Thai Sky Airlines
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Does anyone know how Thai Sky's doing?
The only airline left that uses the L-1011-1 in scheduled services!!
They took the schedules off the website a few weeks ago and now their website is down, however they are still on the arr/dep board for hong kong.
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The only airline left that uses the L-1011-1 in scheduled services!!
They took the schedules off the website a few weeks ago and now their website is down, however they are still on the arr/dep board for hong kong.
Thanks
Not sure and would be interested to find out. However the pax reports at http://www.airlinequality.com/Forum/thai_sky.htm don't seem too encouraging.
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Thai Sky seem to still be around according to this article in today's SCMP. Not sure for how long though.
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Thai Sky travellers denied full payout after debacle
MAY CHAN
Frightened holidaymakers who were marched on and off a defective airliner twice and endured an aborted takeoff because a wheel needed replacing were denied full compensation when they refused to board the flight to Bangkok.
Of the 300-plus passengers booked to fly on the Thai Sky Airlines service at 7.30am on Wednesday, barely 30 finally boarded for takeoff at 9.55pm. The rest demanded compensation.
Thai Sky initially refused to reimburse passengers directly, and limited refunds to the value of their air tickets.
Yesterday, legislator Yeung Yiu-chung helped about 30 passengers crowding the budget airline's Tsim Sha Tsui office negotiate an increase in compensation to $2,500 a head - still far short of the $4,000 most had paid for a five-day flights-and-hotel package.
The two-year-old airline operates two Lockheed TriStar jets, one 28 years old, the other 31 years old, on passenger services, and began servicing Hong Kong in May.
After takeoff was aborted on Wednesday morning, passengers were told at 10am a wheel needed replacing, and they got off the plane. They boarded again at 5pm, but at 6.30pm were told more parts needed replacing. Passenger Kevin Sze demanded the flight crew promise not to fly it on safety grounds. When they insisted they would fly it, he called police.
Meanwhile, tourists returning from Bangkok to Hong Kong refused to board the airline's other jet, citing safety, an internet report claimed.
Some finally agreed to fly, and the flight arrived more than 12 hours late at 6.10am yesterday, the report said.
Thai Sky Airlines declined to comment.
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Thai Sky travellers denied full payout after debacle
MAY CHAN
Frightened holidaymakers who were marched on and off a defective airliner twice and endured an aborted takeoff because a wheel needed replacing were denied full compensation when they refused to board the flight to Bangkok.
Of the 300-plus passengers booked to fly on the Thai Sky Airlines service at 7.30am on Wednesday, barely 30 finally boarded for takeoff at 9.55pm. The rest demanded compensation.
Thai Sky initially refused to reimburse passengers directly, and limited refunds to the value of their air tickets.
Yesterday, legislator Yeung Yiu-chung helped about 30 passengers crowding the budget airline's Tsim Sha Tsui office negotiate an increase in compensation to $2,500 a head - still far short of the $4,000 most had paid for a five-day flights-and-hotel package.
The two-year-old airline operates two Lockheed TriStar jets, one 28 years old, the other 31 years old, on passenger services, and began servicing Hong Kong in May.
After takeoff was aborted on Wednesday morning, passengers were told at 10am a wheel needed replacing, and they got off the plane. They boarded again at 5pm, but at 6.30pm were told more parts needed replacing. Passenger Kevin Sze demanded the flight crew promise not to fly it on safety grounds. When they insisted they would fly it, he called police.
Meanwhile, tourists returning from Bangkok to Hong Kong refused to board the airline's other jet, citing safety, an internet report claimed.
Some finally agreed to fly, and the flight arrived more than 12 hours late at 6.10am yesterday, the report said.
Thai Sky Airlines declined to comment.
