air to Thai Airways. The purchase would have lifted Thai Airways’ stake in Nok Air from 39% to 49%.

Destinations

Domestic

From Bangkok - Don Mueang International Airport (Primary Hub)
From Chiang Mai – Chiang Mai International Airport (Secondary Hub)

International

Myanmar
** Operated with aircraft chartered from Nok Mini
Nok Air also offers ferry services to domestic Island destinations as well as domestic and cross border coach services to Vientiane in Laos and Penang in Malaysia in conjunction with other tour operators.

Terminated routes

Previously Nok Air flew international services to Bangalore in India which was their first foreign destination, and Hanoi in Vietnam they also offered ferry service to Langkawi in Malaysia.
In Thaliand they flew to Narathiwat.

Fleet


Nok Air Boeing 737-800 at Phuket International Airport.
 

Nok Air ATR 72-200 at Chiang Mai International Airport.

As of 18 March 2014, the Nok Air fleet consists of the following leased aircraft.


Nok Air Fleet
AircraftTotalOrdersPassengersNotes
CYTotal
Bombardier Dash 804—8686Launch customer for high-density variation
ATR 72-5002——6666
Boeing 737 MAX 807—189189
Boeing 737-8001511—189189
Saab 340B6——3434Operate Under Nok Air Mini Brand
by Siam General Aviation
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