Nok Air
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| Nok Air | ||
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| IATA DD |
ICAO NOK |
Callsign NOK AIR |
| Founded | 2004 | |
| Hubs | Don Mueang International Airport | |
| Fleet size | 12 | |
| Destinations | 12 | |
| Parent company | Nok Airlines Co., Ltd. | |
| Headquarters | Bangkok, Thailand | |
| Key people | Mr. Patee Sarasin (CEO) | |
| Website: http://www.nokair.com/ | ||
Nok Air (Thai: นกแอร์) is a low-cost airline based in Bangkok, Thailand. It operates domestic and international services. Its main base is Don Mueang International Airport, Bangkok.[1]
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[edit] History
The airline was established in December 2003 and started operations on 23 July 2004. It is owned by Thai Airways International (39%), Dhipaya Insurance (10%), Government Pension Fund (10%), Krung Thai bank (10%), Crown Property Bureau (6%), ING Funds (5%), King Power (5%), Patee Sarasin (5%), Siam Commercial Bank Securities (5%) and Supapong Asvinvichit (5%). It has 130 employees (as of March 2007).[1]
The word nok (นก) means 'bird' in Thai. It also means 'beak' in Persian (the language of Iran), which is exactly what the airline's logo resembles.
Nok Air began their first international service to Bangalore,India, on May 31, 2007, on a daily basis. Nok Air has also acquired landing rights to additional Indian cities Chennai, Hyderabad and Delhi.[2]
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, General Manager (India) of Nok Air, the withdrawal of services 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%.
[edit] Destinations
[edit] Incidents and accidents
- On February 5, 2006 a Nok Air 737-400 made an emergency landing at Bangkok International Airport. Flight DD7506 took off with 109 passengers on board, bound for Phuket. Ten minutes into the flight the pilot reported the right engine was malfunctioning and returned to the airport for an emergency landing. On landing, the plane developed braking problems and it skidded off the end of the runway. Two passengers were injured. The aircraft involved, HS-TDD, was a 737 in Thai Airways' livery without the Thai Airways titles and a "Operated by Nok Air" sticker.[3]
- A Boeing 737 en route Bangkok-Trang was forced to make an emergency landing at the Phuket International on May 6, 2006 after the crew reported a problem with one of its engines. [4]
[edit] Fleet
As of June 2008 the Nok Air fleet consists of the following aircraft [1] :
- 1 ATR 72-200
- HS-TRA "Lampang" (ลำปาง)(Leased From Thai Airways International)
- 9 Boeing 737-400
- HS-DDH "Nok Sabai" (นกสบาย)
- HS-DDJ "Nok Sanook" (นกสนุก)
- HS-DDK "Nok Sod Sai" (นกสดใส)
- HS-DDL (Leased From Turkish Airlines)
- HS-DDM (Leased From Turkish Airlines)
- HS-TDA "Songkhla" (สงขลา) (Leased From Thai Airways International)
- HS-TDB "Phuket" (ภูเก็ต) (Leased From Thai Airways International)
- HS-TDD "Chumporn" (ชุมพร) (Leased From Thai Airways International)
- HS-TDE "Surin" (สุรินทร์) (Leased From Thai Airways International)
Past aircraft in Nok Air's fleet:
- 2 Boeing 737-800
- G-OXLC (Leased from XL Airways during winter 2007/2008)
- G-XLAI (Leased from XL Airways during winter 2007/2008)
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "Directory: World Airlines", Flight International, 2007-04-10, p. 56.
- ^ "Party in the sky", Business-standard.com, 7 July 2007.
- ^ "Nok Air plane skidded off the runway at Don Muang after emergency landing, but there were no casualties", Thais News. Retrieved February 6, 2006.
- ^ "ชวน-โน้ต-นัทระทึกนกแอร์ลงฉุกเฉิน", คมชัดลึก. Retrieved October 23, 2007.
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